Making predictions in the world of business and economics is a fool’s errand but that’s no reason not to have a crack at it. Here are some things to look out for in 2019, which could be a rollercoaster [...]

China’s president, Xi Jinping, has called for Donald Trump to reach a compromise on trade, as discussions continue in an attempt to avert the imposition of heavy tariffs on [...]

Employees at a Scottish waste disposal firm that is under criminal investigation have been laid off, after the company lost nearly 20 health service [...]

US stock markets fell again on Thursday after a record-breaking day of gains gave way to selling once [...]

US stock markets struggled to build a post-Christmas rally on Wednesday morning, recovering some of the ground they lost after their worst ever performance on Christmas [...]

Liqueurs enjoyed a revival in 2018, with British people consuming 42m bottles at home or in pubs, bars and restaurants in an attempt to keep up with the social media cocktail [...]

We have become illiberal and lowered quotas at a time when we have an acute shortage of labour.” So observed the cabinet minister Richard Crossman in his diaries in 1966, after the Labour government, fearful of public hostility, slashed Commonwealth immigration into [...]

US stock markets joined a global sell-off on Thursday after news that the Federal Reserve would continue its planned interest rate hikes, a government shutdown loomed and disappointing financial results spooked [...]

Judges have dismissed Uber’s appeal against a landmark employment tribunal ruling that its drivers should be classed as workers with access to the minimum wage and paid [...]

Donald Trump has stepped up his pressure on America’s central bank to shelve plans for an expected increase in interest rates to prevent the bleakest December for Wall Street since the US was in the throes of the Great [...]