MFI, the iconic furniture brand that once dominated Britain’s retail parks before the rise of Ikea, is poised to return to the UK homewares market in the first half of next year. The brand, which collapsed in 2008 after more than 40 years of trading, will be relaunched by Victorian…

Walmart customers could soon see higher prices on store shelves, as the retail giant grapples with rising costs from new and ongoing tariffs. The company announced Thursday that it will raise prices on some items this month and into early summer, as tariff-related expenses begin to ripple through its supply…

Thursday saw dramatic variations in the parallel exchange rate of the US dollar in Bolivia, with the informal currency market starting to feel the effects of growing cryptocurrency adoption, especially Tether (USDT). According to Dolarboliviahoy, which keeps a track of the local exchange rate, the dollar started the day at Bs18.80, before falling…

Japan witnessed record foreign inflows into its equities and long-term bonds in April, as global investors reacted to US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff announcements by reallocating capital away from American assets. Data from Japan’s finance ministry showed net inflows of 8.21 trillion yen ($56.6 billion), the highest for any…

The AUD/USD exchange rate remains in a tight range ahead of the closely-watched Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate decision. It was trading at 0.6423 on Friday, a level it has remained at in the past few weeks. RBA interest rate decisionThe AUD/USD pair changed a little after the Australian…

Amid US President Donald Trump’s criticism of Apple’s reported decision to shift a substantial portion of its iPhone production for the American market from China to India rather than the United States, experts have cautioned that relocating production to the US would be economically unfeasible—ultimately leaving the company worse off,…

April’s numbers for inflation looked good. Producer prices dropped. Retail sales were flat. Some even said inflation was cooling. But often, the real story is hiding in the details. What we’re seeing isn’t relief, but the start of something harder to measure and much more telling. The tariffs are finally…

The number of billionaires in the United Kingdom has fallen for the first time in years, as global market turbulence and changes to the country’s tax regime take a toll on the wealthiest individuals. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2025, the number of billionaires has declined from 165…