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US adds more jobs than expected in September (Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:56:12 GMT)
Employers added 119,000 jobs in the month, but the unemployment rate ticked up from 4.3% to 4.4%,
Ford boss: 'Now is not the time to tax electric vehicles' (Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:03:09 GMT)
Ford's UK boss says it is "not the right time" to tax electric vehicles when demand has already stalled.
Nvidia shares rise after strong results ease 'AI bubble' concerns (Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:23:24 GMT)
The chip maker says revenue for the three months to October jumped 62% to $57bn.
Why an AI 'godfather' is quitting Meta after 12 years (Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:35:57 GMT)
One of the pioneers in the current AI boom, he has had disagreements with fellow engineers over the future of the technology.
Good for mortgages, bad for the food shop - how inflation dip affects you (Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:21:44 GMT)
The rate of inflation has fallen prompting hopes of lower mortgage rates, but food prices are still rising.
The contradiction at the heart of the trillion-dollar AI race (Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:52:41 GMT)
The confusing question lingering over the AI hype is whether it could be a bubble at risk of bursting
Major League Baseball signs deals with Netflix, ESPN and NBCUniversal (Thu, 20 Nov 2025 02:23:41 GMT)
The media deals will allow the platforms to show select baseball games over upcoming seasons.
UK inflation rate hits lowest level in four months (Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:56:03 GMT)
Prices have been rising more slowly in the twelve months to October but food prices bucked the trend.
Ex-Harvard president Larry Summers stops teaching as university investigates Epstein emails (Thu, 20 Nov 2025 02:44:38 GMT)
The former US treasury secretary has faced a backlash over frequent messages to Epstein.
Dutch government suspends intervention into chipmaker Nexperia (Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:53:52 GMT)
The move comes after Beijing blocked exports of the firm's chips in response to the Hague intervening into Chinese-owned chipmaker.
Hotel adverts banned over misleadingly cheap rooms (Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:36:27 GMT)
Ads for Hilton, Travelodge, Booking.com and Accor are banned by the Advertising Standards Authority.
On the front line of Europe's standoff with Russia's sanction-busting shadow fleet (Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:23:14 GMT)
With Europe imposing sanctions on Moscow, there has been a growing network of vessels sailing without a valid flag from Russia through European waters.
Time taken to bring shoplifters to justice is 'unacceptable', retailers tell BBC (Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:41:17 GMT)
The BBC followed a series of shoplifting cases which highlight how shops have waited months for thieves to be brought to justice.
Judge rules Meta doesn't have monopoly after Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions (Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:58:19 GMT)
The decision allows Instagram's parent company to avoid the prospect of the company breaking up
White House has apologised over Georgia raid, says Hyundai boss (Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:48:52 GMT)
The carmaker's CEO said the raid was "a bad surprise" but the firm will continue to invest in the US.
Baby Shark: How a 90-second clip created a $400m business (Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:00:46 GMT)
Shares in the firm behind the highly-addictive children's song rose by more than 9% in their stock market debut.
Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality' (Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:16:04 GMT)
In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an "extraordinary moment" but said no company would be immune if bubble burst.
Millionaires say 'we want to pay more tax' (Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:16:30 GMT)
Two wealthy businessmen say the chancellor should make them pay more ahead of the Budget.
Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, says Google's Sundar Pichai (Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:59:14 GMT)
Sundar Pichai candidly acknowledged concerns about inaccurate answers generated by Google's models.
Eight firms under investigation over online pricing (Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:48:54 GMT)
The Competition and Markets Authority is taking the action following a review of online pricing and sales practices.
Tech giant seeking $1.7bn from Mike Lynch's estate after yacht death (Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:40:41 GMT)
Hewlett-Packard is seeking payment from the estate of Mike Lynch, who died when his yacht sank last year.
Cloudflare apologises for outage which took down X and ChatGPT (Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:48:55 GMT)
"We apologise to our customers and the Internet in general" the web infrastructure company said.
UK bank customer protection rises to £120,000 (Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:19:02 GMT)
Customers will see a significant increase in the amount of money protected if their bank collapses.
Thames Water rescue plan attacked by excluded bidders (Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:12:11 GMT)
Potential bidders say they are frustrated to have been frozen out of talks on the future of the UK's biggest water utility.
The Egyptian green tech firm looking to cut energy bills (Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:13:54 GMT)
Saving System has developed a device that it says can help firms save electricity.
Annual energy bills predicted to fall by £22 in January (Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:37:05 GMT)
The widely respected Cornwall Insight forecasts the typical household energy bill from will fall to £1,733 in the new year.
HMRC's suspension of child benefit payments 'cavalier' - MPs (Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:03:02 GMT)
HM Revenue & Customs Tax office apologised after an error in its checks led to payments being stopped.
From florist to drone maker: How the weapon became so mainstream (Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:24:18 GMT)
With drones centre stage in Ukraine, military firms around the globe are ramping up their production.
Will AI mean better adverts or 'creepy slop'? (Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:48:29 GMT)
Advertisers are using AI to personalise adverts but not everyone agrees that's a good idea.
The Kenyan start-up aiming to electrify African transport (Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:03:14 GMT)
From fleets of e-bikes to individual riders, eWaka aims to sell across Africa's delivery market.
