Forward price/earnings ratio for small caps at 24 per cent below 10-year average

Scrapping of $220mn Roosevelt Hotel contract leaves storied venue’s future in doubt and adds to Islamabad’s fiscal woes

Oval Office brawl has its roots in 2019 phone call between the US and Ukrainian leaders

The showdown in the Oval Office has exposed the huge rift between the US and Europe

Private equity group increased dividend payouts 18% in 2024, benefiting several top company executives

Oval Office meeting deteriorated into an angry argument that exposed years of mistrust between the leaders

US president says Ukraine’s leader is ‘gambling with world war three’

It is not hard to imagine the US president and his deputy were spoiling for a fight with the Ukrainian leader

Ayrshire resort owned by US president was last used for Britain’s premier tournament in 2009

Appointment is latest shake-up at Swiss wealth manager hit by exposure to Rene Benko’s Signa property empire

Ukraine’s president finds himself squeezed between two big powers

The British prime minister believes he can still be a bridge between the Trump White House and Europe. But is this anything other than wishful thinking?

Dramatic conclusion of White House meeting comes as US and Ukraine had planned to sign mineral deal

Liberal nationalists must respond with imagination to US policies rather than gripe at being cut out of Ukraine talks

Tech giant to retire service it acquired for $8.5bn after being overtaken by upstarts such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Zoom

Bodies representing big funds unleash lobbying offensive against global regulators’ plans

Tech group says antitrust regulator has ignored how AI is reshaping the tech industry

Even with the resources to chase after all our stolen handsets, let’s not kid ourselves it would solve the problem

Resignation of Anneliese Dodds shows challenges for prime minister as he pursues tough choices

President Trump has raised the prospect of a deal that could help Britain avoid tariffs

Move by Anneliese Dodds comes after prime minister announces plan to shift resources to defence

The ‘sceptical environmentalist’ used cost-benefit analysis to argue against emissions cuts. Now he has turned his attention to overseas aid

Average cost of £270,493 is 3.9% higher year on year as buyers try to get ahead of stamp duty changes in April

Property listings group says house-hunters spent 1bn more minutes on its site last year

Deputy governor Dave Ramsden says interest rate cuts must be gradual

Keir Starmer’s little wins with Donald Trump don’t add up to victory

The buzzword looks set to become a weapon in the budget wars

IAG posts record annual profits driven by demand for transatlantic travel

Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and his family bought 482 properties overseas costing $295mn. The new government wants some of that money back

Innovations may be a costly trap

Despite breakthroughs from Amazon and Microsoft, the industry is still a long way from building practical machines

Incident comes as US bank seeks to assuage regulatory concerns over its risk management processes

Pound is on course for best month against dollar since September as Trump trades unwind

Rafael Caro Quintero, sought since 1985 for murder of DEA agent, among 29 prisoners sent across border

UK prime minister hails ‘very productive discussion’ but president declines to back plan for Ukrainian peacekeepers

Executives have met with investors this week to test waters on an offering that could value the company at $35bn

Donald Trump says America is looking to forge pact as ‘quickly as it can be done’

S&P 500 index on course for worst week since September after sell-off in tech sector

Artificial intelligence companies must decide how to pay for the human-generated content they need

Remarks are a significant win for Sir Keir Starmer as he visits the White House for talks over Ukraine