5 h. ago Government shutdown likely means no inflation data next month for 1st time in decades

The government shutdown likely means there won’t be an inflation report next month for the first time in more than seven decades, the White House said Friday, leaving Wall Street and the Federal Reserve without crucial information about consumer prices

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50 h. ago Robert De Niro takes brutal swipe at Donald Trump with bombshell presidential bid

Robert De Niro did not hold his tongue during his latest TV interview as he fiercely slammed Donald Trump live on air

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6 d. ago A congressman’s ex got a protective order against him. His boss has little to say about it | Arwa Mahdawi

This isn’t the first time Cory Mills has faced allegations of misconduct – but the House speaker wants to talk about ‘serious’ thingsMeet Cory Mills, a Republican congressman representing Florida. He is rabidly anti-abortion, incredibly anti-immigration, and obsequiously pro-Trump. Earlier this year, perhaps in a desperate bid to get Dear Leader to notice him, he introduced a bill, dubbed the “DON-ument Act”, which would make the wall on the US-Mexico border a national monument.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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9 d. ago FTSE 100 LIVE: London muted and Europe rises as Federal Reserve chair Powell hints at US rate cuts

FTSE 100 LIVE: London muted and Europe rises as Federal Reserve chair Powell hints at US rate cuts  Yahoo

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1 week ago Powell signals support for more rate cuts as US job market cools

Federal Reserve chair says inflation expectations are close to central bank’s 2% goal

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1 week ago Slowdown in US hiring suggests economy still needs rate cuts, Fed's Powell says

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that a sharp slowdown in hiring poses a growing risk to the U.S. economy

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1 week ago IMF upgrades US growth outlook as Trump's tariffs cause less disruption than expected

The U.S. and global economies will grow a bit more this year than previously forecast as the Trump administration’s tariffs have so far proved less disruptive than expected, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, though the full impact of those policies is still emerging

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1 week ago Why was the head of FIFA at Gaza peace summit? How football boss has built up friendship with Trump, backed his bid for Nobel Peace Prize and supported Israel

Stood proudly next to Donald Trump, Gianni Infantino may have surprised those who spotted him at Gaza's peace summit today.

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1 week ago John Legend trolls Donald Trump over Nobel Peace Prize bid: 'Stop all this authoritarian dictator s***!'

John Legend weighed in on President Donald Trump's failed ambitions to win a Nobel Peace Prize, despite his peace deal in the Middle East between Israel and Gaza.

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2 w. ago White House slams Trump’s perceived Nobel peace prize snub as ‘politics over peace’

President has ‘heart of humanitarian’, spokesperson says after unsuccessful bid for prize amid Gaza ceasefire dealTruly, madly, deeply: Trump’s desire for a Nobel peace prize is driving diplomacy – analysisThe White House has denounced the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision to award the Nobel peace prize to someone other than Donald Trump.Following Friday’s announcement that the Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado had been awarded the prize, senior aides to the US president attacked the Norwegian committee as politicised while Norway braced itself for a potential diplomatic response from the White House. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump fails in bid for Nobel Peace Prize as Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 award

The news will come as a bitter blow to the US President after he secured a ‘historic’ peace deal between Hamas and Israel

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2 w. ago Bank of England warns of risk of AI market correction; gold hits new $4,000 an ounce record – business live

Soaring tech valuations could drop amid potentially ‘disappointing’ progress on AI, central bank says; gold has doubled in two years and extends 50% rally so far this yearPeter Hargreaves, the billionaire co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown, is retiring from the UK’s largest personal investment site, seven months after its £5.4bn acquisition by private equity firms. Hargreaves, 79, who set up the business in 1981 in the back bedroom of his house in Clifton with Stephen Lansdown, is handing his board position to his son Robert and said this “marks a proud new chapter in the family legacy”. His firm pioneered “DIY” investments, allowing people to invest directly in shares via its website without costly financial advisers.The Bristol-based company said he had rejoined the board earlier this year to “provide continuity and support through a period of change” following its takeover by a private equity consortium of Jersey-based buyout giant CVC Capital Partners, Sweden’s Nordic Capital and...

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2 w. ago Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee Business live – latest updatesThe Bank of England has warned there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets as it raised concerns about soaring valuations of leading AI tech companies.Policymakers said there were also threats of a “sharp repricing of US dollar assets” if the Federal Reserve lost credibility in the eyes of global investors. It comes as Donald Trump’s continues to attack the US central bank and threaten its independence. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Bank of England warns growing risk AI bubble could burst; gold hits new $4,000 an ounce record – business live

Soaring tech valuations could drop amid potentially ‘disappointing’ progress on AI, central bank says; gold has doubled in two years and extends 50% rally so far this yearPeter Hargreaves, the billionaire co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown, is retiring from the UK’s largest personal investment site, seven months after its £5.4bn acquisition by private equity firms. Hargreaves, 79, who set up the business in 1981 in the back bedroom of his house in Clifton with Stephen Lansdown, is handing his board position to his son Robert and said this “marks a proud new chapter in the family legacy”. His firm pioneered “DIY” investments, allowing people to invest directly in shares via its website without costly financial advisers.The Bristol-based company said he had rejoined the board earlier this year to “provide continuity and support through a period of change” following its takeover by a private equity consortium of Jersey-based buyout giant CVC Capital Partners, Sweden’s Nordic Capital and...

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2 w. ago Spot gold rises above $4,000 for the first time; car dealer Vertu Motors warns of £5.5m profit hit from JLR disruption – business live

Gold has doubled in two years and extends 50% rally so far this year amid central bank buying and political turmoilPeter Hargreaves, the billionaire co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown, is retiring from the UK’s largest personal investment site, seven months after its £5.4bn acquisition by private equity firms. Hargreaves, 79, who set up the business in 1981 in the back bedroom of his house in Clifton with Stephen Lansdown, is handing his board position to his son Robert and said this “marks a proud new chapter in the family legacy”. His firm pioneered “DIY” investments, allowing people to invest directly in shares via its website without costly financial advisers.The Bristol-based company said he had rejoined the board earlier this year to “provide continuity and support through a period of change” following its takeover by a private equity consortium of Jersey-based buyout giant CVC Capital Partners, Sweden’s Nordic Capital and the Abu Dhabi wealth fund, which completed in March.Har...

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2 w. ago Photos of the mixed reactions to Trump's bid to deploy troops to more US cities

President Donald Trump's bid to deploy the National Guard in cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago is bringing out both supporters and detractors of the administration's immigration policies.

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2 w. ago Government shutdown threatens to stall the recovery in the IPO market

The U.S. government shutdown could raise a caution flag for private companies considering a move to the public market for investors

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3 w. ago Federal Reserve governor will keep job for now despite Trump’s bid to remove her

Supreme court defers action on request to remove Lisa Cook from post, at least until it hears oral arguments on caseUS government shutdown – live updatesLisa Cook, the US Federal Reserve governor, will keep her job for now, despite Donald Trump’s extraordinary bid to remove her from the central bank’s board with immediate effect.The US supreme court deferred action on the Department of Justice’s request to allow the president to fire Cook, at least until it hears oral arguments on the case in January. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Supreme Court declines Trump’s request to immediately remove Lisa Cook from Federal Reserve board

Justices will revisit Trump’s request to remove Lisa Cook as a Federal Reserve governor in January

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3 w. ago Russian TV exposes Putin and Trump's Alaska chat on need of 'Trumpist Europe'

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump met in Alaska in August in a bid to end the war in Ukraine, but as it turns out, the two world leaders spoke about a lot of other things as well

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