. . . . individual analysts’ consensus estimates would suddenly drop one by one prior to a company’s quarter end, only for said company to ‘surprise’ a few weeks later. The result are US reporting ...

To succeed, South should ruff West’s spade lead, and play a trump to dummy’s K♥. Now the diamond finesse should be taken. It loses and West may continue hearts. However, now, declarer is in control.

The Israeli army will call up about 50,000 reservists in the coming weeks as it pushes ahead with plans to take control of Gaza City, a military official said on Wednesday.

Government needs to think less like a sharp-eyed property developer and more about planning for future birth rebounds ...

Its latest share sale boosts its valuation from $32bn last October and comes after its rival Figma listed in the US last ...

UK inflation accelerated more than expected to 3.8 per cent in July on the back of higher food prices and airfares, deepening doubts over whether the Bank of England will cut interest rates again this ...

China will show off a range of new hypersonic missiles and uncrewed weapons at a huge military parade early next month, highlighting the People’s Liberation Army’s increasing capabilities for ...

High Court grants Epping Forest injunction against local hotel that blocks housing of asylum seekers there following wave of anti-immigration protests ...

In July, headline consumer price inflation in the UK rose at an annual rate of 3.8 per cent, above market expectations of a 3.7 per cent rise and stronger than June’s 3.6 per cent increase. It was in ...

Sven Mücklich is a divisional manager at east German savings bank Sparkasse Chemnitz, not a board member as wrongly stated in an article on August 19 ...

ANZ, the Australian bank, said it now expected two further interest rate cuts after the dovish pivot. The New Zealand dollar ...

Oliver Allen at Pantheon Macroeconomics agrees that “the jump in housing starts in July is noise rather than a sign that new residential construction is turning a corner”. The numbers were flattered ...