US national debt has more than doubled in a decade to reach a milestone $40tn (£29.4tn), Treasury figures show.The rise reflects years of heavy spending under both the Donald Trump…
India's beauty brands have been drawing a lot of interest from global capital recently. Earlier this year in March, American luxury cosmetics maker Estée Lauder fully acquired, external the homegrown…
Image source, Vivien WongImage caption, Vivien Wong founded mochi brand Little Moons with her brother HowardByYasmin RufoBusiness reporter At 28, Vivien Wong walked away from an £80,000-a-year accounting job to…
Target has revealed it has received almost $1bn (£733.9m) in tariff refunds from the US government which boosted the retailer's latest profits.The American chain said it received a $994 million…
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) sent more than 81,000 letters warning cryptocurrency holders they may owe capital gains tax in the past year.A Freedom of Information (FOI) request seen by…
Higher energy bills drove UK inflation up to 2.9% in the year to July, the highest level in four months, according to new figures.Gas prices soared at the sharpest pace…
Monzo says a technical issue which left users unable to use their card for payments or transfers has now been resolved.The digital bank had previously posted on X, external it…
Image source, BBC / Oliver Whitfield-MiocicImage caption, Recovery work is continuing after a train left the tracks near LewesByKaty AustinTransport correspondent and Patrick BarlowSouth EastA defect was found on railway tracks in…
Overhaul for Belfast cranes ahead of major contractImage caption, The shipyard is to spend £3m refurbishing its famous yellow cranes, Samson and GoliathByEconomics and business editor, BBC News NIThe Harland…
The fallout from the war in Iran cranked up the heat on households last month as energy bills rose - how uncomfortable could inflation get from here?The first thing to…
OpenAI says it has slowed down training some of its most advanced AI models to improve security.In a blog post, external, the ChatGPT-maker said it was introducing new measures after…
Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and RED Driving School are being investigated by the consumer watchdog over concerns they are not showing full prices upfront to customers.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)…