If US consumers are worried about the economy, they are not showing it. Even as some of the world’s biggest names in finance and technology announced fresh job cuts, Americans have continued to spend at a brisk pace.At American Express, shoppers made more than $1.5tn…

When Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) reports quarterly earnings next week, the Club holding’s results should not look nearly as bad as longtime rival Intel ‘s (INTC) dismal numbers. AMD’s quarter is unlikely to be perfect and may even be underwhelming in some areas. The semiconductor…

“Just one word . . . plastics” is the career advice offered by the family friend Mr McGuire to a bemused Benjamin Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman, in the 1967 movie The Graduate. A modern-day Mr McGuire might well advocate coding as the route to decently paid job security.…

The UK faces recession and despite positive trading updates from some companies this month, new data from the Office for National Statistics showed that retail sales fell unexpectedly in December, following a small contraction the month before. But the wife of N Brown’s biggest shareholder…

BUY: EasyJet (EZJ)Stronger winter trading means full-year profits should beat expectations at the budget airline, writes Michael Fahy.Ryanair’s daily flight numbers last week were at 114 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, but EasyJet has been slower off the mark. Its daily flight numbers last week…

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has insisted the High Speed 2 railway will finish in central London as officials at the project connecting the capital and northern England examine measures to prevent a further surge in costs.The estimated price tag for Britain’s biggest infrastructure scheme has soared…