Has anyone ever wanted a knighthood more?

If Banco Santander’s Ana Botín wants to sell her British retail business, there’s an obvious buyer: Barclays boss C. S. Venkatakrishnan. The biggest questions would be when the 42-billion-pound ($51 billion) UK bank decides to pounce – and whether its relatively new CEO, known as Venkat, can get his buyback-hungry investors on side.

Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), a prominent gathering in the Swiss town of Davos, is set to commence on Jan. 20, gathering

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024. The World Economic Forum officially began on Monday, but it's Tuesday when the event really kicks off.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden greeted incoming President-elect Donald Trump and future first lady Melania Trump outside the White House Monday morning in a return to presidential transition tradition.

Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight have been announced as special envoys to the White House, acting as ambassadors for Hollywood.

The world's political and business leaders have converged on the Swiss resort town of Davos to discuss global challenges. Leaders from China, Ukraine and Germany are set to take the stage on day one.

With Donald Trump back as US president with his confrontational style, Chinese, European and Ukrainian leaders are expected to defend global cooperation on Tuesday at the annual gathering of the world's elites in Davos.

There was "cause for hope" in the new White House administration's approach to tariffs, Minister of State for Trade, Employment and Enterprise Peter Burke has said.

Armed conflict is the top risk in 2025, a World Economic Forum (WEF) survey released on Wednesday showed, a reminder of the deepening global fragmentation as government and business leaders attend an annual gathering in Davos next week.

EUR/NZD eased slightly on Monday as investors awaited Donald Trumps return to the White House for fresh insights on his stance on tariffs and international relations.. On the macro front, German producer prices

A winning strategy for Trump could involve imposing early punitive tariffs on Chinese imports and even on imports from Chinese firms operating in neighboring countries such as Mexico.