President Trump’s policies could threaten many big green energy projects in the coming years, but his election has already dealt a big blow to an ambitious California effort to replace…
John CampbellBBC News NI business and economics editorIreland's goods exports to the United States surged by 34% to €72.6bn (£60.4bn) in 2024 while its imports from the US fell slightly…
When Beijing sidelined Jack Ma, China’s most prominent entrepreneur, by slamming the brakes on his business in 2020, it sent an unmistakable message that no company was above the Chinese…
Felicity EvansMoney editor, BBC Wales NewsGetty ImagesThe local authority in Gwynedd charges a 150% council tax premium on second homes or holiday letsHouse prices in a county where the council…
João da SilvaBusiness reporterJean MackenzieSeoul correspondentReporting fromSeoulSouth Korea has banned new downloads of China's DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, according to the country's personal data protection watchdog.The government agency said…
Lily JamaliNorth America Technology CorrespondentReutersOpenAI's board of directors has officially rejected Elon Musk's nearly $100bn offer for the maker of what is the world's best-known artificial intelligence (AI) tool, ChatGPT.But…
Shari VahlReporter, You and YoursBBCPaul was told bailiffs were chasing an advertising debtA man has described how criminals pretending to be bailiffs almost tricked him into paying thousands of pounds…
For decades in Japan, it was accepted as gospel: A weak currency makes companies more competitive and bolsters the economy.Part of that promise came true last year: As the yen…
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, rejected an offer by the Trump administration to relinquish half of the country’s mineral resources in exchange for U.S.…
At the height of the superhero boom a few years ago, Disney pushed its Marvel assembly lines to run faster and faster. After awhile, quality suffered and ticket sales declined.So…
David Mercer & Vishala Sri-PathmaBBC NewsBusiness Secretary Jonathan Reynolds: We need guarantees on steel jobs and profitabilityImposing US tariffs on UK steel would be "negative" for both countries, the business…
The world economy was already grappling with a perplexing assortment of variables, from geopolitical conflicts and a slowdown in China to the evolving complexities of climate change. Then, President Trump…