US debt downgrade drives up borrowing costs
AFP/GettyA sign showing the US national debt in April. It has since risen to more than $36tnInvestors might have hoped the turmoil that hit financial markets last month was over.…
AFP/GettyA sign showing the US national debt in April. It has since risen to more than $36tnInvestors might have hoped the turmoil that hit financial markets last month was over.…
Lily JamaliNorth America Technology Correspondent•@lilyjamaliReporting fromSan Francisco, CAReutersThe DNA testing firm 23andMe says it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for $256m (£192m).It comes two…
Dearbail JordanBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGreggs will move its self-serve food and drinks to behind the counter to stamp out shoplifting at the High Street bakery.The company is trialling the measure…
Mobile and broadband provider Vodafone said it expected to return to revenue growth in Germany, its largest market, this year, driving an increase in cash flow after it said it…
Charlotte Edwards and Esyllt CarrBusiness reporters, BBC NewsThe boss of one of the UK's biggest supermarket chains says the UK-EU trade deal will reduce pressure on prices.The deal signed on…
France's Alstom and Italy's Atm Group (Azienda Trasporti Milanesi) have announced a strategic joint venture to bid for the upcoming renewal of the Luas Operations and Maintenance (O&M) contract in…
EU deal disastrous for Scotland, says fishing bodyPA MediaThe Scottish Fisherman's Federation said the deal was "terrible" for the industry in ScotlandSome sections of Scotland's fishing industry have accused Sir…
Ryanair has asked some of its flight attendants in Spain to pay back thousands of euros in raises they have received since last year as part of a union deal…
Dharshini DavidDeputy economics editor, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThe government hopes the deal will boost the economy and put money in people's pocketsThere was much fanfare - and then lunch on the…
Honda Motor said today that it was scaling back its investment in electric vehicles given slowing demand and would be focusing on capturing growing demand for hybrids with new models.…
BBCGas and electricity bills are expected to fall in July, when a new price cap takes effect.It is likely to reverse the increase for millions of households on 1 April,…
China's central bank has today cut two key interest rates to historic lows, as Beijing battles to stimulate its economy amid seesaw trade tensions with the US. Beijing and Washington…