Headlines

  • US first quarter growth at 0.7%, weakest in three years as consumer spending falters. Read story
  • Canada’s economy stalls as factory decline offsets housing. Read story
  • Eurozone inflation picks up to 1.9%. Read story
  • Oil rebounds from one-month low on hopes for OPEC output cut extension. Read story
  • Trump: ‘Major, major’ conflict with North Korea possible. Read story
  • Sub-prime mortgage lender Home Capital scrambles for lifeline as investors flee. Read story
  • Trump vows to fix or scrap South Korea trade deal, wants missile system payment. Read story
  • Republicans fail to repeal Obamacare again. Read story
  • Google and Facebook ‘duped’ in huge $100 million scam. Read story
  • RBS reports first quarterly profit sine 2015. Read story
  • How fewer Americans are out-earning their parents – in one chart. Read story
  • Apple’s self-driving car seen on road for first time. Read story
  • Russian ‘combat robot’ can shoot guns, lift weights and even drive a car. Read story
  • The on-demand economy is a bubble and it’s about to burst. Read story
  • Bombadier shares slide after Boeing seeks US anti-dumping probe. Read story
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