Jennifer MeierhansBusiness reporter, BBC NewsThe Co-op has admitted breaching rules to prevent rival supermarkets from opening nearby more than 100 times.The UK's competition watchdog found Co-op had breached an order…
Hours after imposing steep tariffs on Canada, President Trump raised an issue that even the American lenders whose cause he’s championing find perplexing: the access, or lack thereof, of U.S.…
Peter HoskinsBusiness reporter, BBC NewsUS Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said President Donald Trump is considering a deal that would offer exemptions from tariffs on Canada and Mexico, including potentially…
Getty ImagesThe chancellor has earmarked several billion pounds in draft spending cuts to welfare and other government departments ahead of the Spring Statement.The Treasury will put the proposed cuts to…
A Hong Kong-based company has agreed to sell most of its stake in two key ports on the Panama Canal to a group led by US investment firm BlackRock.The sale…
A trade war with China during President Trump’s first term hit American farmers hard. This time, it could be worse.On Tuesday, China’s Ministry of Finance said it would add tariffs…
President Trump had been hammering Panama for weeks over its most valuable asset, the Panama Canal, saying, without evidence, that China operated the waterway. There seemed to be no way…
President Trump made one of the biggest gambles of his presidency Tuesday by initiating sweeping tariffs with no clear rationale on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, triggering a trade…
Sweeping tariffs imposed by President Trump threatened economic upheaval for consumers and businesses in the United States on Tuesday as the country’s biggest trading partners struck back on Tuesday, raising…
Facing the threat of tariffs from President Trump after he took office, Mexico bent over backward to comply with his demands.Almost immediately, the government moved to secure its northern border,…
Stocks tumbled on Tuesday as President Trump’s broad tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China reverberated through global markets, intensifying investors’ concerns over the health of the economy.The S&P 500 fell…
Selwyn Raab, an investigative reporter for The New York Times and other news organizations who in exacting detail explored the Mafia’s many tentacles, and whose doggedness helped lead to the…