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Deloitte to pay US administration $21.5mn to settle ‘discriminatory’ practices probe

Firm one of several professional services businesses targeted by the American Alliance for Equal Rights

US audit regulator scraps investor advocate role as Trump-era revamp accelerates

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board scraps office set-up under Biden administration to represent shareholders

US Stocks and Treasuries Slip as Nvidia, PCE Loom: Markets Wrap

US stocks wavered and Treasuries slipped as traders held back from taking risks ahead of the latest earnings report from Nvidia Corp. and July’s reading …

Latest Oil Market News and Analysis for Aug. 26

Oil fluctuated as more barrels appeared to flow from inside the Persian Gulf, while traders awaited news from negotiations between Iran and Oman on a …

Fusion Firm Gets Major Monetary Boost

Commonwealth Fusion Systems has raised around $4 billion in order to work toward commercializing fusion energy, that's about 30% of the total capital raised by …

FirstFT: China warns US it could retaliate over Iran sanctions

Also in this newsletter: Nvidia employee charged in Taiwan with smuggling chips into China and Canada announces $20bn retaliatory tariffs

2026 Best Cities for Work Revealed

Indeed Hiring Lab measured 40 metrics across six pillars against hundreds of US metro-areas to determine which cities are the best for workers in 2026. …

How LeBron James Scored $300 Million From Insurers

When LeBron James signed up to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to NBA glory with a $154 million contract in 2018, it wasn’t the biggest …

Northrop CEO on Defense Spending, Golden Dome System

Northrop Grumman Chair, CEO and President Kathy Warden discusses doing business with the Trump administration, working on the Golden Dome space defense system and how …

Foot Locker owner plunges after warning nervous consumers are cutting spending

Dick’s Sporting Goods shares slide after telling analysts that shoppers are cautious ‘due to the geopolitical environment’

SpaceX commits $100bn to Louisiana space base

Elon Musk’s rocket conglomerate plans its second launch complex to support more Starship launches

Iran and Oman edge towards deal on Strait of Hormuz

Interim proposal on managing shipping is first hint of diplomatic progress to reopen the strategic waterway in weeks

AI to fuel global growth as investment spreads beyond US, IMF says

Managing director Kristalina Georgieva expects world economy to weather energy crisis ignited by Iran war

European LNG prices surge to highest level since 2023

Continent’s gas inventories were already low before Iran war disrupted shipments

Imran Khan may not survive Pakistan prison, son says

Concerns grow over former PM’s health in conditions his lawyer calls ‘beyond deplorable’

Bessent’s Mentor Druckenmiller Calls Bond Buying a Mistake

Stanley Druckenmiller, the billionaire investor who mentored US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in his early career as a hedge fund trader, suggested his former pupil …

Canada announces $20bn retaliatory tariffs as US trade war escalates

Hundreds of US goods will face increased levies from September 8

The Pro Sports Liquidity Escape Hatch

What if you don’t have the Lakers?

The drip-drip US debt crisis

Rising deficits and debt-servicing costs no longer seem to have the power to restore prudence

Sizewell C nuclear project suffers setback after contractor dropped

Galliford Try replaced after failing to agree cost of building key access roads

‘Embarrassing’: US officials recoil from Trump’s Canada attacks

Deepening trade war between two long-term allies descends into insults and recrimination

UAE’s Adnoc Spends $2.7 Billion on Ship-Buying Spree

The biggest oil and gas producer in the United Arab Emirates has ordered two more liquefied natural gas carriers, extending a recent spree of vessel …

Machete Attacks Disrupt Congo Ebola Response (Video)

(USD) Dollar Debasement Frees EM Currencies From Treasuries’ Weight

US Treasuries and emerging-market currencies are diverging the most in more than four years as higher US yields fail to fuel the dollar’s strength like …