The UK's minimum wage has risen again, with particularly large increases for those under the age of 21. The goals may be laudable but the economic side-effects are starting to pile up. Have we reached the trade-off tipping point?

Manhattan home sales had a strong start to the year as a bigger share of buyers chose to bite the bullet and accept elevated mortgage rates

Goldman is expanding its private equity offering to wealthy individuals across Wall Street and beyond, in the latest sign of investment firms gradually broadening access to the much sought-after private markets

The beachside town of Balneario Camboriu — dubbed the “Dubai of Brazil” — may soon boast the world's tallest residential tower

On this personal finance episode of Merryn Talks Money, we kick off a special series on how to navigate the British housing market

🎙 India’s historic stock market rally has sparked a retail-investing frenzy. It's also become a breeding ground for financial fraud, scamming victims out of their life savings. Find out more on the Big Take Asia Podcast ⤵

It’s official: Nassef Sawiris, the billionaire co-owner of Premier League football club Aston Villa, has quit Britain

As Awful April dawns here in the UK, consumers are bracing for increases in many major household bills. But potential homebuyers will be hit hardest of all as a long-running stamp duty holiday ends. It's time to revisit this disruptive tax.

More US families have multiple generations living under one roof

Carlos Slim, Mexico's richest man and ultimate tycoon, rarely gives interviews. In an exclusive with Bloomberg News, he discusses Donald Trump, why he's investing so much money in oil these days and how he plans to split his $82 billion fortune

Carlos Slim, el hombre más rico de México y magnate por excelencia, rara vez concede entrevistas. En una exclusiva con Bloomberg News, habla de Donald Trump, de por qué está invirtiendo tanto dinero en petróleo y de cómo planea dividir su fortuna de US$82.000 millones.

Bloomberg’s Apple expert, Mark Gurman, answered dozens of questions from subscribers in a one-hour Live Q&A with Tim Stenovec. Listen to the full conversation and read the transcript

Frank Lloyd Wright adopted climate adaptation strategies from desert flora and fauna decades before sustainability was a buzzword

New Zealand is seeing “red hot” interest in its revamped golden visa program from the US and Europe as rising geopolitical tensions prompt wealthy people to consider options abroad, Immigration Minister Erica Stanford said.

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Student loan delinquencies are surging as millions of borrowers struggle to make payments

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink pledges to open up private markets to millions of everyday investors, not just the wealthy few

US markets are feeling queasy again as Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" looms. Yet other global markets remain reasonably sanguine. Can this continue? Is US exceptionalism over? Today's Money Distilled looks at the scores on the doors.

Maybe it's not all Trump's fault? Accelerator, agitator, amplifier, catalyst even of all sorts of things perhaps. but almost certainly not the cause, writes @MerrynSW in Merryn Talks Money