Christopher Harper

Insiders at housebuilder Vistry have snapped up shares in the company as it deals with a multibillion-pound takeover, post-Grenfell fire safety costs sending its pre-tax profit tumbling, and a possible...

US logistics giant FedEx thinks a global recession is coming. The company helped to send the S&P 500 to a two-month low on Friday after it issued a huge profit warning...

Sterling slid to its lowest level since 1985 against the dollar on Friday after a round of weaker than expected data on UK retail sales amplified concerns that the country...

The merger of France’s biggest broadcasters has collapsed over competition concerns, dealing a blow to efforts to consolidate Europe’s television market. Bouygues-owned TF1 and its smaller rival M6, controlled by...

PayPal has threatened to scrap its sponsorship of the National Basketball Association’s Phoenix Suns if the team’s owner remains in control of the franchise after he was suspended for using...

Struggling fund manager Abrdn plans to return up to £500mn to shareholders in an attempt to head off a revolt after its humiliating relegation from the FTSE 100 earlier this...

European junk bond markets reopened this week after a summer shutdown, as Italy’s biggest gambling company borrowed €350mn with the promise of a hefty payday to nervous investors. September is...

FedEx shares chalked up their biggest daily drop on record after the company warned on its outlook and said it would close offices, freeze hiring and park aircraft in response...

In a sign of the fast-changing times since the Tokyo Game Show was last physically staged in 2019, one of the biggest stands at this week’s convention is occupied by...

UK train drivers are preparing to take part in industrial action again in early October, following a summer of railway disruption, with the walkouts timed to disrupt the Conservative party...