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Bookies in last-ditch plea to Healey to avert budget tax bombshell
Britain's biggest bookmakers are stepping up their efforts to avert a budget tax bombshell in a last-ditch letter warning that half of the betting shops in the prime minister's constituency would be at risk from a further raid.
Chip bellwether ASML says customers are already asking to place orders — for 2030
The Dutch supplier for the semiconductor industry said there is strong interest in placing orders for 2029 and 2030.
Trump says 'massive' oil, gas and mineral exploration will begin in 'our' Greenland
Donald Trump says that preparations are underway to launch a "massive" oil, gas and mineral exploration in Greenland.
- BBC News Read
Not building third runway would be ‘missed opportunity’, says Heathrow boss
Thomas Woldbye tells the Today progamme it would be "good to know" the government's position on the project, after comments made by the prime minister.
- MoneyWeek Read
‘A wealth tax would be devastating for UK businesses’
Richard Harpin, who sold HomeServe for £4.1 billion, has urged Labour to avoid further tax rises and instead reward risk-takers to help the UK thrive.
- BBC News Read
Bank of America fined $1.2bn over failing to stop money laundering
The bank inadequately flagged transactions linked to potential Chinese money laundering networks, the Treasury said.
- BBC News Read
How long will humans be needed for translation?
AI dominates the translation business, but for high-stakes work, humans are still needed.
- BBC News Read
Is it OK for jobseekers or employers to use AI?
Graduates are increasingly using AI to misrepresent themselves in job applications, research suggests. But some say their peer group has no choice.
- BBC News Read
Royal Mail losing 400 postal workers a week, says union
The CWU says more posties are leaving since a new delivery system was brought in, that it claims is not working in hundreds of offices.
Chip stocks suffer worst stretch in 16 months as AI fatigue grips the market
Anticipation is building for Anthropic’s investor day, as Wall Street grows less patient with heavy AI spending.
- Business Read
Elon Musk's foundation is opaque, miserly and self-serving
The world’s richest man disdains charity. His money is where his mouth is
My sister moved in with our mother, 78, and now says she deserves the $925,000 family home. Is she right?
“The house is worth $925,000 and mom owns it outright. She also has $480,000 in investments.”
AST SpaceMobile’s stock is feeling the heat from SpaceX’s wireless plans
AST’s commercial rollout could face delays due to satellite-launch challenges and SpaceX’s growing ambitions, an analyst warns.
Tech firms promise to take down AI platforms if British secret services show they are unsafe
OpenAI and Anthropic have promised to take down their AIs if the British secret services show them they are unsafe - activating what some describe as a "kill switch".
- BBC News Read
NI company in talks to save Poundland from administration
Poundland says Martin Property Group from Londonderry is the management team's "preferred partner"
Who should pay for my birthday dinner — me, or my guests?
“I feel like I just end up paying for other people’s birthday dinners a lot, as well as my own, which is an imbalance.”
Why one hedge-fund billionaire believes stocks are heading for a ‘really challenging’ 2027
U.S. stocks could face a serious test in 2027 as a tsunami of new equity issuance threatens to upend the artificial-intelligence-driven bull market, according to hedge-fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones.
This one move will save $20,000 on our wedding
Plus: Where we’re cutting back to free up space in our wedding budget for the things we really want on our big day
- MoneyWeek Read
Income tax quiz: How much do you know about Britain’s biggest tax?
Income tax receipts make up more than a quarter of the government’s total income each year, making it a key tool for the government to cover its costs.
Micron’s stock extends declines as China competition heats up
Even Elon Musk says Chinese memory chip makers are catching up.
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