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Key US voters say economy is getting worse ahead of midterms, exclusive poll finds
Nearly 61% believe country is in recession and 65% of independents say economy is worse, according to new Harris pollOur reporters answer your questions about the US economy and t…
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he writes just one email a week, if that—because it ‘feels like work’ and is ‘inferior’ to just texting his staff
Most bosses drown in their inbox. Airbnb's CEO Brian Chesky can barely remember the last email he wrote. “I don’t know if I write an email a week.”
‘American dream will continue to exist’: Warren Buffett’s successor is betting big on U.S. housing
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel has made three big homebuilding moves since taking over from Buffett, even as he concedes there’s no “quick recovery” coming for the housing marke…
Bitcoin ETFs shed $261M as XRP funds buck weekly outflow trend
Bitcoin ETFs have recorded $151 million in net outflows since Monday, after investors withdrew $681 million the previous week.
The Houthis’ Saudi attacks are ‘unprecedented.’ Trump wants to ‘ignore’ until the midterms, but the chaos may force U.S. to respond
The Houthis are "misbehaving very badly," but the U.S. is doing little in reply—for now.
Chevron CEO warns oil buffers that cushioned the Iran war shock have been ‘drained’—and diesel relief may not come until 2027
Mike Wirth says commercial stockpiles, emergency reserves, and once-sanctioned barrels have all been tapped, leaving the global energy system more exposed just weeks before the mi…
Wallace & Gromit maker Aardman falls short of return to profit
Animation studio narrows annual loss to £1.1m amid ‘challenging market’ in children’s contentDon’t break out the celebratory Wensleydale just yet. Aardman, the British animation s…
As Social Security races toward insolvency, retirees are getting their biggest COLA boost in 4 years
The AARP's Rich Johnson said family budgets "have been under increasing pressure because of rising prices."
An early Anthropic backer predicts a post-IPO valuation of up to $2.4 trillion, topping SpaceX
Says this VC, Anthropic "will continue to be one of these names where people say, I feel like I have to own it."
Wall Street’s earnings split: Goldman’s $18.7 billion blowout quarter—and why JPMorgan and BofA fell short
JPMorgan announced its first earnings miss in almost three years, while Goldman delivered its second-highest quarterly net revenue ever. A $1.2 billion regulatory penalty weighed …
It’s not just billionaires fleeing Britain—fed up with grey skies, crumbling healthcare and the tax bill, a record 69,300 workers have left the U.K.
Forget billionaires dodging tax: a record number of taxpayers have quit the U.K., and a career coach says lots just want sunshine and better healthcare.
BlackRock's Fink names a U.S. recession trigger, sounds alarm over $40 trillion national debt
BlackRock's CEO says "a moratorium of some sort" on data center buildouts would put the U.S. in a recession.
UK economy grew 0.1% in August ahead of Healey's first Budget
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said GDP grew in August.
UK economy unexpectedly grows 0.1% in August despite fall in consumer spending
Latest data comes just two weeks before chancellor’s budget looks to help consumers traverse the cost of living crisisThe UK economy unexpectedly continued to grow in August despi…
No timeline for lifting Land Registry paywall as ownership remains opaque
Defra promised in March to work towards free access to data on large plots in England and Wales The government has refused to say when the public will be able to freely access inf…
South Korea plans cybersecurity overhaul after attacks hit banks, crypto firms
South Korea is proposing tougher cybersecurity assessments after a review identified security deficiencies at 130 financial firms.
Thousands of NI workers to get pay bump as Real Living Wage rises
About 6,000 workers in NI are paid the Real Living Wage - which is voluntarily paid to reflect the cost of living.
Tech stock sell-off intensifies as markets await UK GDP report for August – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.The sell-off i…
'I paid thousands to a company for jobs that never came'
Apurv Patel is one of several people who say they were promised job opportunities that did not appear.
Australia seeks feedback on crypto platform rules ahead of 2027 rollout
The consultation follows Parliament’s passage of digital asset legislation in April, with Australia’s securities regulator now proposing capital, custody and trading standards for…
UK households have paid extra £13,961 on bills since 2021 amid soaring inflation, TUC says
Trades Union Congress urges chancellor to tackle rising additional living costs in this month’s budgetUK households have paid almost £14,000 on average in additional costs for mor…
Nearly $1 billion in crypto bets liquidated as bitcoin, ether and XRP slide
Ether accounted for nearly 60% of the forced closures across the two largest cryptocurrencies, falling roughly twice as much as bitcoin.
Bitcoin mining pool once handling 2.3% of network shuts after hashrate falls 65%
Computing power directed at Binance Pool has fallen from 26 EH/s in December to about 9 EH/s. Its remaining miners must choose another provider before a Nov. 10 cutoff.
A perfect storm: how the super El Niño is devastating the fishing industry
Peru’s anchoveta have made up about a 10th of the entire global commercial fishing catch since 1970, more than any other fish. A combination of warming seas and decades-long overf…