Three carriers face disruption to their role as ‘superconnectors’ as the state-owned groups fight to justify a business model built around hubs in a volatile region

United Arab Emirates-based group anticipates strong growth next year

The Matthew Hedges case highlights curbs on academic freedom that extend beyond the Gulf

City state yet to benefit from rebound in global oil market

Report claims divers attached mines to ships in a sophisticated operation

Middle East tensions escalate and oil prices rise after Norwegian and Japanese ships hit

Republican football club owner has reputation for working behind scenes

Components in the proposal include a World Soccer Hall of Fame Museum

Marketers fear ‘racist’ Trump supporters, says head of Hispanic advertising group

‘As the president tries to crack down on immigration, he runs into countervailing market forces’

A rock-and-roll artist who overcame misfortune and became a key US cultural figure

The tennis champion triumphs again over a spicy Mexican lunch in Manhattan

The UK is tightening rules on sexist stereotyping in ad campaigns. Critics argue recruitment in the industry must change too

‘You don’t throw down shots of liquor with Tabasco in them unless there is a lot on your mind. I would think that the same goes for people who came out to cheer Trump’

‘Donald Trump’s rise to power has transformed the GOP into the party of cacophony’

As others shied away, the German bank lent money for several projects. But the president and lender face increased scrutiny over their ties

Emigration from hurricane-hit island is likely to be centred on New York and Florida

Legendary, longstanding New Yorker writer who pioneered ‘new journalism’

Economist is working with Pritzker heir to fund local Democratic candidates

‘The hopes of soccer bulls have been dashed again. The US team has crashed out of the World Cup’

The founding partners of some of the biggest buyout firms are preparing to hand control to a new generation who will face a more forbidding landscape

City that kept its cool after the 9/11 terror attack shows unity at Halloween event

The risk-taking star of the Manhattan legal scene has been ensnared in the Weinstein scandal

He must work out how to achieve growth that is adequate and financially sustainable

It is pretty clear that the board has manifestly failed in its duties of supervision

US bluster has caused most of the world to rally to China’s side

Speculators reap windfalls as estimates of hurricane damage are revised up

The economy is prone to sluggish growth — if the past few years are anything to go by

From tweet to tweet, official to official, nobody can tell what his priorities are

But cynicism about politics means we should be wary of making promises we cannot keep

Growth has exceeded expectations outside the US rather than within it

Requiring less information would favour better-connected professional investors

Experts debate problems for central banks in era of ultra-low interest rates

Driving across the US gave me a different perspective on the American economy

But there is a need for pragmatism regarding the independence of central banks

Even trying to do so risks strengthening the most anti-American elements in Beijing

Excess austerity is a bigger risk than fiscal profligacy

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Healthcare for the unemployed set to become key election issue

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‘Stay alert’ message disowned by Sturgeon, who says Scotland will stick with #StayHomeSaveLives

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Apple and Google’s tech standard is gaining momentum against go-it-alone systems

Chief of British boutique RWC lures prized managers with offer of much greater autonomy