Prosecutors have pursued high-profile cases since Foreign Corrupt Practices Act was introduced in 1977

Trade minister’s comments come as London follows Washington in refusing to sign global AI accord

CATL is one of several Chinese companies expected to list in Hong Kong this year as activity revives

Wall Street bank is latest major US company to roll back DEI initiative

JD Vance vows that US will dominate the technology in warning to Europe and China

Treasuries rally as investors take more bearish view on economic impact of new president’s policies

The US judiciary poses the ultimate test of whether the president will break the system

The worst nightmare of leaders on the continent is a deal between Putin and the US president done over their heads

Trading bloc promises ‘firm and proportionate countermeasures’

Ongoing operatic rivalry between billionaire and OpenAI chief Sam Altman remains major subtext

Big Four firm’s UK arm tells staff it remains committed to diversity despite changes in US

Lawyers, bankers and many other professionals are now using chatbots to communicate, some without company oversight

Bloc’s 50 spending programmes to be lumped into 3 funds, according to paper

Chief executive Murray Auchincloss vows to boost performance after activist Elliott takes stake

Disclosure suggests Big Four firm has lost state-owned and finance sector clients

Pforzheim is a microcosm of migration and economic debates boosting AfD ahead of Germany’s federal elections

Automated stores run by global companies such as NewCold have become critical in keeping supermarkets stocked

The effect of the provision would be reversed pending ministerial sign-off, a Treasury official said

President says move will ‘mean a lot more business for America’

Administration will grant no exclusions to any products, officials say, raising risk of trade war

MPC’s Catherine Mann says ‘demand conditions’ in economy are ‘quite a bit weaker’

Bid complicates chief Sam Altman’s plans to turn artificial intelligence group into for-profit company

Creative industries worry that generative artificial intelligence models could replicate or even replace their original works 

White House also told to unblock billions in funding for clean energy projects earmarked under Inflation Reduction Act

Judge says Iya Patarkatsishvili and husband are due ‘substantial’ damages after London property affected by millions of insects

Even before the Trump administration’s slash and burn approach, international assistance was ripe for a rethink

US president says ‘all hell’ will break out if his deadline is not met

Traders pay up to secure copper, steel and aluminium supplies before US president’s levies come into effect

Budget director is commander of Trump’s campaign to reduce the size of government

MPs on Treasury select committee request information from past two years

Brussels can’t do the rapid pre-emptive retaliation that Canada and Mexico threatened

The leaders of America, Russia and China are now all committed to territorial expansion

The White House responded to lobbying from carmakers with exemptions. The EU went after bourbon

US consulting firm is latest company to boost office space in sign of hope for UK capital’s commercial property market

Activist could push for board changes, a New York listing and sale of assets, say shareholders

It is high time the tax system encouraged more economically productive behaviour than parking funds in a cash account

Weakened by war with Israel, the group is deploying a vast patronage network to strengthen its base

Something even bigger than AI and the Trump effect is at work

Doge’s efforts to infiltrate the plumbing of the federal government should scare everyone