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Interest rates expected to be held again by Bank of England
UK interest rates are expected to be held at 3.75% for a fifth time by Bank of England policymakers.
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US interest rates held for fifth time in a row
US interest rates have been held for the fifth time in a row by the Federal Reserve.
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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
The Federal Open Market Committee approved the following statement for release by a 9 â 3 vote:
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TfL brings case worth up to £1bn against carmakers over Ulez compliance
Transport for London is pursuing a potential £1bn legal action against car manufacturers over vehicles that it argues should not have been allowed to drive freely in the capital’s clean-air zone.
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Las Vegas is in a tourism slump. Hotel occupancy and air travel are down, and many local hospitality employees are experiencing layoffs or cuts in their hours. What's driving this downturn, and can Sin City bounce back?
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Rogue OpenAI agent that hacked startup tried to attack other firms
OpenAI has revealed that a cyber-attack carried out by a rogue AI agent had more than one victim.
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Concacaf joins criticism of Fifa plan to sell off World Cup stakes to private investors
Concacaf has joined Uefa in criticising Fifa’s plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.
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ECB wage tracker at 2.7% in Q1 2027, indicating stable negotiated wage pressures
The European Central Bank (ECB) wage tracker, which covers active collective bargaining agreements, indicates negotiated wage pressures with smoothed one-off payments of 2.3% in 2026 (based on a coverage of 44.3% of emp…
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IPL’s value soars past $20bn to rival NFL as one of world sport’s biggest brands
The Indian Premier League’s value has surged to an estimated $20.6bn (£15.5bn), boosted by ownership deals involving two of its biggest franchises, according to a report by the investment bank Houlihan Lokey.
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Heathrow passengers face higher fares as airport can recover early expansion plan costs
Heathrow passengers face decades of higher fares after the airport was given permission to recover early costs from developing its expansion plan.
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Datacentre projects could face fees for grid access to ease connection queue, Ofgem says
Datacentre projects in Britain will be forced to put down significant upfront fees to secure an energy connection under proposals to ease an electricity grid logjam .
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UK faces ‘very difficult trade-offs’ in budget because of Iran war, say analysts
Andy Burnham has been warned by a leading thinktank of “very difficult trade-offs in the next autumn budget” if the Iran war keeps oil prices and inflation high.
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EBay and ex-executives to pay $55.7m to couple sent cockroaches in harassment campaign
Bloggers David and Ina Steiner were stalked by eBay executives over their critical coverage of the company
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Qantas plane flies for more than 24 hours in record-breaking flight
Qantas completed what is believed to be the longest-ever commercial flight when its Airbus jet landed in Toulouse on Tuesday after a flight from Melbourne lasting 24 hours and 24 minutes.
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GSK to cut jobs amid £1.9bn cost-cutting plan and bid for faster drug development
The British drugmaker GSK is to announce sweeping job cuts as part of a £1.9bn cost-cutting programme to pay for a £400m investment in UK life sciences over the next three years, including in a new research and developm…
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Young people ‘expected’ to engage with new work support, says McFadden
Young people will be expected to engage with new support to find work, Pat McFadden has said, as he announced parents receiving benefits could get £4,500 a year if their child starts an apprenticeship.
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Fifa accused of ‘selling the soul of football’ over $20bn World Cup commercial rights sale plan
Fifa has announced plans to sell the commercial rights to its tournaments, including the World Cup, to private investors in a controversial move that triggered an immediate backlash from Uefa and leading European clubs .
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Labour MP suing Elon Musk’s xAI says chatbot added own fake abusive content
A Labour MP who is taking legal action against Elon Musk’s xAI company over fake sexualised images created by Grok says the AI tool was instructed to operate with “no restrictions on adult sexual content or offensive co…
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Strengthening resilience across an increasingly interconnected financial system
Think of the last time you made a payment, transferred money, used a banking app or logged on to online financial services. Did you give much thought to the infrastructure that makes those essential everyday transaction…
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More rail services in England set to slow as heatwave shrinks soil
South Western Railway expected to join operators in east of England in reducing train speeds and changing timetables
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Marmite and Dove owner Unilever warns of price rises due to growing costs
Unilever has warned it will push through further price rises over the coming months, as the Marmite, Dove and Hellmann’s owner tries to recoup its own growing costs.
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Security firm linked to ICE crackdown in US reports UK revenue slump after asylum centre contract ends
MTC provided security at heavily criticised Manston centre in Kent and could now make £500m managing the site
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Blow to NHS as Royal Mail raises prices for bulk users by a third
Royal Mail will increase the price of its wholesale postal service by as much as a third, in a multimillion-pound blow to the NHS and other large organisations.
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Johnson & Johnson to pay $5.5bn settlement in talc cancer lawsuit
Johnson & Johnson said it would pay an estimated $5.5bn to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its baby powder and other talc products caused ovarian cancer , in a landmark deal that could end a contentiou…