Economy

The US Congress has published 3,500 Facebook ads that were created by Russia’s Internet Research Agency in an effort to divide Americans ahead of the 2016 presidential election and beyond. The ads cover a range of issues, including...

If recently registered medicinal marijuana producers fulfill their plans, fields in Macedonia covering some 140,000 square meters – equivalent to some 20 football pitches – will soon be covered in marijuana plants. Macedonia legalized the growth...

The chairman of 21st Century Fox, Lachlan Murdoch, said the media company planned to press ahead with plans to merge with Disney and take full control of Sky on Wednesday but said the company was considering its...

Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed a $4.9bn (£3.6bn) penalty with the US Department of Justice to end an investigation into sales of financial products in the run-up to the financial crisis, clearing the way for the...

  BT is to axe about 13,000 jobs over the next three years and move out of its central London headquarters after almost 150 years, as it seeks to cut £1.5bn in costs after a torrid 18...

MPs will have a vote on remaining in the European Economic Area – effectively a vote on the single market – after a shock defeat for the government in the Lords. It means the Brexit strategy of both...

Hardliners in Iran are rejoicing at Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally pull the US out of the 2015 nuclear deal and reimpose economic sanctions, and seizing on an opportunity to consolidate their power over reformists who championed the...

The founder of the Yorkshire-based video games company behind hits such as Worms is set for a £50m windfall from a stockmarket listing valuing the business at up to £230m. Debbie Bestwick, 48, founded Team17 in 1990 and...

The UK’s competition watchdog has opened a full-scale investigation into the proposed merger of “big six” energy firms npower and SSE. The announcement by the Competition and Markets Authority comes after it warned last month that the merger...

Shire, the London-listed maker of treatments for ADHD and rare diseases, has agreed a £46bn bid from Japan’s Takeda, in the biggest deal in the pharmaceutical sector since 2000. It is the latest in a series...