Strong holiday season and boost from China leads to record revenue

Move would mark return to growth after shuttering hundreds of poorly performing stores last year

US president personally asked Russian counterpart for ‘energy’ ceasefire amid frigid temperatures in Kyiv

Ola Källenius declined offer but warns that Europe needs to realise it faces competition for investment

Beleaguered programme may continue in scaled-back form, after Airbus CEO said his company had given up on fighter jet

Don’t believe the hyperscalers; it takes depreciation of billions to hold them back

iPhone-maker strikes deal for secretive group that creates technology that analyses facial expressions

Software group pulls Nasdaq lower after reporting 66% year-on-year surge in data centre costs

Shares fall 16% as Europe’s largest software company says its cloud backlog growth will ‘slightly decelerate’

Patrick and Edward James accused of fraudulently obtaining billions of dollars from lenders in New York federal case

Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies

Latest data shows tentative signs of improvement after years in the doldrums

Border tsar Tom Homan says move would be contingent on reaching deal with local authorities over access to prisons

The smell of death is descending on a directionless government

Future of the company lies in equipping and running a global fleet of driverless taxis and in selling humanoid robots

Gold and silver also soar to new highs on concerns over US dollar and geopolitical turmoil

Official purchases fall 20% amid historic rally and are expected to decline further this year, says World Gold Council

Crude exports to Havana are drying up, according to Kpler, amid US blockade of Venezuela and pressure on Mexico

South Korea’s Samsung and SK Hynix post record earnings but say capacity expansion will be limited this year and next

AI start-up turns to three of its biggest suppliers in blockbuster $100bn funding round

Build-up of American military power comes as US president weighs strikes

New research describes how commerce shaped our culture

The success of weight-loss drugs has driven demand for injectable compounds that claim to improve everything from sleep to skin

Rise of UK challengers is increasing pressure on top firms to retain senior professionals