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  • A trader works on the trading floor of the New York stock exchange on 5 August 2024

    Global markets partly recover but analysts fear ‘we’re not out of woods’

    Shares on Wall Street and in Asia and Europe start to recover after Monday’s rout
  • people attend a hearing

    Alaska pilot describes ‘chaos’ as Boeing officials quizzed on mid-flight blowout

  • A man wearing a tuxedo looks ahead

    Musk’s X sues Unilever, Mars and CVS over ‘massive advertiser boycott’

    X said the companies worked against their economic self-interests in a conspiracy violating US antitrust law
  • A group of people stand outside and hold signs reading messages like 'Fair Wages Now' and 'No Contract No Peace'.

    13,500 US hotel workers hold strike votes over pay and conditions

    ‘We’re asking and fighting for what we deserve,’ a worker says before votes this week from Boston to Honolulu
    • a google logo

      Google broke law to maintain online search monopoly, US judge rules

    • A man menacingly presses his fingers to his face

      Elon Musk sues OpenAI again, alleging ‘deceit of Shakespearean proportions’

    • An imprinted wafer at a semiconductor manufacturing facility

      US chip factory workers say it’s a ‘struggle to survive’ on their wages as industry booms

    • An elderly man with a cane rides in a gold cart.

      Berkshire Hathaway sells off large share of Apple and increases cash holdings

In depth

  • Robert Reich

    The United States is not facing an imminent recession. This is nonsense

    Robert Reich
  • Composite image of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump speaking at events

    Analysis
    Warning signs of US recession may be bad news for Kamala Harris

    Cracks in labour market provide Trump with evidence for his message that Biden has been disaster for the economy
  • A man walks by a Burberry storefront

    Is luxury fashion in its flop era?

    As #underconsumptioncore trends on TikTok and gen Z turns to vintage, high-end houses fret over stalling demand

    Around the world

    • Saudi Aramco workers at an onshore rig

      Saudi Aramco to pay record dividends despite dip in profits

    • A vineyard in front of a typical English farmhouse set below rolling hills

      Large English vineyards mark boom year as output and investment soar

    • An armed man in fatigues and combat gear watches a pick-up truck burn

      The lawless mining gangs targeting the Amazon’s precious green energy minerals

    • A red wooden boat house sits at the edge of the water on the archipelago, as trees line the coastline and clouds are reflected on the still water

      Summer sun in Finland? Åland isles aim to lure tourists to cooler climate

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