Daniel Křetínský £5.3bn bid for Royal Mail owner to get greenlight from UK government on linkedin (opens in a new window) ...

Data from Make UK complicates picture for BoE rate-setters as they contemplate how quickly to cut interest rates ...

However one worry he did not mention is that governments who give out misleading statistics quite soon believe their own lies, and don’t know the truth.

The biggest boom and bust in history — Wall Street 1929 — occurred some time after the creation of the Federal Reserve, while in Britain in more recent times the granting of independence to the Bank ...

It is difficult to take seriously the Labour government’s protestations of concern about the shocking backlog of cases in the crown courts when the lady chief justice asked for a further 6,500 sitting ...

Lord Michael Spencer seems to feel that the chief executives of London-listed companies are underpaid (“Pay UK bosses like football stars, urges top financier”, Interview, December 12).

Australia’s markets regulator has kicked off legal action against HSBC after it accused the bank of “widespread and systemic ...

Also in today’s newsletter, South Korea’s interim leader faces daunting task, and a Russian petroleum tanker breaks apart in the Black Sea ...

Plus, final statements in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry and sentencing due in the Pelicot rape trial ...

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Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, condemned what he called Israel’s “flimsy” excuses for its air ...

The company’s hits this year include faith-based titles The Chosen, which has drawn religious audiences that might avoid mainstream movies with profanity or racy content. “Faith has been a big ...