Finance
Fuel costs squeezing margins for some businesses
Diesel recently topped £2 per litre and there is concern that a duty freeze will not go far enough.
World
Rubio presses Lebanon on confiscation of weapons from Hezbollah
Lebanon's president reaffirms the commitment to bring all arms under state control.
Finance
China Builds Gas Buffer for Winter as Iran War Heightens Risk
China has stockpiled enough natural gas to meet winter demand, according to analysts, as importers acted early to build
Finance
Ship-Fuel Squeeze Persists Despite More Hormuz Crude, Vitol Says
Accelerating crude exports through the Strait of Hormuz aren’t translating into higher production of a dirty shipping fu
Finance
Fed's Warsh withholds Fed rate signal, praises recent global tightening with 'no free riders'
Warsh refrained from signaling another interest rate hike this month, pointed to a "synchronous tightening" by central b
Finance
'TV and cheap booze' blamed for landlord quitting
Lincolnshire has lost 27% of its pubs and bars since 2009 and some are calling on the government to act against cheap su
World
The fine art of fashion: what to wear to an exhibition
How better to signal your love of design than with bold colours, sharp shapes and the odd slogan T-shirt? Continue read
World
Saudi Arabia to execute man for being at protests and funerals when he was 15
Rights group says Youssef al-Manasif was tortured and first met his lawyer five years after arrest for non-violent crime
World
Repairing Brexit economic damage should be Burnham’s top priority, business chief says
Shevaun Haviland argues PM is right to revisit Labour’s EU red lines as current trading relationship is bad for business
Finance
Japan’s Fukoku Mutual Life Counts on Cash to Mitigate Volatility
Japan’s Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. is maintaining an elevated cash position as a buffer against volatile global ma
Finance
Michael Palin on the Philippines and China’s Power
The Monty Python star reinvented himself as a travel filmmaker, and has now visited more than 100 countries — most recen
Finance
The IPO drought is driving private equity-owned companies to the debt market to pay investors
Private equity firms are increasingly using debt-funded dividend recaps to return cash to investors as exits remain subd