European stocks closed 0.8pc lower, cementing their biggest weekly decline in more than three months, after Mr Trump said: “If there is going to be a shutdown of government, let it begin now ...

If the damage wrought by Trump's ever-changing tariffs was likely to pay off in the long run, you'd expect to see some optimism reflected in stocks. After all, stocks are basically a prediction market ...

Wright, a spokeswoman for GM Canada, said the shutdown, until October ... A weaker dollar at the same time as government bonds and stocks are selling off is a rare combination, given the dollar ...

as investors added the threat of a U.S. government shutdown to a growing list of concerns tied to the fate of the world's biggest economy. Stocks ended higher on Wednesday, snapping a brutal two ...

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A hacking group called Scattered Spider is believed to be behind the reported ransomware attack on Marks & Spencer.

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The 35-day US government shutdown has not just played havoc at government-run agencies – it has had a knock-on effect on the stock market because of cutbacks at the Securities and Exchange ...

Elon Musk had to publicly pitch Donald Trump on a government cost-cutting initiative ... DOGE has hollowed out or shut down 11 federal agencies and says it has terminated more than 8,500 contracts ...

The boss of the retailer says he is "really sorry" for the disruption which caused it to pause its online operations.