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UK Charity Shop Profits Plummet Amid Secondhand Market ShiftEconomy

UK Charity Shop Profits Plummet Amid Secondhand Market Shift

By Ahmed Abdelsalam Profits at some of the UK’s best-known charity shops have plummeted as the sector grapples...

Trump's Financial Record: Gains, Tariffs, and Cost-of-Living CrisisEconomy

Trump's Financial Record: Gains, Tariffs, and Cost-of-Living Crisis

By Sohaib Shams With the U.S. midterm elections days away, President Donald Trump faces voter backlash over th...

City of London chief Ian Thomas named UK's most influential black BritonEconomy

City of London chief Ian Thomas named UK's most influential black Briton

By Karim Hammam The chief executive of the City of London Corporation, Ian Thomas, has been named the UK’s mos...

US Jobs Data, Corporate Earnings Dominate Economic CalendarEconomy

US Jobs Data, Corporate Earnings Dominate Economic Calendar

By Salma El-Sakka The coming week will feature a slate of major employment reports and corporate earnings rele...

China Manufacturing PMI Falls to 49.3 in OctoberEconomy

China Manufacturing PMI Falls to 49.3 in October

By Sohaib Shams China's factory activity contracted in October, reversing a brief rebound in September, as new...

North Korea's Lazarus Group Suspected in $6.3 Billion Binance HackEconomy

North Korea's Lazarus Group Suspected in $6.3 Billion Binance Hack

By Fatma Younis Two major blockchain analytics firms have identified North Korea's state-backed Lazarus Group ...

Canadian Town Fights to Save Paper Mill Amid Trump TariffsEconomy

Canadian Town Fights to Save Paper Mill Amid Trump Tariffs

By Salma El-Sakka Residents of Témiscaming, Quebec, are racing to save their community's paper mill after U.S....

Halloween Chocolate Sales Drop on Cost, Health ConcernsEconomy

Halloween Chocolate Sales Drop on Cost, Health Concerns

By Basant El-Faramawy Seasonal chocolate revenue in the United States fell $33.1 million over the nine weeks e...

Median US Bank Balance $8,200 in 2025, Education Biggest FactorEconomy

Median US Bank Balance $8,200 in 2025, Education Biggest Factor

By Islam El-Sakka New data from the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances shows the median U.S. househ...

UK Retail Giants to Report Earnings Amid Spending ConcernsEconomy

UK Retail Giants to Report Earnings Amid Spending Concerns

By Basant El-Faramawy Major UK retailers including Marks & Spencer, Primark, Next and Asos are scheduled to pu...

Jet2 Unveils First Business Class-Only PlaneEconomy

Jet2 Unveils First Business Class-Only Plane

By Karim Hammam Jet2 has unveiled its first business class-only plane, offering an all-premium cabin for passe...

China Haul Trend Boosts Foreign Spending at Canton FairEconomy

China Haul Trend Boosts Foreign Spending at Canton Fair

By Sohaib Shams The "China Haul" trend is drawing foreign buyers to the China Import and Export Fair, known as...

AI Transforms Business Deals at Canton FairEconomy

AI Transforms Business Deals at Canton Fair

By Sohaib Shams Artificial intelligence is playing an expanding role in facilitating trade at the 140th China ...

Zhou Qunfei Named China's Richest Woman After Factory Worker PastEconomy

Zhou Qunfei Named China's Richest Woman After Factory Worker Past

By Ahmed Abdelsalam Former factory worker Zhou Qunfei, who dropped out of school, has been named China's riche...

Jet2 Launches First Business-Class-Only Aircraft for Charter FlightsEconomy

Jet2 Launches First Business-Class-Only Aircraft for Charter Flights

By Salma El-Sakka Jet2 has introduced its first aircraft configured exclusively for business-class travel, a B...

UK Autumn Budget Raises Tax-Free Allowance for Side HustlersEconomy

UK Autumn Budget Raises Tax-Free Allowance for Side Hustlers

By Ahmed Abdelsalam The UK government announced in its autumn Budget that the tax-free income allowance will i...

