Foreign Investment Surge: UK Companies See Record Overseas Takeover...
📋 Key Facts ✓ 74% increase in foreign takeovers of British companies in 2025 ✓ Record-breaking year for international acquisitions in U...
Dec 21Financial Timeseconomics
📋 Key Facts ✓ 74% increase in foreign takeovers of British companies in 2025 ✓ Record-breaking year for international acquisitions in U...
China is taking steps to reshape the direction of its foreign investment, unveiling a revised catalogue of encouraged industries that steers overseas capital towards the advanced and technologically c...
Despite vows to cut back, Russian hydrocarbons continue flowing to Taiwan, making it Moscow's biggest buyer of the naphta derivative, and raising concerns over energy dependence....
📋 Key Facts ✓ Argentina’s libertarian leader Javier Milei seeks tax and labour overhaul after midterm victory ✓ Milei’s ‘chainsaw’ mini...
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that imposed a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images Companies are revising their H-1B strategies after ...
President Mirziyoyev says GDP reached a record high in the Central Asian country's history as exports rose 23% and foreign investment reached €37 billion....
📋 Key Facts ✓ US consulates are rescheduling H-1B and H-4 visa appointments up to June or November 2026. ✓ New online presence reviews,...
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is investing billions in European and international systems, from Czech pistols to US fighter jets. Why are those weapons not being purchased from German manufa...
Climate change shifted the oil production debate from scarcity to demand. But without delivering on ambitious green pledges, one expert predicts production may peak within two years, forcing a chaotic...
Trump‑era tariffs, bruising rate realities and a burned‑out memecoin cycle are forcing crypto to shed its Peter Pan phase and build tokens with real utility, says Animoca Brands’ Yat Siu....
Nearly 30% of Japan's population is 65 or older, and many still work. Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty Images Japan has adapted to an aging workforce with government support and job programs. Nearly ...
An Uber logo is shown on a rideshare vehicle during a statewide day of action to demand that ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft follow California law and grant drivers "basic employee rights'', ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin took questions on the war and the economy during his annual televised phone-in event. Contributor/Getty Images Most Russians expect the war with Ukraine to end in 2026...
Thailand is one of the countries with an expected tourist tax increase in 2026. Planet One Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Several destinations plan to raise or introduce tourism taxes ...
A fancy Starbucks coffee drink with whipped cream Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images Under new CEO Brian Niccol, Starbucks had a sometimes rocky 2025. I thought slimming down the menu length and adding after...
Rippling's CPO said he prefers to understaff than overstaff all his projects. Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Rippling's product chief Matt MacInnis says he deli...
Tiffany Chng and Olivia Yiong, the founders of Cheak, started off as work besties in a previous corporate job. Aditi Bharade Tiffany Chng and Olivia Yiong were work besties at GuavaPass, a company bou...
📋 Key Facts ✓ iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on December 14 and will be acquired by Picea Robotics. ✓ Founded in 1990 by Colin ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ India and New Zealand have announced a trade pact making the majority of goods trade duty-free. ✓ India aims to become an...
Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift are all billionaires. Al Pereira/WireImage; Edward Berthelot/Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Beyoncé's net worth has officially reached $1 billion, according to...