Tuesday, 15 September 2026
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is examining whether the three companies engaged in so-called 'drip pricing', which is an illegal practice where mandatory fees are not included in the headline price shown to…
A wall of white granite towered above a small team of engineers gathered in a California quarry. The ancient, ultra-hard material before them was, to most things, completely impermeable.
US President Donald Trump said he will delay imposing new tariffs on a wide array of Canadian goods for three days as the countries firm up a trade deal.
The world's biggest humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics made its stock market debut in Shanghai on Wednesday, with its shares soaring by more than 600% in early trading.
A court has heard claims Meta intentionally hooked a generation of children on Facebook and Instagram, as the biggest legal challenge faced by the social media platform began.
Consumers are increasingly relying on their mobile phone to make payments rather than carrying bank cards, new data shows.
Single mum Emma Neil was a huge fan of Vinted, using it most days to sell old things and buy clothes for her children.
Disney and ABC have filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from launching an early licence renewal process, arguing that the network is being unfairly targeted over its editorial content.
Scotland's state-owned shipyard is to cut nearly a quarter of its total workforce while it waits for confirmation of promised new orders.
The price of wool has increased more than 70% in the last year, helped in part by a smaller British flock of sheep and a dwindling of the global stockpile produced during the Covid-19 pandemic.
We've all looked up and seen the white lines trailing behind aircraft in the sky.
"Intense" trade talks are going down to the wire as Canada seeks to avoid a fresh round of tariffs from the Trump administration due to come into effect in less than 48 hours.
You're finally about to head off on a well-earned break, but there's one more task to tick off your to-do list: composing an out-of-office reply.
Fifa's chief operating officer Kevin Lamour has been sacked by the governing body, less than three weeks after he strongly criticised its president Gianni Infantino's aborted plan to sell stakes in competitions to priva…
Amazon MGM Studios' planned expansion of a Berkshire-based complex would be a "considerable boost" for filmmaking, a government-funded industry body said.
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China now produces nearly one-quarter of global output in the 10 advanced industries that make up ITIF’s Hamilton Index, outpacing all other nations. America and the West must recognize that China’s gains are coming at …
Fabio Bassi: Well, we believe that the macro outlook of resilient growth and sticky inflation is going to reinforce the broad risk on narrative that we have witnessed in the second quarter of this year.
The U.S. economy isn’t in a recession yet, but the number of industries cutting back on headcount is concerning, and future revisions to jobs data could show employment is already falling, according to Moody’s Analytics…
Virgin's plans to run rail services between London and Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam have moved closer after it was granted track access by the UK regulator.
As of October 16, 2025, the global financial markets are grappling with a confluence of bearish indicators, prompting investors to exercise caution. Despite an underlying bullish sentiment buoyed by robust corporate ear…
The viral Welsh drinks firm Au Vodka is reportedly nearing a £500m sale to Southern Comfort and BuzzBallz owner Sazerac.
We had another month of disappointing data in July as domestic activity fell short of forecasts across the board. The NBS attributed weather effects for the miss, but data has generally been soft since the second quarte…
Sainsbury's has suspended its use of live facial recognition technology at one of its London branches after a customer was wrongly challenged as a shoplifter and asked to leave.