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The cost of money for UK companies is rapidly rising compared with firms across the Atlantic.

The operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange is developing plans for a new trading platform targeting early-stage companies and alternative asset classes in an effort to spur activity as competition mounts.

HSBC Holdings Plc told brokers it will raise prices on UK residential and buy-to-let mortgages starting Thursday, its second increase in under a week.

Ghana’s inflation rate unexpectedly rose for the first time in five months in May as food prices soared, adding pressure on the central bank to resume rate hikes next month.

(Bloomberg) — Slovakia risks being punished in financial markets if it doesn’t take steps to roll back spending and rein in the biggest budget gap in the European Union, Prime Minister Ludovit Odor said in an interview.

US mortgage applications for home purchases increased for the first time since early May as borrowing costs eased.

Former Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King said UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was “not wise” to promise to cut inflation in half this year because the government has little control over prices.

Africa’s very young population presents “great investment potential,” said Roberta Annan, co-founder of the Impact Fund for African Creatives.