Zhou Qunfei named China's richest woman againEconomy

Zhou Qunfei named China's richest woman again

By Salma El-Sakka Zhou Qunfei, a 56-year-old former factory worker who dropped out of school, has topped the H...

UK Watchdog Investigates Meta Over Publisher TermsEconomy

UK Watchdog Investigates Meta Over Publisher Terms

By Sohaib Shams The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Meta, the ...

Congress Considers Ban on Unauthorized Restaurant Listings by Delivery AppsEconomy

Congress Considers Ban on Unauthorized Restaurant Listings by Delivery Apps

By Islam El-Sakka Bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House would prohibit third-party food delivery...

Over 3 million UK families missing £4,700 in unclaimed benefitsEconomy

Over 3 million UK families missing £4,700 in unclaimed benefits

By Fatma Younis More than three million eligible families in the UK are failing to claim essential government ...

Eurozone Economy Grows 0.4% in Q3 Despite Iran War Energy ShockEconomy

Eurozone Economy Grows 0.4% in Q3 Despite Iran War Energy Shock

By Ahmed Abdelsalam Europe's economy expanded moderately in the third quarter, shrugging off higher oil prices...

AstraZeneca Unveils £1.1bn Annual Cost-Cutting PlanEconomy

AstraZeneca Unveils £1.1bn Annual Cost-Cutting Plan

By Islam El-Sakka Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has announced a major restructuring programme aimed at cutt...

UK tax-free side-hustle allowance rises to £3,000 in 2027 BudgetEconomy

UK tax-free side-hustle allowance rises to £3,000 in 2027 Budget

By Salma El-Sakka The UK government will raise the tax-free allowance for side-hustle income from £1,000 to £3...

UK households to receive £100 energy payment in 2027Economy

UK households to receive £100 energy payment in 2027

By Sohaib Shams Around 20 million households in England will receive a £100 payment in January 2027 to help of...

Mobico agrees £308m takeover by Spanish bus operator Autobuses de LeonEconomy

Mobico agrees £308m takeover by Spanish bus operator Autobuses de Leon

By Karim Hammam National Express owner Mobico has agreed to a £308 million takeover by Spanish bus operator Au...

Yorkshire Water CEO Steps Down After One-Star Environmental RatingEconomy

Yorkshire Water CEO Steps Down After One-Star Environmental Rating

By Islam El-Sakka Yorkshire Water chief executive Nicola Shaw has announced her departure after four and a hal...

Burnham says first budget less radical than plannedEconomy

Burnham says first budget less radical than planned

By Islam El-Sakka Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has acknowledged that his first budget was not as radi...

Angela Rayner Pledges High Street Revival Before Next ElectionEconomy

Angela Rayner Pledges High Street Revival Before Next Election

By Islam El-Sakka Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has said voters will begin to see improvements in their loca...

Electricity Bills Surge 5% Ahead of Midterms, Fueling Voter BacklashEconomy

Electricity Bills Surge 5% Ahead of Midterms, Fueling Voter Backlash

By Ahmed Abdelsalam Residential electricity costs have jumped approximately 5% nationwide over the past year, ...

US Economy Shows Mixed Signals Ahead of Midterm ElectionsEconomy

US Economy Shows Mixed Signals Ahead of Midterm Elections

By Fatma Younis With the November 3 midterm elections days away, the federal government has released the final...

Binance Estimates Security Breach Impact at $6.3 BillionEconomy

Binance Estimates Security Breach Impact at $6.3 Billion

By Sohaib Shams Binance said its initial investigation into a security incident suggests an attacker may have ...

Yorkshire Water CEO Resigns After Environmental DowngradeEconomy

Yorkshire Water CEO Resigns After Environmental Downgrade

By Karim Hammam Yorkshire Water chief executive Nicola Shaw has announced she will step down on 1 January, a d...

UK House Price Growth Hits Near Three-Year LowEconomy

UK House Price Growth Hits Near Three-Year Low

By Fatma Younis UK house price growth slowed to its weakest annual pace in almost three years in October, as h...

UK to Require Foreign Defence Contractors to Invest in BritainEconomy

UK to Require Foreign Defence Contractors to Invest in Britain

By Salma El-Sakka Foreign defence firms awarded UK contracts worth more than £50 million will have to invest a...

