‘It’s not sustainable’: US farmers reeling as Iran war pushes fertilizer costs up

Closure of strait of Hormuz – a key fertilizer production and transportation route – has squeezed farmers as prices jump

IRS glitch masked $51m in political donations, finance watchdog says

Exclusive: Error in second half of 2025 came after IRS saw over a quarter of its workforce reduced after huge cuts by Doge

JP Morgan Chase to use computer estimates to monitor hours worked by junior bankers

Company says tool to compare self-reported hours with computer estimates is for ‘awareness, not enforcement’

Marmite maker Unilever in talks to merge food business with US-based McCormick

Anglo-Dutch company, which also owns Dove and Hellmann’s, will focus more on personal care products if deal agreed

Work from home and slow down on the road: world’s energy watchdog advises emergency measures as oil prices rise

IEA makes 10 recommendations to help households and businesses prepare for a drawn-out disruption to energy markets

‘It does feel like an intimidation campaign’: why is US tech giant Palantir suing a small Swiss magazine?

An investigation by journalists working with Republik magazine may have struck a nerve by suggesting the company has failed in Switzerland

High charges, poor service: NCP hits the skids as drivers change habits

Britons are likely to have little loyalty to the car park operator as it goes into administration with a £305m debt burden

China has been preparing for a global energy crisis for years. It is paying off now

As other Asian economies race to conserve energy, China has huge reserves of oil and gas as well as alternative energy sources like wind and solar

Shrinkflation takes a bite out of Easter eggs as shoppers pay more for less

The price of popular branded eggs has risen by over 40% in some cases while some have also shrunk in size

Markets keep the faith – but oil staying above $100 could test that optimism

FTSE 100’s modest retreat suggests investors underestimating inflationary impact if energy prices remain elevated

The Guardian view on Labour, liberals and the Greens: they agree on the problem, but not the solution

Editorial: From Brexit to fiscal rules to living costs, diagnoses multiply. Steel policy points to a missing link – the need for a strategy to rebuild

US moves to soften capital rules: ‘Big banks can declare mission accomplished’

Fed officials expected to lower capital requirements for banks such as Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase by 4.8%

Bank of England tipped to raise UK interest rates twice this year to fight inflation shock from Middle East crisis, as oil and gas prices rise – as it happened

UK central bank has left rates on hold, and warned that CPI inflation will be higher in the near term as a result of the ‘new shock to the economy’ from Iran war

‘Doomsday scenario’: a visual guide to the oil and gas site attacks in the Middle East

Attacks on facilities by both sides in the conflict this week threaten grave consequences for the global economy

Oil and gas prices jump after Iran and Israel attack gasfields

State-run QatarEnergy says Iranian attack on its facilities has wiped out 17% of its LNG capacity for up to five years