Economy

Britain’s overseas territories will be forced to adopt public registers of company ownership at the end of the decade after the government conceded it would have to support a backbench amendment designed to stem the global...

Comcast has gatecrashed Rupert Murdoch’s takeover of Sky with a rival £22bn offer sparking a bidding war for Britain’s biggest pay-TV broadcaster. The media and telecoms company, which owns NBC Universal and is the largest cable...

The computer on which this article was written is sitting on a laptop stand that tells you everything you need to know about how Amazon does business. At $19.99 (£14.99) a pop, the laptop stand combines...

A London court has approved the extradition of Agrokor’s Ivica Todoric to Croatia, but he may still appeal the decision, which could prolong the process for another few months. London’s Westminster Magistrates Court on Monday ruled...

Montenegro‘s government has imposed a new sanctions list on Ukraine and Russianpoliticians and businessmen allegedly involved in the illegal transfer of funds from Ukraine, once again aligning itself with similar EU punitive measures. The extended list targetting...

Oil has hit a new three-and-a-half-year peak, and other commodity prices – notably nickel and aluminium – moved sharply higher as Donald Trump’s sanctions and the continuing conflict in Syria fuelled fears of supply shortages. Brent crude...

Expectations that UK interest rates will rise in May could be overblown, the governor of the Bank of England has indicated. Mark Carney said that while more rate increases would be coming over the next few years, some of...

The suspected mastermind behind the theft of 600 computers used to mine bitcoin in Iceland has escaped from prison and fled to Sweden on an aeroplane reportedly carrying the Icelandic prime minister. Sindri Thor Stefansson escaped through a...

Prague has always been big on upping the Czech Republic’s nuclear power capacity, but less so on how to finance it. As Brussels looks on with dread, Moscow may be about to ferment more discord on...

A fresh study by a German automotive research center has shown that Norway and China remain at the forefront of nations facilitating e-car market penetration. Germany is catching up only slowly. Norway and China remain the...