59 h. ago Champions League: Koundé double boosts Barcelona, Greenwood lifts Marseille

Bayern beat Sporting to move level with Arsenal at topAtlético come from behind to burst PSV’s bubbleJules Koundé’s two quickfire headers helped Barcelona to fight back and edge past Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 in the Champions League at Camp Nou on Tuesday, marking a much-needed win for the Catalan side.After a draw against Club Brugge and a defeat by Chelsea, Barcelona found their stride to climb to 14th in the standings, level on 10 points with several teams, as they aim for a top-eight finish to secure direct qualification for the last 16. Frankfurt are 30th with four points from six matches. Continue reading...

Sport

9 d. ago Crank Celtic pressure up on Nancy after trampling all over Kilmarnock – my plan to give Hearts title bid a real blast

Record Sport columnist Ryan Stevenson knows the critics reckon the Jambos bubble is burst but knows that could change with two wins

Events

9 d. ago Bank of England set to introduce biggest rule change since 2008 financial crash

Central bank eases capital rules on lenders just as it warns of risk of “sharp correction” in US tech stocks amid fears it could be a bubble that will burst

Events

1 week ago The question isn’t whether the AI bubble will burst – but what the fallout will be

Will the bubble ravage the economy when it bursts? What will it leave of value once it pops?The California Gold Rush left an outsized imprint on America. Some 300,000 people flocked there from 1848 to 1955, from as far away as the Ottoman Empire. Prospectors massacred Indigenous people to take the gold from their lands in the Sierra Nevada mountains. And they boosted the economies of nearby states and faraway countries from whence they bought their supplies.Gold provided the motivation for California – a former Mexican territory then controlled by the US military – to become a state with laws of its own. And yet, few “49ers” as prospectors were known, struck it rich. It was the merchants selling prospectors food and shovels who made the money. One, a Bavarian immigrant named Levi Strauss who sold denim overalls to the gold bugs passing through San Francisco, may be the most remembered figure of his day. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Burst in AI bubble could blow £26bn hole in Rachel Reeve's hopes of balancing the books

It was the first time the Office for Budget Responsibility has outlined how public finances could be affected if the rally in tech stocks sparked by the boom in artificial intelligence crashes.

Economics

3 w. ago Stock markets eye recovery as blockbuster Nvidia sales stifle AI bubble fears

Global stock markets are trading higher on Thursday after blockbuster earnings from chip giant Nvidia calmed anxiety over a growing 'AI bubble'.

Economics

3 w. ago Stock markets stage cautious recovery as blockbuster Nvidia sales stifle AI bubble fears

Global stock markets are trading higher on Thursday after blockbuster earnings from chip giant Nvidia calmed anxiety over a growing 'AI bubble'.

Economics

3 w. ago Why investors still fear the AI bubble will burst despite Nvidia's blockbuster results

Investors breathed a sigh of relief at Nvidia's good results but for many the question over the AI bubble bursting remains 'if not now, when?'

Economics

3 w. ago Nvidia earnings will shed a light on whether Big Tech is fueling an AI boom or bubble

Computer chipmaker Nvidia is poised to release a quarterly earnings report that is expected to either deepen a recent downturn in the stock market or prompt an ebullient sigh of relief among investors increasingly worried the world’s most valuable company is perched upon an artificial intelligence bubble about to burst

Science