- Monday, June 08, 2026
BusinessDay
Pizza stations, gyms, lavish headquarters conceptualized by starchitects, and the promise of a lucrative career that also has the potential to solve world problems. For a long time, working in Big Tech was the dream for many young people. But is its status starting to change?...
Donald Trump has claimed Beijing is seeking talks on a deal to end a trade war between the US and China that has spooked financial markets and stoked fears of a global economic slowdown....
Prime minister Boris Johnson on Sunday said the UK would not pay the £39bn Brexit divorce bill in full in the event of Britain leaving the EU without a deal on October 31....
Fresh from a powerful three-year surge, the software industry is entering a new period of uncertainty. But for companies that look as if they can stay the course, Wall Street’s enthusiasm is undimmed....
Two Israeli drones have crashed in Beirut with one exploding next to an office belonging to Hizbollah, according to the Iran-backed Shia paramilitary group as well as Lebanese officials....
Hong Kong police used water cannon for the first time and fired tear gas at protesters as the political crisis afflicting the Asian financial hub for months turned violent for a second consecutive day....
Italy’s coalition government may have collapsed, but investors cannot seem to get enough of its bonds....
He is variously known as a drug trafficker, a thug, a loyal revolutionary and the power behind the throne in Venezuela. But his friends and enemies agree on one thing: Diosdado Cabello is one of the most important links in the chain holding up President Nicolás Maduro’s government....
The loosening of the Volcker rule announced this week opens the door to a rebound in risky behaviour on Wall Street, proponents of the initial legislation have warned, even as investors and analysts insist there will be little impact on bank profits....
South Korea has scrapped a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, citing a “grave change” in security conditions after Tokyo placed export restrictions on its neighbour....
French President Emmanuel Macron has cast doubt on Boris Johnson’s talk of a Brexit deal before the October 31 deadline, saying any renegotiation of the UK-EU withdrawal agreement would leave it little changed from the original....
HSBC and Standard Chartered have broken their silence on the anti-government protests that have rocked Hong Kong in recent months, calling for a peaceful resolution to the crisis in full-page advertisements in local newspapers on Thursday....
Denmark’s prime minister on Wednesday insisted that the Scandinavian country was still interested in a “strategic co-operation” with the US in the Arctic even as she expressed her irritation at Donald Trump’s cancellation of his state visit to Copenhagen over her refusal to sell him Greenland....
Goldman Sachs has clawed its way into contention for a role in Saudi Aramco’s planned stock market listing, after a months-long charm offensive by top executives, including former Trump administration official Dina Powell, said several people briefed on the matter....
Facebook’s new digital currency, Libra, is under early scrutiny from the EU’S antitrust regulators, according to two people familiar with the matter....
