Black Thursday

Queen said Diana's Panorama interview with ‘frightful’ The Queen said Princess Diana's 1995 interview with Panorama was a “frightful thing” to do, according to a new documentary. Sir Richard Eyre, former director of the National Theatre, said: “I had lunch with the Queen not long after and she said to…

According to Friday’s official jobs report—the last one that the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release before November’s election—the economy added around 661,000 jobs in September. Since unemployment is down slightly, it’s probably a safe bet that Trump will seize upon the numbers as proof of his exceptional economic stewardship,…

As it should, the coronavirus pandemic took centre stage in the Liberal government's speech from the throne. Getting through this global crisis, which affects us all, must take precedence. With some notable gaps and a last-minute push from the NDP to ensure workers affected by COVID do not see their incomes…

Student leader Panusaya Sithijirawattankul hands over a letter with demands for reforming the monarchy during a mass rally. Photo: ReutersSix weeks since Thailand’s pro-democracy movement demanded reforms, the government has yet to respond, seeking to wait out the protesters The government is said to be holding off on a crackdown…

Stephen Roach. Chen Xiaomei/South China Morning Post/Getty Images The US dollar could collapse by the end of 2021 and the economy can expect a more than 50% chance of a double-dip recession, the economist Stephen Roach told CNBC on Wednesday.The US has seen economic output rise briefly and then fall…

Bettmann/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Harry Dent, the founder of Dent Research and editor of the Economy and Markets newsletter, says stocks are nearing a day of reckoning.  His forecast rests upon several variables, including exorbitant debt,…

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The UK economy grew for a third month in a row in July as pubs, restaurants and other sectors reopened after the coronavirus lockdown, but it remained around 12% smaller than its pre-pandemic level.  After crashing by a record 20% in the second quarter, output expanded by 6.6% in July,…

What do you do if you’re an oil company with too much oil? You find a place—any place—to put it. If people aren’t driving or flying as much, they’re certainly having things delivered. That’s where the oil comes in, delivering the raw materials to make the plastic enveloping all those…

Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt, the millennial founders of the investing app Robinhood, have long claimed that their inspiration was Occupy Wall Street, the anti-capitalist movement that agitated against the runaway greed of the financial sector and the ruling class a few years before Tenev and Bhatt would become multimillionaires…