The world’s largest advertising firm is facing a tough year — and its US market is mainly to blame

WPP, the world’s largest advertising group, cut its full-year net sales outlook on Wednesday after a drop in demand from consumer goods clients and weak trading in the United States led it to miss first-half targets. “It’s been a tough...

Police fire pepper spray at crowds as protests turn unruly after Trump’s Phoenix speech

A day of noisy but largely peaceful protests of President Donald Trump’s speech in Phoenix turned unruly as police fired pepper spray at crowds after someone apparently lobbed rocks and bottles at officers. A haze enveloped the night sky Tuesday as protesters...

Germany is trying to stop China from gobbling up its companies — but there may be a downside

The measures so far seem to have had the desired effect. Though tabled by the German government as targeting all non-EU investors “regardless of origin”, China, the largest international investor into Germany – and indeed most countries – felt...