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Planned Parenthood no longer provides abortions in Texas, Louisiana and the other 10 states that have essentially banned abortion since the Supreme Court handed down its Dobbs v. Jackson decision in June 2022. But the nonprofit is…

Israel will record zero economic growth in real terms in 2023, according to an updated forecast released today by the chief economist in the Ministry of Finance, Shmuel Abramson. According to the economic review, the…

Most economists expect the Federal Reserve to lift interest rates one more time next week as it ends a 16-month hiking cycle that has been the most aggressive fight against US inflation in 40 years. The Federal Open Market Committee will…

A US antitrust expert has dropped out of the running for a top job to advise the European Commission on regulating the tech industry following controversy over her nationality. Issued on: 19/07/2023 -…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday criticised a move by the European Union’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager to hire a U.S. economist for a key EU antitrust job. Issued on: 18/07/2023 - 17:54…

Receive free European Commission updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest European Commissionnews every morning. France has urged the European commission’s antitrust regulator to reconsider the…

Last month, the governing committee of my sons’ childcare centre made the difficult decision to raise its fees by 5½ per cent. As a member of that committee, I took part in the deliberations. We thought long and hard before making this…

Interest rates are rising, mortgage rates are multiplying, and in Britain at least, opinions are divided. Are mortgage holders suffering too much or not enough? Politicians worry about families squeezed by their repayments. The Bank of…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When it comes to conventional wisdom, most business professionals harbor a deeply-rooted belief: in-office work is where honesty and ethical behavior flourish and…

The Reserve Bank's rate-setting monetary policy panel began deliberations on Tuesday amid expectations that the central bank will keep the benchmark interest rates unchanged at 6.5 per cent on the back of easing retail inflation and…