Figure surpassing expectations was boosted by spending related to healthcare and artificial intelligence

Threshold to increase to £2.5mn from April after backlash, following original proposal of £1mn

Newly released DoJ documents point to deep ties between influential men and late sex offender

US president claims Danish territory is needed ‘for national security’

UK’s richest woman received increase despite fall in profits at family-run gambling empire

Growth raises concerns about underwriting and risk management at fast-expanding groups

It’s the detail of the new Employment Rights Act that will matter — and the timing

Concern over rural economies as distilleries left with a surplus that has forced some to pause or scale back production

Investment-grade borrowers have issued $1.7tn of bonds this year, closing in on 2020’s Covid debt rush

The high priests of Silicon Valley and Wall Street are beginning to acknowledge the excesses of Big Tech valuations

It used to be the most wonderful time of year for the retail and hospitality sectors, but consumer behaviour is shifting

From coups to separatist strife, İmralı has mirrored the nation’s struggles and may help to reimagine its future

Cheaper areas show more resilience in capital’s ‘two-speed market’

Shares in Danish company rise as drugmaker secures lead in oral obesity treatment

President says he plans to meet defence contractors in Florida next week

More than half of those contacted by British Chambers of Commerce criticised the post Brexit arrangements

UK company strikes deal as it seeks to expand internationally

American trade policy is geared towards re-industrialisation — and it’s working

Trump administration unleashes a fresh setback for developers of renewable energy

It is none of our business if strangers choose to display their private affairs at a Coldplay concert

Method is still used in some restaurants but campaigners say this ‘torture’ is avoidable

The saga of Oracle’s PeopleSoft takeover might show what is needed to win Warner Bros Discovery

Oracle co-founder has agreed to backstop Paramount’s $108bn hostile bid personally

Rather than unleashing a new multi-polar era, US retreat has left states scrapping for advantage in an ill-defined order