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Tariff hike suspended

US and China ready to sign first phase of trade deal

Donald Trump
Donald Trump: ‘It’s going to be great for China and great for the USA.’ A proposed US tariff hike on $250 billion (£197bn) of Chinese imports, due to be imposedRead More

Breakthrough hopes

Markets buoyed by talk of “pathway” to a Brexit deal

Leo Varadkar
Leo Varadkar: pathway Global stock markets and the pound are set to experience a short-term boost following signs of a breakthrough in the Brexit negotiations. Analysts believe there could beRead More

Global efficiency drive

HSBC interim chief plotting 10,000 worldwide job cuts

HSBC
Bank to cut top jobs HSBC is expected to cut 10,000 jobs in a worldwide cost-cutting plan being prepared by its interim chief executive Noel Quinn. The cuts would beRead More

WTO ruling

Whisky exporters fear damaging impact of US tariffs

Karen Betts SWA
Karen Betts: tariffs will be like an instant tax rise (pic: Terry Murden) Whisky distillers are facing a 25% tariff on exports in a trade battle with the US whichRead More

Big betting deal

FanDuel drawn into Flutter’s global merger with Stars Group

Paddy Power Fan Duel
FanDuel now part of online leader Flutter Entertainment – formerly Paddy Power Betfair – has announced an all-shares merger with Nasdaq-listed Stars Group, owner of Poker Stars and Sky Bet.Read More

Office company setback

WeWork pulls $15bn IPO as Edinburgh offices open

WeWork has opened offices in George Street, Edinburgh WeWork, the office leasing company, has formally withdrawn its planned public listing just a week after its founder and CEO left theRead More

Faroese buyer

Scottish Salmon Company sold to Bakkafrost in £516m deal

Scottish Salmon Company
Firm is one of the biggest producers of fish The Scottish Salmon Company, one of the country’s biggest producers of farmed fish, has been acquired by a firm in theRead More

Only UK city selected

Edinburgh joins global sustainability programme

Edinburgh Castle and Princes Street
Collaborative goals: Edinburgh enters new programme Edinburgh has been announced as one of four cities – and the first in the UK – to join the Global Cities CAN BRead More

New app launched

Eccles ‘making amends’ for tech’s damage on relationships

Lesley Eccles screenshot
Lesley Eccles: fighting legal battle (pic: Terry Murden) Fanduel co-founder Lesley Eccles has formally launched her new product, a relationship training app that is based on the “damage” that technologyRead More

Shareholder revolt

O’Leary poised for €99m bonus amid walk-outs and job cuts

Michael O’Leary: new contract Ryanair’s shareholders rebelled against a pay deal for chief executive Michael O’Leary that could be worth €99m (£88m) over five years. A wafer thin majority ofRead More