Pernod Ricard has cut its sale guidance because of uncertainty over tariffs and a slowdown in China, where government anti-dumping measures have hit demand for its cognac brand Martell.

The fate of Ukip shows that flashes of electoral glory may precipitate implosion, however. The verdict is out on whether Reform can prove it really is a new phenomenon and can redraw the political map ...

Most sectors in the FTSE 100 were up, boosted by strong corporate earnings. AstraZeneca, the FTSE 100’s most valuable company, rose 4.8 per cent following better than expected results. Shares in ...

Wall Street banks saddled with debt from Elon Musk’s $44bn takeover of Twitter sold large chunks of the loan package to investors on Wednesday, allowing a number of lenders to exit one of the toughest ...

Tariffs should not have a “massive impact” on trade this year as consumer sentiment remains strong, the chief executive of Danish container shipping giant AP Møller-Maersk has said.

Axel Rudakubana’s referral to the UK counterterrorism scheme was closed prematurely, three years before he murdered three ...

Meg O’Neill flags ‘acute’ threat to country’s position as global energy supplier due to slow project approvals ...

French luxury group Kering has parted ways with the designer of its biggest brand Gucci, just two years after he was hired to lead a turnaround at the struggling Italian fashion house.

Rami Malek and Indira Varma star in a London production that uses dance brilliantly but lacks emotional connection ...

A notable example is Hubei Yangtze Memory Labs in Wuhan, where many engineers from leading Chinese chipmaker YMTC, which was added to the US Entity List in 2022, conduct trials and test samples.

Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to resume Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza, in his most explicit pledge yet to reject a lasting ...

Société Générale doubled its profits in the fourth quarter and posted a jump in revenues, as its retail business rebounded and it became the latest bank to benefit from a Trump trading boom.