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Business Jan 28
Amazon accidentally sends email confirming layoffs

The message was apparently sent in error hours before workers were expecting thousands of job cuts to be announced....

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Business Jan 28
UPS to cut 30,000 jobs as it moves away from Amazon

The parcel delivery giant says it is cutting back on low-profit deliveries for the online retailer....

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Business Jan 28
EasyJet warned over 'misleading' £5.99 cabin bag fee

The airline said the fact there were no bags available for less than £5.99 meant the claim was not misleading....

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Business Jan 28
Vulnerable missing out on benefits due to online tool

Benefits calculators can leave some people confused and in a dire financial state, say campaigners. ...

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Business Jan 28
Vulnerable missing out on benefits due to online tool

Benefits calculators can leave some people confused and in a dire financial state, say campaigners. ...

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Business Jan 28
AI boom will produce victors and carnage, tech boss warns

Cisco chief executive Chuck Robbins compares AI to the dotcom bubble of the early 2000s....

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Business Jan 28
Watch: Why Trump is hitting the road to rally Americans

The BBC's White House correspondent Bernd Debusmann explains why the president is refocusing his attention on the US eco...

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Business Jan 28
Vets may have to publish prices of common pet treatments

The government sets out proposals as data finds vet prices rose at nearly twice the inflation rate....

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Business Jan 28
Madeleine the boring machine poised for new HS2 tunnel

The high speed rail line from Birmingham will be extended from west London to Euston station....

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Business Jan 28
Pubs given support package after business rates backlash

Treasury Minister Dan Tomlinson says the three-year aid is worth £1,650 for the average pub....

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Business Jan 28
TikTok settles just before social media addiction trial to begin

Defendants include Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, and YouTube parent Google....

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Business Jan 27
Guernsey inflation continues to slow, figures show

Annual inflation in Guernsey sees a drop of 1.2% on the year before, according to latest figures....

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Business Jan 27
Revolution bars owner shuts 21 venues and cuts 591 jobs

Despite the closures, administrators for The Revel Collective have secured 41 sites and 1,582 jobs....

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Business Jan 27
NI to become first in the UK to introduce graduated driving licences

The new rules will be introduced in October and are described as the most significant reform of driver licensing for 70 ...

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Business Jan 27
Parental leave system 'not equal for all families'

Families should have parental leave access and single parents should have more help, a report says....

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Business Jan 27
Ground rents to be capped at £250 a year for leaseholders

The reforms for England and Wales also include proposals to ban the sale of new leasehold flats....

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Business Jan 27
Labour MPs call for halt to business rate rise for music venues

Nearly 50 MPs have written to the chancellor calling for music venues to be exempted from a hike in business rates....

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Business Jan 27
Winter shelter sees highest demand in years

Northampton Hope Centre staff say people who need the shelter could be turned away by next week....

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Business Jan 27
Change aims to make credit card access 'simpler'

A legal loophole stopping islanders apply for credit cards has been removed by the States....

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Business Jan 27
Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp to trial premium subscriptions

Under the plan, access to the Meta platforms' core services would remain free....

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Business Jan 27
Airlines pay out millions after initially rejecting claims

Passengers accuse carriers of "confusing" them into dropping compensation claims for cancelled flights....

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Business Jan 27
US government invests $1.6bn for stake in rare earths firm

The deal is the Trump administration's latest attempt to reduce its reliance on China....

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Business Jan 27
Tanker crash captain denies falling asleep

Vladimir Motin denies gross negligence manslaughter after a crew member died in the North Sea crash....

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Business Jan 27
Over 700,000 graduates out of work and claiming benefits, analysis suggests

The government says it has commissioned a review into "what's holding the younger generation back"....

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Business Jan 26
Ryanair fares to rise as passenger numbers forecast to surge

The airline says it expects fares to increase by up to 9% as passenger numbers grow this year....

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Business Jan 26
EU investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes

The Commission will assess whether "manipulated sexually explicit images" have been shown to users in the EU....

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Business Jan 26
Gold tops $5,000 for first time ever, adding to historic rally

Gold is seen as a so-called safe-haven asset that investors buy in times of uncertainty and low interest rates....

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Business Jan 26
Caribbean cannabis growers eye budding domestic sales and exports

Producers in Jamaica and Antigua hope that increasing liberalisation will lead to higher revenues....

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Business Jan 26
'Low pay and boredom led me to get a secret second job'

Imtiaz had a public sector job but said the pay was low, he took another job in the private sector....

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Business Jan 25
Davey says war bonds would help to speed up UK defence spending

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey says the bonds would give the public an opportunity to "support patriotically our d...

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Business Jan 25
Five ways weight-loss jabs are changing spending habits

With GLP-1 drugs rising in popularity, how are businesses adapting to a new type of consumer?...

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Business Jan 24
1975: Could you do your food shop just once a year?

Grocery shopping with a couple who bought all their supplies yearly rather than weekly....

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Business Jan 23
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Tony's quest to build connection soon spirals into isolation, addiction and mistrust......

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Business Jan 23
Trump covets mineral-rich Greenland, but what natural resources does it actually have?

Greenland's natural resources include large reserves of rare earth deposits....

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Business Jan 23
Does TikTok's US deal threaten the company's global ambitions?

TikTok has finalised a deal to allow its American business to continue, by creating a new US entity separate from its gl...

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Business Jan 23
AI ready: The advantages of being a young entrepreneur

The latest generation of entrepreneurs have a head-start with AI but also face familiar challenges....

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Business Jan 22
How Slovakia became the world's number one carmaker

The European country is the biggest autos manufacturer relative to the size of its population....

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Business Jan 21
Trump says tiny cars are amazing but will Americans actually buy them?

The president wants to bring to the US tiny vehicles, like those commonly seen on the streets of Japan....

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Business Jan 20
Are 'tech dense' farms the future of farming?

A host of technology is on offer to farmers, promising to raise farming yields and lower food prices....

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Business Jan 19
Are we getting more savvy about our credit scores?

With lenders using credit scores to decide everything from phone contracts to car finance, experts say understanding how...

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Business Jan 19
'The finest in the world': Why the US is buying icebreakers from Finland

The Nordic nation leads the way when it comes to both the design and construction of the vessels....

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