4 h. ago Asian markets drop further as IMF warns Trump tariffs ‘a significant risk’ to global economy – business live

Kristolina Georgieva warns against retaliation to US levies while US president insists ‘markets will boom’ after sweeping tariff announcementFull report: Global markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall StreetAnalysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economistsSenior senators introduced new bipartisan legislation on Thursday seeking to claw back some of Congress’s power over tariffs after Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new import taxes and rattled the global economy with sweeping new import taxes.The Trade Review Act of 2025, co-sponsored by Senator Chuck Grassley, a top Republican lawmaker from Iowa, a state heavily reliant on farm exports, and Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington, whose state shares a border with Canada, would require the president to notify Congress of new tariffs, and provide a justification for the action and an analysis on the potential impact on US businesses and consumers. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Stock markets ready to react to Trump’s tariff announcement after fears stoke overnight drop

The U.S. stock markets are expected to dip one day after Trump promised to ‘make America wealthy again’ with new across-the-board tariffs

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18 h. ago The top British companies to see a share price drop on the back of Trump's tariffs

London’s FTSE 100 experienced a sharp decline on opening, falling 122.4 points – or 1.4 per cent – in the first few minutes of trading

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20 h. ago Trump live: Apple and Tesla stocks drop in wake of ‘Liberation Day’ as Republicans defy president over tariffs

President Trump says he will impose blanket tariffs on all countries, hitting China and Europe hardest

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33 h. ago Newsmax shares plunge nearly 80 percent after wild ‘meme stock’ ride briefly valued it higher than Fox

A day after the MAGA channel’s stock price surged to $233, Newsmax shares plummeted 77.5 percent to $52.

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63 h. ago PM braces for Trump to drop the bomb: Starmer admits UK WON'T be spared tariffs as Chancellor warns of huge hit to stalling economy

Keir Starmer has acknowledged the 'likelihood' that Britain will face hugely damaging levies on exports to the US on the president's so-called 'Liberation Day'.

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6 d. ago WH Smith to disappear from the high street as all shops sold in £76m deal

WH Smith will eventually be replaced by the the TGJones brand

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7 d. ago Starmer accuses Putin of 'hollow promises' on ceasefire as 'coalition of willing' allies hold talks with Zelensky in Paris amid fears Trump will drop sanctions on Russia

Keir Starmer is co-hosting the gathering in Paris with Emmanuel Macron, and Volodymyr Zelensky is attending.

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7 d. ago Rachel Reeves defends benefit cuts and denies further tax rises likely in autumn – UK politics live

Chancellor confirmed welfare cuts of £4.8bn in spring statement, but insisted the priority was to restore stability to the public finances Nick Robinson is interviewing Rachel Reeves on the Today programme now.Q: You promised just one budget a year, but yesterday you had to announce drastic cuts. What’s gone wrong?We’re not at the moment at a position where we want to do anything to escalate these trade wars.Trade wars are no good for anyone. It will end up with higher prices for consumers, pushing up inflation after we’ve worked so hard to get a grip of inflation, and at the same time will make it harder for British companies to export. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago 'I'm a beauty editor and this is what I really think of COSRX's snail mucin face cream'

As COSRX's Advanced Snail 92 All in One Cream drops to half price in Amazon's spring sale, we share if the now-£11 cream is really worth adding to your carts

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1 week ago Tesla’s Europe sales drop nearly 45% amid row over Musk’s Trump links

US carmaker’s European market share falls as Chinese rival BYD overtakes it on global revenue, topping $100bnBusiness live – latest updatesSales of new Tesla cars slumped in Europe last month in the latest indication of a potential buyer backlash over Elon Musk’s high profile and controversial behaviour since becoming a leading figure in Donald Trump’s administration.The Texas-based electric carmaker sold less than 16,000 vehicles across Europe last month, down 44% on average across 25 countries in the EU, the UK, Norway and Switzerland, according to data compiled by the research platform Jato Dynamics. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Takeover deadline extended for Scottish giant employing 6,000 UK and North Sea workers

“Wood Group’s share price has been like a slinky slowly dropping down the stairs” – Russ Mould, AJ Bell

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1 week ago UK politics live: Downing Street says ‘nothing off the table’ over British troops deployed to Ukraine

In her spring statement next week, the chancellor is expected to try blaming the drop on worsening global economics amid Donald Trump’s tariffs

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1 week ago British Airways owner sees nearly half a billion pounds wiped off value as Heathrow shutdown guts share price

A nearby fire means more than a 1,000 flights are cancelled or diverted for the day

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1 week ago UK politics live: Fresh blow for Reeves as borrowing rises to £10.7bn ahead of spring statement

In her spring statement next week, the chancellor is expected to try blaming the drop on worsening global economics amid Donald Trump’s tariffs

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2 w. ago UK politics live: Fresh blow for Reeves as UK’s official economic growth forecast ‘set to be halved’

In her spring statement next week, the chancellor is expected to try blaming the drop on worsening global economics amid Donald Trump’s tariffs

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2 w. ago Short sellers make $16bn profit from Tesla’s share price plunge

Payday follows years of pain for hedge funds that bet against Elon Musk’s electric carmaker

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2 w. ago US companies drop DEI from annual reports as Trump targets corporate values

Federal investigation of initiatives is bosses’ ‘number one’ worry as Trump attacks ‘immoral discrimination’

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3 w. ago Labour councils end investments in UK defence firms to win pro

Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors in Dudley, in the West Midlands, were the latest to vote to divest their pension funds from British defence companies.

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3 w. ago Hours after Trump promises to buy a Tesla, reports of Elon Musk’s plans to donate $100M to MAGA super PACs emerge

Trump says that the world’s richest man is being treated ‘very unfairly’ amid Tesla’s sales and share price slump

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