Newspapers and other news sources (such as magazines) provide reporting, analysis, and opinion on current affairs and historical events. Some news sources focus on a particular industry, geographical area, or topic.
Our news subscriptions offer a wide range of local, national, and international news sources. They are searchable and sometimes provide digital editions of publications. Many are updated daily with the latest news content. We also have archives dating back hundreds of years for historical research.
Check privacy policies before submitting personal data when using online resources. Find out more on our Personal Data and Online Resources Page
Gives access to the daily news focusing on international business and economics.
Accessibility statement for Financial Times
FT.com also provides access to company and market data as well as the FT ePaper which is the digital replica of the Financial Times printed newspaper from different countries including UK, Asia and USA.
Registration required - To sign up for a FT account, please see How to register/re-register for a FT account. Further details are available by emailing businesslibrary@city.ac.uk.
App available.
We've arranged a subscription to the FT.com website, giving you access to all of the site including apps for phones and tablets, up-to-date news and information, and all the FT's articles.
To use this resource you must register for an individual account. Please go to How to register and re-register for a Financial Times account.
Journal articles, case studies, company profiles, industry reports, SWOT analyses. Covers business and economics, with full text access to the Harvard Business Review.
Accessibility statement for British Source Ultimate
British weekly magazine of news and opinion, covering world politics, economics, business finance, science and technology. Full-text available from June 1997 to present.
Accessibility statement for Economist.com
The Economist Online also offers a variety of web-only content, including blogs, debates and audio/video programmes. Access is sponsored by The Worshipful Company of International Bankers.
News and analysis of the investment banking and securities industry updated throughout the day, 5 days a week.
Accessibility statement for Financial News
Registration instructions: Business School students should register for an account via Business Library Moodle 2024-2025. Non-Business School students and staff should email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk for instructions.
Daily shipping newspaper with in-depth coverage of marine insurance, offshore energy, logistics, global trade and law.
Accessibility statement for Lloyd's List
Registration instructions: Business School students should register for an account via Business Library Moodle 2024-2025. Non-Business School students and staff should email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk for instructions.
Online version of the weekly paper which provides in-depth reporting on the shipping industry.
Accessibility statement for Tradewinds
Registration instructions: Business School students should register for an account via Business Library Moodle 2024-2025. Non-Business School students and staff should email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk for registration instructions.
Several of our specialist databases which are focused on providing financial and market information also contain news sections, with relevant business intelligence meant to inform decisions.
Global financial markets database providing news, analytics, real time pricing for millions of securities world-wide plus extensive historical pricing and stock charts.
Accessibility statement for Bloomberg
Available on campus only from dedicated terminals:
• 7 bookable terminals in the Financial Resources Zone, Business Library
• 10 non-bookable terminals in the Bloomberg Finance Lab, Bunhill Row
• 10 bookable terminals in the Financial Resources Suite, Northampton Square
Library
Registration instructions: To use Bloomberg, you must create a Bloomberg account.
Certifications: To take Bloomberg Certification in Finance Fundamentals, Market Concept or Environmental Social Governance, see Signing up for Bloomberg for Education.
See our Bloomberg LibGuide for more information.
Bloomberg: use the code <TOP> to see headlines and NSE <GO> for advanced news searching.
Comprehensive financial data, analytics, and insights for global markets, including real-time news, pricing, and specialist research tools. Includes data from Worldscope, I/B/E/S, Lipper and Asset 4.
Accessibility statement for Eikon(Refinitiv)
Use the Excel Add-in to download data and access Datastream.
Available on campus from dedicated terminals and available remotely.
5 bookable PCs in the Financial Resources Zone, Business Library
8 bookable PCs in the Refinitiv Trading Room, Bunhill Row
3 bookable PCs in the Financial Resources Suite, Northampton Square Library.
Logins: A limited number of Eikon usernames are available for off-site access. These will be issued on a first come, first served basis Monday to Friday 09:00- 17:00 UK time and will expire at 08:00 UK time the following day, if issued on a Friday the username will expire at 08:00 UK time Monday. Complete our online form to request a username and password. Alternatively, email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk.
Eikon: search for "News" to find the News Monitor app.
Provides detailed and standardised financial data on financial institutions in the US, Europe and MEA.
Accessibility statement for S&P Capital IQ Pro
Limitation: You have to be connected to the university network to register for and access this database.
System Requirements: Does not work with Firefox browser.
Registration instructions: Business School students should register for an account via Business Library Moodle 2024-2025 module. Non-Business School students and staff should email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk for registration and access instructions.
S&P Capital IQ Pro has an extensive research section covering financial sectors. To access it, select Research > Market Intelligence Research Library.
These collections of business news provide access to thousands of titles around the world. They include trade publications as well as newspapers and magazines. For students researching news, Nexis and Factiva enable advanced searching for more relevant search results.
Full-text coverage of national, regional and international news from a range of sources including newswires. Updated daily and with many titles having a 20 year archive, useful for current affairs and seeing how topics have been reported.
Accessibility statement for Nexis UK
Articles generally have no formatting or images.
Limitation - Users may print and download for personal use only single copies of up to ten documents in Full Text Format from the results of one search.
Users are prohibited from downloading substantial parts of the database and materials cannot be stored for longer than 90 days.
Nexis cannot be used for any non-academic purposes and text data mining is not permitted.
For further information please see Library Services’ Online Resource Policy.
The right to retrieve and store machine-readable copies of Materials is limited to the retrieval of a single copy of a reasonable portion of the Materials included in any individual file of the Online Services using the downloading commands of the Online Services or your web browser software and storage of that copy in machine readable form for no more than 90 days, primarily for one person’s exclusive use, to the extent the storage of those Materials is not further limited or prohibited by the Additional Terms.
Offers full text from a range of sources including international newspapers, trade publications and magazines. Many titles have a 20 year archive and content is updated daily, making it useful for business, industry news and reports.
Accessibility statement for Factiva
Articles generally have no formatting or images.Please note that the length of time to store a single copy of downloaded materials from this resource in machine readable form is limited to 30 days only. Text data mining is not permitted within our Factiva UK licence. The right to retrieve and store machine-readable copies of Materials is limited to the retrieval of a single copy of a reasonable portion of the Materials included in any individual file of the Online Services using the downloading commands of the Online Services or your web browser software and storage of that copy in machine readable form for no more than 30 days, primarily for one person’s exclusive use, to the extent the storage of those Materials is not further limited or prohibited by the Additional Terms.
Provides digital access to thousands of newspapers and magazines from around the world. You can browse entire editions making it useful for studying page layout etc.
Accessibility statement for PressReader
PressReader provides access to the last year of most publications. App available: Setting up the PressReader App
Fully searchable and browsable digital archive. Includes adverts, market listings etc in addition to text.
Accessibility statement for Financial Times Historical Archive
Fully searchable and browsable digital archive. Includes images, adverts etc in addition to text.
Accessibility statement for Economist Historical Archive
Allows you to cross-search several newspaper archives and the Chatham House Online Archive.
Accessibility statement for Gale Primary Sources
Newspaper sources include The Daily Mail Historical Archive, The Economist Historical Archive, The Financial Times Historical Archive, The Independent Historical Archive , The Telegraph Historical Archive, The Times Digital Archive and The Sunday Times Historical Archive.
Use our 'business databases by topic' guide to find out which databases contain the type of information you need.