Economy & Money
Economy & Money
European economy, markets, the euro, ECB, inflation and business.
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UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds
Study says UK-based banks provided $8.3bn in coal financing in four years, with Barclays and HSBC leading rise UK banks are Europe’s biggest financial backers of the glob
Bill Gates predicts AI will kill a billion people, but saying he’s been wrong before is quite the understatement | Arwa Mahdawi
Prosecco pratfalls and coffee catastrophes: Neets are missing out on formative first-job experiences | Isabel Brooks
Energy bills in Great Britain forecast to jump by £276 a year from January
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Trump announces vague ‘morally binding’ AI deal among tech CEOs for ‘tremendous self-policing’
US president also issues executive order officially rebranding ‘artificial intelligence’ as ‘superintelligence’ Donald Trump annou
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'I like proving people wrong': The women taking up DIY and plumbing
Female DIY experts and tradeswomen talk about their experiences of a traditionally male-dominated domain.
Smart ring maker Oura puts off initial public offering due to market ‘uncertainty’
Oura pulls $15bn stock market listing days after announcement
Barclays softens return-to-office plans for UK staff after backlash
Even George Osborne might be a nimby if an AI datacente was built next to his home | Letters
Don’t knock Palantir, it provides highly skilled, well-paid British jobs | Letter
Faisal Islam: Triple lock move is significant, but it's a gamble
Eiffel Tower chief to quit after female staff told to stay hidden during Hindu group visit
South West Water fined £8m for hundreds of sewage spills in Cornwall and Devon
Soho House launches investigation after out-of-date food mislabelled in kitchen
France's public debt soars to a record 119% of GDP
US ban on Canadian imports likely to weaken already fragile relationship
UK mortgage demand drops to 32-month low as Iran war drives up borrowing costs
Inflation in Spain surges to 4.9% in September on higher fuel prices
Stop shaming people for using AI. Start organizing to prevent our obsolescence | Garrison Lovely
On the rocks? Scotch distilleries pause production as unsold ‘whisky loch’ grows
As AI models go rogue, do you still trust OpenAI and Anthropic to stop them? I don’t and neither should you | Chris Stokel-Walker
Five million robots now work in factories as humanoid hype faces reality check
