The country’s GDP at the end of 2023 was 2.2 per cent higher than its pre-pandemic peak, an improvement on the previous ...

Higher interest rates have discouraged homeowners from borrowing to undertake large refurbishment projects. Mortgage rates have also curtailed home sales, holding back spending on improvements when ...

Median total pay for S&P bosses rose to $19mn last year. The jump in median chief executive pay was higher than a 7.2 per cent rise in 2023, according to Farient Advisors, a pay consultancy, and ...

Bringing making back into universities, including in the humanities, is an invitation to rethink what literacy means in an era of digital automation. This is not about turning literature departments ...

The trend has implications for the role of nuclear energy as more renewables come online, as well as electricity prices in Europe. There are also questions over its impact on the health of France’s ...

The challenge of finding the perfect bag was well articulated by a stylish music producer friend: “They’re not clothes, they’re technical gear. You’re going to have them for years — like glasses — so ...

Someone who works for a fashion school in New York recently told her that “all the students are totally obsessed with Isabel ...

Complaints over state interference at Boğaziçi University trigger unrest that mirrors conflicts in US and Hungary ...

With the global cocaine business booming as never before, organised crime groups are diversifying into a swath of other ...

The length and restrictiveness of non-compete agreements vary across hedge funds and depend on role and seniority. At top ...

The offending figure is from Sunday’s edition of Daily Spark, an often-interesting newsletter by Apollo Global Management’s chief economist Torsten Sløk — the man whose 2024 Fed calls were equivocally ...

The UK’s statistics office has delayed the release of retail spending numbers that were due to be published on Friday so it can carry out further “quality assurance” work on the data. Retail sales ...