Oil prices slide on hopes of US-Iran peace deal
40 minutes agoPeter HoskinsBusiness reporterHindustan Times via Getty ImagesOil prices have fallen sharply and Asian stock markets have risen on hopes of a deal that could bring an end to…
How Saudi Arabia’s spending spree reached the end of the line
3 hours agoSebastian UsherGlobal affairs correspondentBBCAutocratic monarchs once left an echo of their glory in the ruins of the megaprojects they commanded at the peak of their unchallenged power. Those…
Why millions of workers are taking second jobs to cope
'I live in survival mode': The rise of the multi-job workforceCYD SMITHMore than a million people in the UK, like Billy-Jo Pierce, now have second jobsMore than a million people…
UK beer boom goes flat as breweries call last orders
4 hours agoEma SabljakEngland Data UnitMatt CurtisAl Wall has worked at breweries across the UK and has most recently on taken a brewery in his hometownWalking down the streets of…
Sun Pharma, Coforge: Indian businesses go shopping abroad as growth slows at home
Indian billionaires buy foreign companies as growth slows at homeBloomberg via Getty ImagesIndia's Sun Pharmaceuticals paid $11.75bn to buy New York-listed Organon & CoIn late April, India's Sun Pharmaceuticals agreed…
‘Shameful’ more spent on benefits than jobs for young people, says adviser Alan Milburn
18 hours agoLaura KuenssbergSunday with Laura Kuenssberg Welfare system 'shameful' for young people out of work - Alan MilburnThe government spends 25 times as much on benefits for young people…
High living costs in Cambridge drive workers to food banks
22 hours agoPhil Shepka,Cambridge political reporterandNic Rigby,BBC Politics EastPhil Shepka/BBCThe Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge was picketed by members of the Unite unionThe cost of living in Cambridge is making it…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches Starship V3 rocket after delays
SpaceX launches massive Starship V3 rocket on test flight2 days agoJoel GunterandToby MannMoment SpaceX rocket explodes in the Indian Ocean after splashdownElon Musk's SpaceX has launched the largest and most…
Big fears in Big Tech over AI job losses
The termination emails from Meta management landed at 4am. It may have been early but most workers were probably already awake, waiting to learn their fate. Of Meta's 1,800 Irish-based…
Is it really full steam ahead for a new Navan rail line?
"Will I ever get on a train from Navan to Dublin?" The thoughts of one Navan native this week, as a public consultation opened about the proposed new route for…