Ineos said to be in talks to sell parts of business to tackle rising debt
Talks reportedly focused on assets of owner Jim Ratcliffe’s vinyls business Inovyn as group scrambles to cut costs
US tariffs could rise to 15% or more after supreme court blow, trade representative says
Jamieson Greer warns tariffs may climb from 10% after Trump imposed global levy amid US supreme court setback
Aston Martin to cut 20% of workforce in effort to save £40m
Details emerge after struggling carmaker reports pre-tax losses of £363.9m for 2025
Energy bills will fall by £117 for millions of households in Great Britain from April
Ofgem cap drops by 7% to £1,641 a year for consumers’ average gas and electricity costs
Buy now, pay later: how to use it without getting into risky debt
BNPL can be a fee-free way to manage cashflow for an essential purchase but keep track of the payment schedule
Wednesday briefing: Is the tide turning against Trump on tariffs?
In today’s newsletter: With the latest supreme court ruling exposing the president’s tariff plans as unlawful, US politicians and the American people have found them to be unworkable. Where does Trump go from here?
Group expands legal claim over South West Water sewage pollution
Thousands more people across Devon and Cornwall could join case against water firm
‘Strong rebound’ for UK housing market with 6% more homes for sale than a year ago
Zoopla says it is on target for highest number of new listings on its site in any February in a decade
The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s tariffs: a nostalgia that misreads a changed world
Editorial: The US president fights 1970s battles in a financialised age. America faces not a payments crisis but a slow erosion of industrial and technological power
Young bearing the brunt of UK tax and wage changes, says BoE economist
Huw Pill warns combined effect of national insurance and minimum wage rises have ‘acute’ effect on youth employment
Donald Trump’s new 10% global tariff comes into effect
US president had said he would raise levy to 15% after last week’s supreme court ruling
Trump’s new global tariffs kick in at 10%; Bank of England governor says March rate cut ‘open question’ – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
‘A feedback loop with no brake’: how an AI doomsday report shook US markets
Shares in Uber, Mastercard and American Express fall on back of apocalypse scenario posted on Substack
US datacenters face slew of problems amid grassroots protests against AI
New constructions delayed or cancelled, raising questions about US’s ability to expand infrastructure to support boom