Entrepreneurs are more optimistic than the headlines about the UK’s economic potential

Lawyers awarded hefty December payouts in battle to hire and retain high performers

So-called continuation vehicles set to account for a fifth of sales by the sector in 2025

The US president’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs spooked markets but the global trading system has proved to be resilient

Damaging climbdown on cutting benefit taught me pensioner spending can be changed, but only with great care

Donald Trump dismisses concerns about PLA activity simulating maritime blockade

US president warns Hamas it has a ‘very short period of time to disarm’ after talks with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu

Push to join the European single currency stoked tension between Labour PM and chancellor in 2003

Former Treasury minister warned that Crossrail London link was too costly and unnecessary, newly released papers show

Investors including D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to purchase $1bn in equity

President claims attack hit boats at drug loading terminal without providing further details

Company defends record and its ‘highly engaged and experienced board’ after Chip Wilson nominates 3 directors

Ukraine president says after talks with Donald Trump that 15-year pledge would not be enough to deter Russia

Rapid post-Christmas surge unwinds, dragging down gold and other precious metals

Acquisition continues Masayoshi Son’s spate of artificial intelligence investments

Analysts expect demand for industrial metal to outstrip mined supply by 2030s

Chinese artificial intelligence advances and the effects of Trump’s trade war have boosted markets outside the US

From Vance’s shock Munich speech to the release of the Epstein files, Trump’s return to power has shaped the year

Wave of arrests and fines are in apparent response to online anger over reforms to social security benefits

By inserting tiny imperfections into the stones, scientists open up possibilities in computing, encryption and sensors

Talks about ending the war are really about securing US punishment of the other side

Valuations may be spectacular and a bust could come — but while there’s exuberance there is no mania or irrationality

Economists and tax collectors might be underestimating its impact

Unfunded projects include construction of new barracks, munitions factories and spending on naval hubs