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UK Business Confidence Hits Two-Year High After Budget – Are CEOs Ready to Spend?

UK business confidence reaches a two-year high after the autumn budget, but CEOs remain cautious about investing amid economic uncertainty.

International Business Times UK

Xi Jinping: 2025 was a year of AI and chip breakthroughs amid US-China tech rivalry

Chinese President Xi Jinping said 2025 was the year of breakthroughs for Chinese artificial intelligence and semiconductor chip companies. What did they accomplish and what can we expect in 2026?

Euronews

Surfshark's biggest updates of 2025

Explore Surfshark’s biggest developments of 2025, from a no-logs audit and expanded free trial to new features that improve privacy and VPN performance.

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How Much You’d Have If You Bet $10,000 on Palantir Stock in January and 1 Key PLTR Catalyst to Watch in 2026

Palantir has teamed up with Nvidia and CenterPoint Energy to launch its new Chain Reaction platform.

Barchart

WH Smith tries to recover bonuses from ex-bosses as watchdog investigates accounting error

Retailer targets £7m in bonuses as FCA examines scandal in North American arm

The Guardian - UK

Regional bank pinged over money laundering guardrails

Regulatory action is being taken against a major regional bank after it self-reported suspected money laundering in its operations.

AAP

CFO confidence rebounds, but delivering AI’s value is the next test in 2026

Deloitte’s Q4 survey finds finance chiefs are making strides in navigating uncertainty.

Fortune

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Are the days of cord-cutting over? Traditional cable providers see first increase in subscribers in eight years

Streaming is becoming more expensive, with U.S. viewers now paying an average of $69 a month for four services, up 13 percent from last year, Deloitte found in March

The Independent UK

Deloitte's CTO: companies are spending 93% on tech and only 7% on people and that has to change

Bill Briggs recognizes an old inertia inside the boardroom: “I felt it in my travels, but I hadn’t been able to quantify it.”

Fortune

WH Smith to unveil delayed results as progress hit by accounting errors

The retailer, which is now focused on travel stores, will reveal its results for the year to August 31 on Friday December 19.

Evening Standard

Where U.S. Airbnb hosts could earn the most during the World Cup

Visiting fans are expected to boost local economies.

Axios

WH Smith delays results again after accounting errors

The retailer told shareholders the delay would give auditor PwC ‘further time to complete the required audit procedures’.

Evening Standard

Black Friday Shopping To Decline 4%, First Drop In Four Years: Consumers Rein In 2025 Shopping

The 2025 holiday shopping season is here with many retailers already having early sales ahead of Black Friday on Nov. 28. Retailers may need to continue discounting products throughout the holidays with consumers saying they plan to spend less during the Black Friday shopping weekend.

Benzinga

FCA makes inquiries into WH Smith accounting error that wiped almost £600m off value

Regulator assessing whether firm breached UK disclosure rules for listed companies, but is yet to launch formal investigation

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Experts break down costs of your holiday meal amid rising prices

The big-ticket dinner items are causing consumer pain at the checkout

Fortune

Deloitte allegedly cited AI-generated research in a million-dollar report for a Canadian provincial government

In a health care report aimed to address a shortage of nurses and doctors, Deloitte cited several fake studies with real researchers’ names attached.

AAP

Bendigo Bank admits poor money-laundering controls

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's board says it is committed to fixing the inadequacies cited in a Deloitte report and is engaging with regulators.

The Independent UK

Black Friday spending expected to tumble by 4% as shoppers tighten their belts amid economic woes

The survey results were a marked break from recent history, when planned spending rose continuously by an average of 13 per cent per year

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The Guardian - AU

BoM asked to explain ‘what happened here’ after cost of website redesign revealed to be $96.5m

Environment minister Murray Watt ‘not happy’ with cost blowout and has shared concerns with new Bureau of Meteorology boss

GOBankingRates

Here’s the Average Budget for 2025 Holiday Gatherings — Where Does Yours Stack Up?

Holiday spending is a highly personalized number. As long as it fits your budget, there's no right or wrong amount to spend.

GOBankingRates

5 Ways To Avoid Credit Card Debt This Holiday Season

Worried about holiday spending and credit card debt? Discover five helpful tips to avoid credit card debt and start the new year financially stress-free.

Fortune

Nearly $1 trillion in fine art could change hands during the Great Wealth Transfer: ‘Collections can bring families closer together, but also drive them apart’

Boomer parents are finding their millennial kids have very different taste. "I know people who collect dinosaur skeletons," says Citi's Hannes Hofmann.

The Guardian - UK

WH Smith CEO quits after accounting error that wiped almost £600m off value

Company slashes profit outlook as it takes hit from blunder in North American division

Evening Standard

WH Smith boss quits after investigation into 'extremely serious' accounting errors in North America

Profits in US division now expected to be as low as £5 million compared with £55 million before the shortcomings were exposed

The Independent UK

WH Smith boss steps down as retailer issues fresh profit warning

Andrew Harrison, who currently heads the group’s UK division, has been appointed on an interim basis

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