Removed Ben & Jerry’s chair says Magnum aimed to ‘smear’ her
Lucy HookerBusiness reporterThe ousted chair of Ben & Jerry's has accused the company which owns the brand of threatening to launch a public smear campaign against her. Anuradha Mittal, who…
Rome: Tourists to face €2 fee to get near Trevi Fountain
EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockThe Trevi Fountain is one of Rome's key attractions with around nine million visitors this yearTourists in Italy's capital Rome will soon have to pay a €2 (£1.75; $2.34) entrance…
French court rejects Shein website ban over childlike sex dolls
Michael Sheils McNameeBusiness reporterGetty ImagesA Paris court has rejected an effort by the French government to suspend the website of fast-fashion giant Shein in response to it selling childlike sex…
Will the TikTok deal mean the app changes in the US?
Will the US TikTok deal make it safer but less relevant?Laura Cress,Technology reporterandLily Jamali,North America technology correspondent, San FranciscoGetty ImagesTikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance has signed a deal with investors to…
Retail sales fall as Black Friday deals fail to lure shoppers
Josh MartinBusiness reporterGetty ImagesRetail sales fell unexpectedly in November as Black Friday discounts failed to boost spending, official figures show.Supermarket sales fell for the fourth month in a row, while…
Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm liquidated and unlikely to repay £148m
Paul Hastie,Paris GourtsoyannisandJosh Martin,Business reporterGetty ImagesBaroness Michelle Mone in the House of Lords with her businessman husband Douglas BarrowmanThe UK Government is unlikely to see most of the £148m it…
WH Smith probed by regulator over accounting error
Lucy HookerBusiness reporterThe UK's financial regulator is investigating WH Smith after the retailer uncovered accounting mistakes at its North America business earlier this year.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it…
A 45% school bus fare hike is too much, says Coventry dad
A dad-of-two wants a bus operator to reconsider its charges for a popular school route amid plans for a huge fare hike.Ambi Ambituuni's daughter currently uses the 85 bus operated…
AI likely to displace jobs, says Bank of England governor
Michael RaceBusiness reporterThe widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is likely to displace people from jobs in a similar way seen during the Industrial Revolution, the governor of the Bank…