Treasury rules out big election giveaways

Ministers warned of spending squeeze as tax revenues fall short

Abe weighs tax rise against economy

Japan’s PM says consumption levy could be ‘meaningless’

M&A deal failure at highest since 2008

A total of $573bn worth of deals have been withdrawn so far

Banks scale back global ambitions

Failure to achieve scale or profit forces retail withdrawal

Russia widens crackdown on McDonald’s

200 investigations under way

Weak currency fails to benefit eurozone

Depreciation will only fuel inflation slowly, analysts warn

Loans to buy US shares at record levels

Previous peaks have come ahead of stock market downturns

Barroso says migrant cap against EU law

Free movement regarded as key to internal market

City watchdog in private warnings blitz

Financial Conduct Authority issues 62 so far this year

Fintech sector complains at bank conduct

British businesses say growth is being obstructed by lack of finance

US craft beers hit the spot in Britain

American exports to the UK have increased tenfold in past decade

Comment and Analysis

To stop ‘deserters’, reform tax system

New rules do nothing to deal with reasons why so many companies try to escape US taxes

Controlling the past and future in Russia

Putin puts the heat on Memorial, a brave human rights group

The new wembley stadium this afternoon, the day before the cup final.

Too many international wet Wednesdays

The expansion of some fixtures is starting to discredit the beautiful game

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