Oliver Ralph

Bahrain-based investment firm hands more power to executive chair Mohammed Alardhi

News updates from September 3: Chipmaker sell-off sinks US stocks; Top Ukrainian officials resign

News updates from September 4: Biden set to block Nippon Steel’s takeover of US Steel; US job openings hit 3-year low

News updates from September 6: US adds 142,000 jobs in August; Wall Street stocks turn in worst week in 18 months

News updates from September 10: Harris and Trump clash in presidential debate, Fed cuts proposed capital requirements for big US banks

News updates from September 23: Israel strikes targets in southern Lebanon; China’s central bank cuts rates

Storm underlines growing risks from extreme weather to southern states in US

Live news: UK house prices rise for sixth straight month as mortgage costs fall

Falling sales for luxury, beauty and beer companies fuel doubts about Beijing’s attempts to boost confidence

News updates from November 19: Trump picks Lutnick to run commerce department; Ukraine strikes Russia with US-made Atacms missiles

News updates from November 20: Gautam Adani indicted in US for bribery; Ukraine fires British Storm Shadow missiles into Russia

News updates from November 21: Putin says Moscow fired new hypersonic missile at Ukraine; Gaetz withdraws as attorney-general nominee

News updates from November 22: Trump expected to pick Bessent as Treasury secretary; UK business activity slumps to 13-month low

Renewi and Loungers both agree deals while Direct Line rebuffs approach

News updates from December 3: South Korea’s Yoon says he will drop martial law; BlackRock agrees $12bn deal for investment firm HPS

News updates from December 11: US inflation rose to 2.7% in November; Nasdaq closes above 20,000 for first time

Live news: Legal victory for Trump in Georgia case

Trump has called on European governments to boost their defence budgets

More companies are finding the benefits of moving worth the disruption

Sticker marketing campaign by German state has had a long-lasting impact