One of the world’s most complex financial conglomerates is attracting scrutiny for circular flows of cash involving its global property portfolio
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Germany’s ‘whatever-it-takes’ spending push to end years of stagnation
Europe’s largest economy could return to pre-pandemic growth trend
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Thames Water has to keep borrowing and carry on
The public water utility cannot avoid a debt refinancing, despite the horrifying expense
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Microsoft walks away from some CoreWeave commitments ahead of $35bn IPO
AI data centre provider hit by blow from biggest customer ahead of the biggest tech listing this year
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Trump administration to expand blitz against spending on consultants
Firms including Deloitte and Accenture told to justify billions of dollars’ worth of contracts
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Drop in planning permissions casts doubt on England’s housebuilding target
Number of new homes given go ahead last year was lowest since 2014
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‘Tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war’ — China says it’s ready to fight U.S. until the end
Beijing announced Tuesday additional tariffs as high as 15% on certain U.S. goods, starting from March 10 and a series of new export restrictions for designated U.S. entities.
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It’s ‘never been easier’ to become an online scammer as cybercrime markets flourish, security experts warn
“It has become child’s play to create really convincing fake emails, audio notes, images or videos designed to scam … victims,” says Netskope’s Tony Burnside.
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Japanese bond yields hit 16-year high
Borrowing costs rise amid global sell-off sparked by Germany