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Fresh ONS calculations last week recast the UK’s post-crisis productivity story: output per hour is now judged to have advanced by an average 1.3% a year from 2010 to 2019, not 0.7%. That puts the rebound closer to the pre-crisis norm of about 2% a year. The step up mainly reflects the ONS’s updated view…

Sept 25 (Reuters) – Britain’s budget forecasters may have to raise their downbeat view of productivity growth in the light of a new way of measuring it, but the revision is likely to be too late to help finance minister John Healey with his tax and spending plan announcement next month, a think tank said…

The bank’s co-president Wednesday pointed to “clearly identifiable” gains from AI, as questions swirl around how soon returns on investment will be seen.

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) –Rising grocery costs are creating challenges for a Durham entrepreneur. Angela McLean, who once owned Backyard Barbecue in Durham, is now serving meals to seniors after the economic downturn forced her to close her restaurant.

Add to Google Preferred Sources The Bundestag held its first reading of the 2027 federal budget on Tuesday, triggering a sharp confrontation over the fiscal policy course of the black-red coalition. Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil presented a budget with expenditures of €555.4 billion (approximately $644.3 billion) and total new borrowing of €203.7 billion (approximately $236.3…

Most marketing budgets are still built as if the main job is choosing how much money each known channel deserves. That works when the channel map is stable. It works less well when a conversational ad platform can reach meaningful scale in months, a car brand can move a long-running TV idea toward YouTube-first episodes,…

Large organizations are spending millions of dollars on cybersecurity, yet they continue to rank among the most attractive targets for cyber-criminals. A recent study from cybersecurity firm Huntress highlights a troubling paradox: the organizations investing heavily in cybersecurity are also among those most likely to report experiencing cyberattacks.

A year after hackers breached Vietnam’s National Credit Information Center (CIC), Hanoi is moving from damage control to a full regulatory and institutional overhaul. New reporting cited internationally, alongside Vietnamese state media, confirms that the city and the national government have locked in a new cybersecurity law, a mandatory spending floor for public agencies, and…

Teams are pouring money into AI and other tech while underinvesting in the foundations necessary to deliver ROI, experts say.

Bayern Munich’s financial austerity in recent years has been even more pronounced than usual. Following the big spending spree in 2022, cuts have been made, spending has been reduced and the wage bill has gone down. It got to the point that Bayern made a net profit in the 2025 summer transfer window. The club…