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  • Collage of Elon Musk wearing a red MAGA hat, surrounded by dollar bills and a descending red chart line

    The staggering $446m Elon Musk has spent on the US midterms – visualized

    The tech mogul’s midterm donations backing Republicans have made him the largest single-cycle political donor in modern US history
  • The logo of Binance

    North Korea is likely culprit behind $6.3bn crypto hack, ‘largest heist in history’

  • Two people walk toward a polling station past an "Early Voting" sign in Atlanta

    Government corruption a top issue for US midterm voters, exclusive poll finds

  • traders work on the floor at computer terminals

    Tech sell-off drives US markets down by nearly $1tn after subpar earnings reports

  • a person shops for groceries

    US economy grows faster than expected but inflation rises to 3.7%

  • A Delta plane taxis on the runway at Dulles Airport, viewed through a plane window

    FTC orders Delta, Uber and others to hand over data on algorithmic pricing

  • a food delivery rider waits at a traffic light

    DoorDash to buy Instacart for $17bn in major grocery delivery consolidation

  • Christine Lagarde.

    Europe’s central bank chief, Christine Lagarde, steps down for ‘freedom of speech’

  • people sit as a man stands at a lectern

    Fed holds interest rates steady in last decision before midterms

In depth

  • Binance website is displayed on a mobile phone screen

    How big a deal is the $6.3bn Binance crypto heist, who did it, and are investments safe?

    The incident at Binance could be the biggest theft of any kind in history. We answer some key questions
  • a man in a suit rests his chin on his hand

    Was Ralph Nader right about (almost) everything? His challenge to Democrats ahead of the midterm elections

  • Collage of Donald Trump surrounded by financial charts, arrows, a fuel can, a briefcase and a shipping container

    ‘We don’t have inflation’? Five charts show the US economic reality of Trump’s second term so far

Around the world

  • The company behind the successful Hello Kitty franchise has apologised and ended its commercial tie-up with a Japanese TV drama after backlash from China.

    Hello Kitty company cuts ties with Japanese spy show after China outcry

  • A woman shopping for groceries in a supermarket

    Australia’s inflation rate rises to 4.3%, fuelling fears of fifth interest rate hike this year

  • The Sizewell C construction site

    Plan for multibillion-pound Sizewell nuclear plant a ‘terrible deal’ for UK taxpayers, MPs say

  • Pill blister packs sit on a wooden table beside banknotes and credit cards

    India slashes cost of cancer drugs after court rules mark-ups are ‘extortion’

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