It’s ‘Maganomics’: Trump’s brash economic strategy is likely to end in crash or crisis

Large tax cuts for the rich, import tariffs, and the competing interests of Republican nationalists and the techno-right is a dangerous combination, says economist Jonathan Portes

EV battery startup Northvolt files for bankruptcy in Sweden

Swedish firm unable to ‘secure the necessary financial conditions to continue in its current form’

Trump calls Tesla boycott ‘illegal’ and says he’s buying one to support Musk

Standing in the driveway of the White House with Tesla vehicles, Trump said he would label violence against the company’s showrooms as domestic terrorism

Quarter of England’s strategic A-roads have electric car charging ‘cold spots’

Affected roads include vital routes for holidaymakers, including A2 towards Folkestone and parts of A303 and A30

US rise of cryptocurrency and fall of regulation pose ‘profound risks’ – report

Center for Political Accountability, which advocates for corporate disclosure, warns of fallout from Trump’s efforts

‘Major brand worries’: Just how toxic is Elon Musk for Tesla?

With sales down and electric vehicle rivals catching up, the rightwing politico’s brand is driving into a storm

‘Musk? He’s horrendous’: Martha Lane Fox on diversity, tech bros and International Women’s Day

The investor and former Twitter board member believes rejecting DEI initiatives is simply denying US firms talent

Crypto giant Tether CEO on cooperating with Trump administration: ‘We’ve never been shady’

Paolo Ardoino – head of the world’s most traded cryptocurrency, which is backed by Trump aide Howard Lutnick – claims Tether is benefiting the US

European markets fall and euro soars amid Trump tariff delays

FTSE 100 drops and is on track for its worst week in a year, as Germany’s Dax index slides

Could Elon Musk’s newfound political influence help him finally crack India?

World’s richest man has spent years trying to get Starlink into the fast-growing economy. It could serve as a beachhead for his other business ambitions in India

Bank and building society users hit by 33 days of outages in two years, say MPs

Treasury committee finds disruption a result of 158 IT incidents affecting millions of customers

UK watchdog drops competition review of Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership

CMA says tie-up does not qualify for an official investigation under Britain’s merger control regime

Some British firms ‘stuck in neutral’ over AI, says Microsoft UK boss

Survey of bosses and staff finds that more than half of executives feel their organisation has no official AI plan

Revealed: the scammers who conned savers out of $35m using fake celebrity ads

Georgia-based group used deepfake videos and false news featuring Martin Lewis, Zoe Ball and Ben Fogle used to promote fraudulent crypto schemes

US consumers warned to brace for higher prices due to Trump’s tariffs

Prices ‘highly likely’ to rise almost immediately, retailers say, after 25% duty hits exports from Mexico and Canada