US jobs growth solid but slowing amid inflation fight
"People are depressed and often people vote with their pocketbooks," said Beth Ann Bovino, chief US economist at S&P Global...
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Will people sign up for Netflix’s cheaper ad service?
With concerns about the cost of living rising, Netflix with ads has a chance of helping it hold on to...
Is it right to raise interest rates in a recession?
The pandemic, its aftermath, the war in Ukraine, and the energy shock, are the fuel for all of this of...
Glencore ordered to pay millions over Africa oil bribes
Clare Montgomery, representing Glencore, said: "The company unreservedly regrets the harm caused by these offences and recognises the harm caused,...
TikTok says staff in China can access UK and EU user data
Although TikTok currently stores European user data in the US and Singapore, "we allow certain employees within our corporate group...
CVS and Walgreens agree to pay $10bn to settle opioids lawsuits
Local governments, Native American tribes and others behind the total of more than 3,000 lawsuits will now decide whether or...
China Covid: Area around world’s biggest iPhone plant locked down
However, footage shared on Chinese social media, and by the BBC's China correspondent Stephen McDonell, showed that workers were allegedly...
Royal Mail postal workers to strike on Black Friday
"The CWU is playing a dangerous game with its members' jobs and the future of Royal Mail. We apologise to...
Elon Musk says £7 monthly fee for Twitter blue tick
On Monday, one of the world's biggest advertising companies, IPG, advised its clients to suspend Twitter adverts for a week,...
Four areas added to banking hubs waiting list
"When we are visiting locations that will get a hub, we are looking for buildings that are the right size,...
Cyber-attacks on small firms: The US economy’s ‘Achilles heel’?
"It was a total head-in-the-sand situation. 'It's not going to happen to me. I'm too small.' That was the overwhelming...
BP sees huge profit due to high oil and gas prices
Commenting on whether oil firms should pay more tax, Nick Butler, a former BP executive who is now a visiting...
Elon Musk dissolves Twitter’s board of directors
On Monday, Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat, said that he had asked the government to review the national security implications...
US court blocks Penguin merger with Simon & Schuster
"The proposed merger would have reduced competition, decreased author compensation, diminished the breadth, depth, and diversity of our stories and...
How solar farms in space might beam electricity to Earth
"My personal take on this is that we like to think the technology is there, but it's not quite ready...
£400 energy support vouchers going unclaimed
Traditional prepayment meter, topped-up at a shop: For these customers, vouchers will be sent in the post by all the...
US throws out charges against interest rate ‘rigger’
In 2017, the BBC also revealed evidence that implicated the Bank of England in Libor "rigging". Later that year, the...
Sir Richard Branson declines Singapore death penalty TV debate invitation
He also called for the island nation's government to engage with local figures in "constructive, lasting dialogue involving multiple stakeholders,...
