Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Elsewhere this morning, WH Smith has said it wants to raise about £100m as the conflict in the Middle East starts to affect its profit. The high street retailer says it will place up to 26 million shares, or about 20% of its existing sha...
Blockbuster IPOs planned by Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX has renewed interest in companies listing this year. This comes despite volatility caused by the ongoing war in the Middle East. Jeffrey Sexton, Demeter Tactical Investments CEO, spoke to Bloomberg’s Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East...
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing CEO Bonnie Chan highlights how SpaceX's IPO underscores the global companies behind its supply chains, and discussed Beijing's curbs on illegal cross-border investments. She spoke at Bloomberg Invest Hong Kong 2026.
UK pint prices are up 36% since the last World Cup. We look at why beer now costs so much more.
No immediate comment from Pakistan as Taliban says 11 children are among the dead in strikes on border provinces.
Greenpeace calculates that wealthiest contribute nearly $1tn of damage a year with ownership-based emissions Ultra-wealthy people zooming across the world on their private jets , lounging on yachts and conspicuous by their Instagrammable consumption are among the most easily identified individual...