Economy & Money
European economy, markets, the euro, ECB, inflation and business.
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Great British summer savings: grab family deals on days out, films and more
Government’s temporary VAT cut aims to ease cost of living for families this summer – here’s what’s on offer From Thursday familie…
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O'Leary extends Ryanair contract in deal that could net him over £130m
The Ryanair boss extends his contract to 2032, in a deal featuring a bonus scheme that could earn him more than €150m (£130m).
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Heathrow third runway GDP yield may be 90% less than previous estimates
Department for Transport analysis suggests tiny economic boost would be outweighed by up to £62.5bn in trade-offs The economic boo…
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The rise of the luxury barbecue: the UK’s new outdoor cooking obsession
Sales of high-end barbecues are booming as hotter and longer summers increase appetite for alfresco dining Burned sausages, limp s…
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Do you want to know the secret to haggling with call centres?
Martin Lewis explains how your TV, phone, breakdown cover, insurance and more could be cheaper!
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Who had the best World Cup advert?
BBC Sport looks at the numbers behind both Nike and Adidas' World Cup adverts.
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What could US-Iran peace deal mean for UK household costs?
The impact on petrol and food prices, energy bills and mortgages if the truce holds and strait of Hormuz reopens Around the world,…
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The UK’s social media ban for under-16s has just empowered big tech | Taylor Lorenz
Age verification means that the sector’s biggest players will now have access to information that will only make them richer and m…
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Extreme heat in Europe: Which countries face the biggest costs?
France, Spain and Italy are among the European economies most exposed to the growing economic costs of extreme heat, which could r…
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Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership
The web giant announced that Artificial, a biopic about the controversial tech executive, ‘will be better served if it were releas…
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Is Trump's Iran deal a failure? - video explainer
Donald Trump has signed a 14-point agreement with Iran, claiming it delivered a 'major win' for the US – even as it made significa…
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Cuba approves economic reforms to expand private investment
The Cuban parliament has approved 176 measures easing the economic model, boosting private sector involvement and opening the door…
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‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings
Guardian readers in the US share concerns about how the SpaceX IPO and AI boom affect their retirement accounts Elon Musk became t…
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Plans to end gazumping with binding agreements in house sales shake-up
Sales agreements will be legally binding sooner and making sellers provide more home information up front are part of the planned …
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Datacenters driving US clean energy growth while still threatening climate
As datacenters’ connections to electric grids are held up, big tech is forced to throw money at producing its own power Datacenter…
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Americast
The US economy backs Elon Musk’s vision for AI and sending people into space
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Frank Elderson: Fireside chat
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Piero Cipollone: The foundations of national sovereignty: the role of central bank money
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‘Termination shock’: trust our expert warnings on geoengineering’s planetary risks | Raymond Pierrehumbert, Julia Slingo, Michael Mann and Valerie Masson-Delmotte
Do we really want to play dice with our planet? A series in the Guardian recently declared “it’s time to talk about geoengineering…
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How the world’s voracious appetite for shrimp is destroying Ecuador’s mangroves
As demand soars, the country’s mangrove forests and the livelihoods of shellfish gatherers are under threat from encroaching farms…
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Shoppers splash out on fans and paddling pools as retail sales in Great Britain hot up
May heatwave drives up volume of sales 1.2%, the strongest monthly growth since January, says ONS Retail sales bounced back to gro…
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Five ways the Iran peace deal could affect you and your money
With fuel and gas prices having fallen in recent days, we look at how the end of hostilities might affect you - in five charts.
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SpaceX lands investment-grade credit ratings as shares tumble from record high
SpaceX has been awarded investment-grade credit ratings by all three major agencies just days after its record stock market debut,…
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Warning over 'fragile' public finances as borrowing rises
The UK borrowed £23.3bn in May, according to official figures, up almost a third on the same month last year.