Technology The merger of Vodafone and Three is being investigated in depth by the Competition… admin Apr 5, 2024 Britain's Competition Watchdog has officially requested an in-depth probe of the planned £18 billion merger between…
Airline Virgin Atlantic: we’ll soar new heights in 2019 admin Apr 4, 2024 Virgin Atlantic, which almost died during the pandemic in 2009, says that it will achieve record profits this year…
Aircraft Rolls-Royce tests the most powerful and environmentally friendly business jet… admin Apr 4, 2024 Rolls-Royce has started flight testing on its most powerful and environmentally friendly business jet engine.…
EU Microsoft Teams to be sold separately from Office admin Apr 4, 2024 Microsoft is now selling Teams, its online meetings service, as a separate product from its Office suite, after…
Food industry Domino’s vows to reduce the calories in its food following creme egg cookie… admin Apr 3, 2024 Domino's has pledged to reduce the calories in its products, just weeks after an ex-health minister criticized the…
Retail Amazon eliminates the ‘just walk-out’ checkouts in grocery stores admin Apr 3, 2024 Amazon has scrapped its "just walk-out" technology after trying for years to get traction with its checkout-free…
Business Justin King invests £50m in hospitality companies admin Apr 3, 2024 The consortium, which includes Justin King, former CEO of J Sainsbury and other high-net worth individuals, has…
Investment The group led by Sir Terry Leahy collapses, owing £9m in tax payers admin Apr 3, 2024 The government has accused a group of companies of "breach" of the scheme rules after they received £9million in…
Shares Revolution Bars shares are suspended from trading admin Apr 3, 2024 The trading of shares in one of Britain's largest bar operators was suspended Tuesday, as the company sought to…
Technology Tesla sales drop for the first time in 4 years admin Apr 3, 2024 Tesla reported its first quarterly drop in deliveries in almost four years. The company also missed Wall Street's…
Energy Gas storage in the EU reaches record levels as winter ends admin Apr 3, 2024 The winter storage of natural gas has reached record levels in Europe, which puts the region in an excellent…
Fund management The news-driven hedge fund raises 100 million dollars to trade on… admin Apr 3, 2024 A US hedge-fund raised $100mn for trading based on articles from its affiliated newsroom. This is a new experiment…
Medical science A stem cell trial found that paralysed patients can regain sensation and movement. admin Apr 3, 2024 Scientists have discovered that paralyzed patients can recover movement and feeling by being injected stem cell…
Food industry In Republican states, the movement to ban lab-grown beef intensifies admin Apr 2, 2024 The US state legislatures are trying to stop the development of "lab grown" pork, tuna and other animal protein…
Shares AstraZeneca shareholders are urged to oppose the pay plan for CEO Soriot admin Apr 2, 2024 Two influential shareholders advisers have labelled AstraZeneca’s plan to pay CEO Pascal Soriot as much as £18.7mn…
Companies China gets involved in tea wars brewing up in the Himalayas admin Apr 2, 2024 Chinese tea buyers have disrupted a heated trade dispute between Nepal and India, which has led to the introduction…
Business Shein profits more than double to $2bn before planned listing admin Apr 2, 2024 Shein, an online fast-fashion company, has seen its profit more than double as it waits for Beijing's approval to…
Companies Flutter, the owner of Paddy Power, hopes that the US listing will attract retail… admin Apr 2, 2024 As Paddy Power prepares to move its primary listing to New York, the Paddy Power owner wants to convert its rapidly…