Sunday, 8 November 2026
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Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reported double-digit revenue growth for its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday. This is the tech giant’s 12th consecutive quarter of massive revenue gains.
Tesla reported its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, disclosing far lower profits than expected. The company’s already beleaguered stock, which had fallen about 14% this year to date, dipped further following the ea…
Defence secretary says he will give arms industry ‘clarity and confidence’ in contrast to row preceding Starmer’s exit
UK warehouse landlord says board unanimous in recommendation to accept ‘best and final offer’
European Commission says Paramount Skydance’s decision to end Universal venture addresses merger concerns
The Conservatives have asked HMRC to investigate whether Nigel Farage should have paid tax on the £5m gift he received from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.
In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments from March 2026.
Britain’s Environment Agency (EA) is bringing a fraud case against four former Southern Water employees, including the former chief executive Matthew Wright, over allegations they manipulated wastewater testing…
Lloyd’s of London has ruled that its former boss John Neal breached compliance rules by failing to disclose a “close relationship” with a female colleague that risked triggering conflict of interest concerns at the insu…
The heatwave that swept across Europe in June is estimated to have cost the continent’s grain farmers €2bn (£1.7bn) in lost revenue and destroyed 9m tonnes of crops, sparking concern about the impact on the price of foo…
The publisher of Harry Potter has received a multimillion-pound payout as a beneficiary of a $1.5bn (£1.12bn) copyright settlement between the AI startup Anthropic and thousands of authors over the use of their protecte…
The price of oil has breached the $95 a barrel mark for the first time in six weeks as the escalating Middle East conflict threatens further disruption to global supplies.
Profits at Norway’s state oil company nearly doubled to $11.5bn (£8.6bn) in the three months to the end of June as the jump in oil and gas prices caused by the war against Iran boosted earnings.
Four people have been arrested and search warrants executed in Hackney, Beckenham and Slough as part of a FCA and police investigation into fraud and money laundering.
Single bus fares across England will be capped at £2 from January, Andy Burnham has announced, as he continues a cost of living blitz in his first week as prime minister.
JD Wetherspoon has issued its fourth profit warning in seven months, with the pub chain blaming worse-than-expected sales, despite the World Cup, as it struggled with rising costs for food, workers, energy and property …
Anthropic will support the second group of firms in the FCA's Supercharged Sandbox.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has held talks about joining the consortium that is seeking to buy around 30% of Liverpool.
In a control room in Wokingham, Berkshire, staff work around the clock, minute by minute, to align Great Britain’s fluctuating power supplies with its ever-changing demand.
UK inflation dropped by more than expected in June to 2.6%, in a boost for Andy Burnham’s plans to reduce the cost of living.
The world’s biggest meat company, JBS, faces a landmark legal challenge to disclose how its $6bn (£4.5bn) global expansion plan is compatible with responsibilities to the climate, nature and human rights.
Donald Trump must divulge detailed financial information from his many businesses as part of his $10bn defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation, a federal judge ruled during a discovery hearing on…
As new prime minister briefs cabinet on ‘cost of living government’, critics ask where money will come from
Liverpool’s owner is in talks over selling a significant minority stake to a consortium led by the Queens Park Rangers co-owner Amit Bhatia and backed by his father-in-law Lakshmi Mittal, the billionaire Indian steel ma…