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Complaints from some of the world’s biggest companies highlights the UK’s deteriorating investment climate.

Waitrose announced a round of price cuts for the second time this year as it tries to help consumers at a time when food inflation in the UK is near its highest rate in more than 45 years.

UK economic forecasters are stepping away from their recession predictions after falling energy prices and stronger-than-expected spending helped to support growth in the first half of 2023.

A Bank of England policy maker urged the UK government to move economic policy away from being an emergency response tool and onto a more sustainable footing.

Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is planning to open its first international office in London, citing the welcoming climate for crypto companies created by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government and local regulators as conducive to the decision.

Malaysia wants to lure Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google in its drive to be a data hub and as it positions itself as a neutral supply chain base amid rising US-China tensions, according to Trade Minister Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

Hong Kong’s intent to ban internet platforms from hosting a protest song is raising concern the move may prompt Western tech firms such as Google to reconsider their presence in the finance hub.

Clean air remains elusive on the US East Coast as smoke and haze from the worst Canadian wildfires on record linger over the eastern US.

Former President Donald Trump is broadly holding on to his Republican base as he heads to court to face federal charges that are raising concern about the risk of violence incited by some of his most fervent supporters.

Brazil is seeking to mend ties with Africa, largely ignored by the Bolsonaro administration, as the government prepares for two rounds of official trips to the continent.