The 1994 movie Forrest Gump starred Tom Hanks as a man who randomly encounters legendary figures from 20th-century history: Elvis, John F Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Abbie Hoffman, John Lennon and ...

JD Wetherspoon has warned it is facing a near £60mn increase in taxes and business costs and that the UK hospitality sector will be forced to hike prices following the recent Budget.

Bitcoin surged more than 7 per cent to hit a record high of $75,389, making the world’s largest cryptocurrency one of the ...

Slowing demand in China led to steep falls in quarterly profit for Toyota, Honda and BMW, dragging even the strongest carmakers into a broader downturn hitting the sector. Until now, Japan’s Toyota ...

Marks and Spencer beat first-half profit expectations on strong food and clothing sales as its turnaround plan gathers pace, but it warned of uncertainty because of the Budget and “elevated” cost ...

Italian lender UniCredit raised its full-year guidance after reporting a rise in third-quarter profits while earnings slipped at German rival Commerzbank, as earnings diverged for the two lenders at ...

The Danish company’s share price rise of 7 per cent this year lags far behind its rival Eli Lilly’s 36 per cent, as the US company has gradually increased its share of the obesity and diabetes market ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has congratulated Donald Trump on his presumptive victory in the US election. “I ...

Spain offers a favourable environment for business start-ups in key sectors such as technology, renewable energy, agriculture, health and education. Advances in digital and energy transformation, ...

Spain Up Nation is focused on supporting innovation and solving social challenges. It fosters the development of new technologies that can personalise customer service, create sustainable forms of ...

Nestlé, Ferrero and more than 50 other companies say the uncertainty is putting investment at risk ...

Kamala Harris secured more than 200 electoral college votes after blue states Hawaii, Virginia and New Mexico were called for ...