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Japan plays host to a clash of capital and culture

Activist investors are challenging a corporate model marked by underused assets and low returns on equity

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Register now: Applications open for the world's top fintech companies of 2025 list

For the third year in a row, CNBC is working with market research firm Statista to list the world's top financial technology companies.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

When to sell your stocks

Poker provides investors with helpful guidance

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Young collectors are fuelling a boom in Basquiat-backed loans

Auction houses are on a lending spree

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

China’s economic model retains a dangerous allure

Despite the country’s current struggles, autocrats elsewhere see a lot to admire

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

UK forges ahead with billions in welfare spending cuts as growth forecast halved

British lawmakers and the public are waiting to see if Reeves will stick to her self-imposed spending and debt rules.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Treasury Department is set to lay off a 'substantial' number of employees, official says

The department is planning to furlough workers as part of Elon Musk's efforts to shrink the size of the federal government.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Europe wants to pour billions of dollars into its own defense companies β€” but market watchers say it may not be able to shut American firms out

As Europe looks to hike defense spending, CNBC spoke to industry experts about how the money could be spent β€” and where it leaves U.S. firms.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Chinese tea chain Chagee files for U.S. initial public offering

Chagee is planning to open its first U.S. store this spring in Los Angeles.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

UK expected to unveil more spending cuts amid troubled times for the economy

British lawmakers and the public are waiting to see if Reeves will stick to her self-imposed spending and debt rules.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

UK housebuilder Vistry calls staff back to office full-time

Order comes after underestimations of building costs caused a multimillion pound overspend

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

China’s developers start to climb out of their self-dug hole

Grinding through all of the country’s property excesses will still take years

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

New bid to quash North Sea licences is latest test for Labour energy policy

Campaigners argue in High Court that UK ministers ignored potential climate impact of oil and gas exploration

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Reeves presents Spring Statement

Chancellor forced to make last-minute savings to shore up the nation’s finances

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

UK’s Royal Society will not take disciplinary action against Elon Musk

National science academy says judgments potentially seen as political would do β€˜more harm than good’

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Amazon is testing shopping, health assistants as it pushes deeper into generative AI

With CEO Andy Jassy pushing employees to build AI apps across the company, Amazon is testing new shopping and health assistants.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

EU calls for households to stockpile 72 hours of food amid war risks

Commission issues 30-step plan for dealing with increased threats including Russian aggression

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Chancellor forced to find more savings after watchdog doubts Β£5bn costing

Chancellor forced to find more savings after watchdog doubts 5bn costing

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

The global leaders rising in the polls as they battle Donald Trump

From Canada to Ukraine, populations rally behind leaders seeking to fend off the US president’s threats

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Timeline of assisted dying bill thrown into doubt

Implementation of legislation in England and Wales could be pushed back to at least 2029

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

U.S. blacklists over 50 Chinese companies in bid to curb Beijing's AI, chip capabilities

The export restrictions come at a time when tensions between Washington and Beijing have been rising with the Trump administration ratcheting up tariffs against China.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

UK inflation slows more than expected to 2.8%

Fall in clothing prices drives decline but services inflation holds at 5% in February

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Nissan’s new chief warns of β€˜no taboos’ in quest to revive carmaker

Ivan Espinosa says Japanese group faces multiple crises

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Lower Thames Crossing and Old Trafford projects are welcome investments

New infrastructure schemes show public-private partnership at its best

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

UN climate boss urges Europe not to forget planet amid defence drive

Simon Stiell calls on Europe to step up efforts to tackle global warming as part of increased spending on security

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

China's artificial intelligence boom might help mitigate some tariff pain

For Chinese companies wary of U.S. tariffs, the big difference between President Donald Trump's first and second terms is generative artificial intelligence.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

U.K. inflation cools to 2.8% in February but respite could be short-lived

The U.K.'s inflation rate fell slightly to 2.8% in February, coming in just below analyst expectations, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

CNBC Daily Open: Consumers and CFOs alike are expecting a recession in the U.S.

Companies like SAP and BYD, despite enjoying a good run so far this year, may be unable to escape the turmoil if the U.S. does fall into recession.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

There is no Bessent put in the Treasury market

And people are still buying a lot of US stocks

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Could UN peacekeepers be the key to a Ukraine ceasefire force?

Also in this newsletter: Do we really need unanimity for the EU accession process?

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Tokyo frets about durability of US alliance ahead of Hegseth visit

Donald Trump’s language about American allies has sparked anxiety among Japanese officials

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US strategic ambiguity on Taiwan won’t work any longer

Washington must be clear with Beijing about the consequences of an assault on Taipei

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Spain’s huge ghost hotel β€” and why they can’t knock it down

The 20-storey El Algarrobico is a deserted monument to the struggle between environment and development

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

An ominous shadow falls over mRNA technology

Once researchers begin wondering whether their government might pull the rug from under them, the damage is done

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Inside Russia’s Gazprom: can the ailing energy giant be revived?

The gas and oil company is struggling to recover from record losses after Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine destroyed its business model

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World