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Samsung Electronics will cut memory chip production after estimating a 96% drop in its quarterly operating profit. The chip-making giant said sales had dropped sharply due to a slow global…

Banknote maker De La Rue has said that demand for currency around the world is at its lowest level in 20 years. The company, which designs a third of banknotes…

Positive signs of improvements in the Northern Ireland economy continued last month, according to an Ulster Bank survey. Every month the bank surveys firms in the private sector. They are…

Russia’s economy shrank last year by less than had been expected given its invasion of Ukraine, figures suggest. The economy contracted by 2.1%, according to the country’s statistics agency, but…

South Africa is hugely reliant on coal for its energy but one of the country’s biggest problems is frequent power-cuts. So how can it reduce its use of fossil fuels…

An extra £1bn will be spent to insulate the UK’s least energy efficient homes, the business secretary has said. Grant Shapps said the new funding was part of a strategy…