Speculation grew that central banks were starting to talk about tapering their bond-buying programmes. The US moderated its proposals for a global minimum tax rate for large [...]

The Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container ships, which ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal, has finally been refloated after best efforts to free the ship [...]

UK The FTSE 100 fell 2.7% over the week. The flash IHS Markit/Cips services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to a five-year high of 56.6 in July, up from 47.1 the [...]