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The Bank of England lowered interest rates to 4.25 percent, its third cut in a year, as inflation eased toward target and the UK economy stalled.

A US judge found Google’s Play Store operated as an illegal monopoly, ordering the company to open Android to rival app stores and payments.

Bitcoin surged past $100,000, capping a spectacular year that saw the cryptocurrency enter mainstream finance after Trump’s election victory.

Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s Robotaxi, a two-seat self-driving car with no steering wheel, betting the company’s future on a driverless ride-hailing network.

The US Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by half a point, ending two years of the highest borrowing costs in a generation and signalling the start of a new cycle.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway became the first non-tech company outside the chip industry to reach a $1 trillion market value.

Chipmaker Nvidia overtook Apple to become the world’s most valuable company, its market value crossing $3 trillion as demand for AI processors exploded.

A door plug on a nearly new Boeing 737 Max 9 blew out minutes into an Alaska Airlines flight, forcing an emergency landing and grounding the model worldwide.