Cotton futures are showing gains of 49 to 60 point gains across the front months on Friday, shrugging off overnight weakness. The US dollar index is back down up $0.130 on…
Tess de la MareWest of EnglandPA MediaBethan Roper was returning home from a Christmas shopping trip when she died on the train on 1 December 2018A major rail operator has…
Marc AshdownBusiness correspondent andImogen JamesHarrods has set aside more than £60m in its plan to compensate alleged victims of historical abuse.More than 100 employees of the luxury department store are…
They paid thousands for a cruise that hasn't sailed. Now they can't get their money backSuranjana TewariAsia Business CorrespondentBBC"Throw your current lifestyle overboard!" boasts the advert for Victoria Cruises Line…
Michael RaceBusiness reporterElectric vehicle (EV) sales in the UK hit a record high last month, according to the latest industry figures. Sales of pure battery electric vehicles (BEV) grew by…
Ben KingBusiness reporterA company linked to Baroness Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman passed most of the money it received from the government for personal protective equipment (PPE) to other…
The State's fiscal watchdog has warned that latest figures show the underlying deficit in the public finances, when volatile taxes paid by multinationals are excluded, will be larger than expected.…
The hospitality industry will benefit from a VAT cut next year, it is understood, as the measure has now been agreed as part of Tuesday's Budget. However the reduction will…
As inflation eases, the Government is preparing to end one-off cost-of-living supports that have helped households through recent price surges. While last year's €2 billion package included energy credits and…
Days out from Budget 2026 and the Government is holding firm on its line that there will not be a repeat of the one-off measures seen in recent years to…
With only three days until Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe and Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers unveil the contents of Budget 2026, RTÉ's Economics and Public Affairs Editor David…
The US government is mostly in a shutdown because the fiscal appropriation authority, the law needed to authorise spending of taxpayer's money, has not been passed in the US Senate.…