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American travel demand declines as US consumers cut costs
15 June 2025 @ 9:00 am
Travellers pare back holiday plans amid economic uncertainty
Carmakers battle to find supplies of rare earths as China tightens its grip
15 June 2025 @ 4:00 am
Mercedes-Benz among groups looking to secure alternative sources of vital materials after China tightens export curbs
StubHub threatens UK exit if government imposes reseller ticket price caps
15 June 2025 @ 4:00 am
Operators of secondary sites warn limit would have unintended consequences
Corporate bond defaults disappear from China’s onshore market
15 June 2025 @ 4:00 am
Systemic risk prioritised over international norms as country returns to zero failure era
The Trump-Musk love affair was about daddy issues, not bromance
15 June 2025 @ 4:00 am
Theirs wasn’t really a friendship at all but a more complex and primal bond
Why Saudi Arabia raised oil output before Israel’s attack on Iran
15 June 2025 @ 4:00 am
The US was pushing Riyadh for more crude but cartel politics were a more likely reason for the increase
BT chief eyes deeper job cuts as AI becomes more powerful
15 June 2025 @ 4:00 am
Allison Kirkby says telecoms group could be ‘even smaller’ by 2030
Gavin Newsom, California’s resister-in-chief
15 June 2025 @ 4:00 am
Trump’s decision to send troops into Los Angeles gives the governor a chance to sell political pushback to the country
Australian pension fund Aware Super cites ‘significant’ opportunities in Europe
15 June 2025 @ 4:00 am
One of country’s largest funds is ahead of schedule with plans to invest billions in UK and rest of continent
Israeli attacks revive bitter Iranian memories of 1980s Iraq war
15 June 2025 @ 4:00 am
Even some critics of the Islamic regime have rallied to the government in the face of a common enemy