The chancellor is to announce hundreds of millions of pounds more in funding for companies wanting to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles.

The administration will no longer try to announce the completion of the trade terms this week, after prominent Democrats objected to some provisions.

Energy markets have shrugged off the fighting between Israel and Hamas so far, focusing instead on forecasts of subdued demand.

Seeking re-election in 1984, Ronald Reagan presided over an economy similar in many ways to today’s. But he sold a message of progress and promise.

The fallout would be particularly hard for landlords already struggling with piling debt and companies scaling back their office footprint.

Belfast-based artificial intelligence (AI) company Ocula Technologies is to invest £11m in research and development (R&D).

Political stability and the return of Stormont are needed to attract major investors to Northern Ireland, US trade envoy Joe Kennedy III has said.

Everyone who relies on credit in America is confronting a new reality: Money will cost more for a good long while.

The carmaker said the six-week strike by the United Automobile Workers union had cost it $800 million so far and could cost $200 million for every week it continued.

The further limits on shipments could cripple Beijing’s A.I. ambitions and dampen revenues for U.S. chip makers, analysts said.