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Graeme Wearden

Graeme Wearden tracks the latest world business, economic and financial news in our daily liveblog. Previously he worked as a technology journalist at CNET Networks

March 2025

  • Shell logo

    Shell plans more cuts to costs and spending but hands CEO bigger bonus

  • The North Hyde electrical substation continues to smoulder following the fire last week

    Business live
    Lower Thames Crossing approval welcomed (and criticised); Heathrow Airport fire ‘not criminal matter’, police say – business live

  • Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, who will deliver the spring statement on Wednesday

    Business live
    UK private sector growth hits six-month high; oil rises after Trump announces ‘secondary tariff’ on Venezuela – as it happened

  • The Bank of England building in London

    Business live
    Next UK interest rate cut may not come until August after hawkish Bank of England hold – as it happened

  • Business live
    Brussels takes action against Google and Apple under Digital Markets Act – as it happened

  • Business live
    Gold hits record high over $3,000 amid rising geopolitical tensions; Thames Water receives six takeover offers – as it happened

  • Business live
    Oil price lifted by US Houthi airstrikes and China economic hopes; Crispin Odey facing City ban and £1.8m fine – as it happened

  • Business live
    Stock market sell-off deepens after Trump threatens to double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium imports to 50% – as it happened

  • Euro and pound rise against dollar amid ‘Trumpcession’ fears

  • Business live
    Wall Street suffers ‘ugly’ sell-off amid US recession fears, as Musk’s Tesla falls 50% from all–time high – as it happened

  • Business live
    US unemployment rate rises to 4.1% as economy added 151,000 new jobs in February – as it happened

  • Business live
    Bank of England governor says risks to UK, global economy from trade wars ‘substantial’ – as it happened

  • Business live
    US dollar hits three-month low as trade war sparks ‘Trumpcession’ fears, and FTSE 100 slides – as it happened

  • Weak UK consumer spending is denting business mood, says CBI

  • Bitcoin price falls by 17.5% in biggest monthly loss since 2022

  • US politics live
    Documents seized by FBI in Mar-a-Lago raid returned to Trump, White House says – as it happened

February 2025

  • A New York stock trader with an assembly of US President Donald Trump paraphernalia.

    Business live
    UK ‘the golden child of Europe’ as stocks rally in London; US goods trade deficit widens as tariffs backfire – as it happened

  • A technician on the inspection line of German carmaker Volkswagen.

    Business live
    European carmaker shares hit by US tariff threat, as jobless claims rise – as it happened

  • A photo illustration of Bitcoin.

    Business live
    Bitcoin slides below $90,000 amid crypto selloff; Tesla sales slide across Europe; UK defence stocks jump – as it happened

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook (centre) at Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony last month

    Business live
    Apple cheers Trump with $500bn US investment plan; more losses on Wall Street – as it happened

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