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A businessman was beaten with hammers by masked men who broke into his home and threatened to kill his heavily pregnant wife unless he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency.
Until early September, Hassan Nassar, 26, was saving around £430 every month into his NHS workplace pension.
The prime minister has been warned that approving a controversial oil field risks contravening his own sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
An economic indicator just hit its highest level in four years, and it is quietly building the case for something most investors thought was off the table until 2027. The manufacturing data, combined with record corpora…
The largest sportswear brand on the planet, named after the ancient Greek goddess of victory, has been losing of late. Losing sales, losing customers and losing ground to its rivals.
Campaigners and Green Party leader Zack Polanski raise concerns about Rosebank's ties to an Israeli firm.
The Treasury Committee, which is responsible for overseeing HMRC, has urged the body to scrutinise tax implications of the Manchester City verdict.
President Donald Trump's push to rename AI may be behind an "unprecedented" rise in registrations for domain names in Slovenia, according to its official national registry.
I’m spending a lot of time thinking about high interest rates, both for obvious reasons and because I’m reconsidering some of my own long-held views. So I thought I’d have a long talk with someone who has really studied…
Room intrusions were still being reported at one-in-10 Travelodge hotels this summer, a review finds.
Will farmers want AI tools to help judge when to pick fruit, or is their own intuition enough?
The price of vapes is set to rise as a new tax comes into effect, with the aim of making vaping less attractive to children and young people.
Inflation may be increasing at a slower pace than expected, the markets might be cheering, and the Fed will likely soon be cutting, but Diane Swonk isn’t popping Champagne.
Energy prices have now risen by nearly 4%, with forecasts of a much bigger jump to come in January.
U.S. inflation rose less than expected in August, while consumer spending remained strong in Washington. The softer price data reduced urgency for another October Federal Reserve rate hike, though one by year-end remain…
The FTSE 100 was down 54 points as Thursday afternoon wore on, apparently unmoved by the rather more cheerful mood across the Atlantic.
During the COVID-19 pandemic-era boom, it almost seemed reckless not to invest in real estate. Low mortgage rates and sustained demand for rentals and fix-and-flip properties delivered tidy returns for investors on a fa…
Consumer prices posted a smaller-than-expected increase in August from a year ago, according to the Federal Reserve's primary inflation gauge, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.
High street bakery brand Greggs has announced plans to shut four of its factories and cut 740 jobs.
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote and Kenya's President William Ruto are set to break ground on a $16bn (£12bn) oil refinery in Lamu, on Kenya's northern coast.
Since Labour took office over a year ago, Britain’s economy has delivered mixed signals. Growth briefly surged early in 2025 but has since stalled, inflation remains stubbornly high, and government debt has soared to ne…
Female DIY experts and tradeswomen talk about their experiences of a traditionally male-dominated domain.
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