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Households and businesses across the UK may need to adjust their living habits in line with spiking bills this winter.

How to tackle the UK cost of living crisis – four economists have their say

A spike in wholesale energy prices has fed into retail charges for businesses and households.

Aluminium ingots outside a warehouse that stores London Metal Exchange stocks in Port Klang Free Zone in 2015

Column - Scarcity Changes The LME Warehousing Game: Andy Home

The London Metal Exchange's (LME) global warehousing network is shrinking rapidly.

Illustration shows U.S. dollar banknotes

Column: Dollar Cresting As Central Banks Ape Fed: Mike Dolan

Central banks around the world are starting to sing from the U.S.

Column: Extreme Dollar A Wake-up Call For Earnings Outlook - Mike Dolan

The U.S. dollar's rampant surge may finally force corporate America to wake up to a brewing earnings recession.

People queue for food in the financial district of Canary Wharf

Quadruple Real Rates? Ageing May Turn To Market Headwind: Mike Dolan

If you were hoping this was all a bad dream, take a deep breath.

Traders work on the floor of the NYSE in New York

Column-Want To Do Something About Your Ailing Retirement Savings? Don't

When the stock market gets volatile, retirement investors are naturally inclined to want to do something about it.

Illustration of South Korean won, Chinese yuan and Japanese yen notes seen on U.S. $100 notes

Column-Upside Down World Of 'Reverse Currency Wars' Is Real :Mike Dolan

An upside down world of "reverse currency wars" is seeping into the real one.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to get on with the job after winning a confidence vote but his star is fading after many of his MPs refused to back him

After years of breaking the rules, Boris Johnson must now hope his MPs won't change the only one keeping him in office

Public trust in politicians in the UK is at the lowest level on record. Labour leads in many opinion polls and Johnson has just faced a vote of confidence in which 148 of his MPs voted against him.

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NFT and esports: One of the most promising collaborations of 2022

Why are the two industries interested in each other?

Closing the gap between the promise of AI and its implementation

Despite a growing and compelling body of evidence that AI can significantly boost business performance there's still widespread reluctance to adopt it.

How decentralisation is expanding the possibilities of finance

Suddenly, anyone with a computer — no matter where they live — has access to savings. Because networks are decentralised, there are no gatekeepers to determine who is allowed to deposit, borrow or lend assets.

Here is exactly why Trump's supporters like him

While many remain baffled as to how Trump supporters continue to like him despite his latest act of bullying, lying, egotism or vulgarity, we suggest that it is in fact because of those incidents that they do.

Why governments should pick up the phone faster

According to a 2020 CFI Group survey, 31% of U.S. citizens give up on agency websites and turn to phone calls when they can't accomplish a task.

How to build resilience for a post-COVID-19 world

By focusing on six areas listed here, organizations will optimize their approach to COVID-19, while readying themselves for any similarly disruptive events in future:

Data privacy day - 5 things you can do to keep your data from being hacked

Tech titan patents mean we have to get serious about data privacy

The tech giants' patent filings give no indication they care to research and develop devices that will put data in consumers' hands.