Living to 100: Can Your Pension Savings Last?Economy

Living to 100: Can Your Pension Savings Last?

By Salma El-Sakka Britons are living longer than ever, with the number of centenarians soaring nearly 90 per c...

UK Budget: John Healey's Announcement Addresses Pensioners and Income TaxEconomy

UK Budget: John Healey's Announcement Addresses Pensioners and Income Tax

By Basant El-Faramawy The UK Budget includes an announcement from John Healey that pertains to pensioners and ...

Burnham Admits First Budget Fell Short of Radical GoalsEconomy

Burnham Admits First Budget Fell Short of Radical Goals

By Fatma Younis British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has conceded that his first budget, delivered this week, w...

Bitcoin Market Plunges After $6.3 Billion Binance HackEconomy

Bitcoin Market Plunges After $6.3 Billion Binance Hack

By Islam El-Sakka Bitcoin markets were thrown into chaos amid fears that Binance, the world's largest cryptocu...

UK side-hustle tax-free allowance to rise to £3,000 next yearEconomy

UK side-hustle tax-free allowance to rise to £3,000 next year

By Fatma Younis The UK government will raise the tax-free trading allowance for side hustles from £1,000 to £3...

TUC predicts wave of union recognition deals in private sectorEconomy

TUC predicts wave of union recognition deals in private sector

By Islam El-Sakka The Trades Union Congress (TUC) general secretary, Paul Nowak, predicts a surge of union rec...

Syrians Protest Soaring Costs as Post-Assad Recovery FaltersEconomy

Syrians Protest Soaring Costs as Post-Assad Recovery Falters

By Salma El-Sakka Protests erupted across Syria last month over fuel price increases, marking the largest publ...

Binance Hack Fears Trigger Crypto Market TurmoilEconomy

Binance Hack Fears Trigger Crypto Market Turmoil

By Salma El-Sakka Billions of dollars in cryptocurrency may have been stolen from Binance, the world's largest...

AI Boomerang: Companies Rehire Staff After Automation Falls ShortEconomy

AI Boomerang: Companies Rehire Staff After Automation Falls Short

By Karim Hammam Major corporations including Microsoft, Barclays, and Kroger have cut jobs to deploy artificia...

Burger King US Sales Jump 8.4% as Turnaround Gains MomentumEconomy

Burger King US Sales Jump 8.4% as Turnaround Gains Momentum

By Sohaib Shams Burger King's U.S. sales surged 8.4 percent in the third quarter of 2026, extending a turnarou...

Healey Rules Out Welfare Cuts This Parliament Despite £28bn ShortfallEconomy

Healey Rules Out Welfare Cuts This Parliament Despite £28bn Shortfall

By Islam El-Sakka Chancellor John Healey has backed away from cutting welfare costs during this parliament, ev...

Italy to sell personalized car plates to boost revenueEconomy

Italy to sell personalized car plates to boost revenue

By Basant El-Faramawy Italy plans to introduce personalized vehicle registration plates as a new revenue‑raisi...

DoorDash to Acquire Instacart for $17 BillionEconomy

DoorDash to Acquire Instacart for $17 Billion

By Fatma Younis DoorDash has agreed to acquire Instacart for $17 billion, creating a major home delivery platf...

Britain Needs Bolder Growth Approach, Not Short-Term Budget FixesEconomy

Britain Needs Bolder Growth Approach, Not Short-Term Budget Fixes

By Sohaib Shams The UK budget delivered by Chancellor John Healey has drawn sharp criticism for prioritizing s...

Meta Discussed 'Whisper Strategy' Against Jonathan Haidt, Court Documents ShowEconomy

Meta Discussed 'Whisper Strategy' Against Jonathan Haidt, Court Documents Show

By Karim Hammam Court documents have revealed that Meta employees discussed a “whisper strategy” aimed at unde...

HMRC Assigns Compliance Managers to 200 UK-Linked BillionairesEconomy

HMRC Assigns Compliance Managers to 200 UK-Linked Billionaires

By Ahmed Abdelsalam HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has appointed dedicated tax compliance managers for more tha...