Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2% in June year-on-year, official data showed today, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend. Public support for Ishiba's…
Luxury hospitality group Galgorm Collection plans to invest more than £30m to create a new links golf course at Bellarena - the first new championship links course in Northern Ireland…
Reckitt has sold a majority stake in its Essential Home business to private equity firm Advent International in a deal valued at $4.8 billion including debt, it said today. The…
Energy major BP said today it had agreed to sell its US onshore wind business, bp Wind Energy, to US-based electricity transmission systems operator LS Power. BP has been divesting…
Lily JamaliNorth America Technology CorrespondentMark Zuckerberg has agreed to settle a multibillion dollar lawsuit with a group of shareholders over how top executives and directors at Meta handled repeated privacy…
Tom EspinerBusiness reporterBBCOne of the computer's Nvidia GH200 Grace Hopper SuperchipsA supercomputer that is the most powerful in the UK has been made fully operational in Bristol.Technology Secretary Peter Kyle…
Ben KingTransport CorrespondentMore than half of Britain's busiest airports have raised "kiss-and-fly" fees for cars dropping off passengers close to terminals, according to research from the RAC.The motoring group found…
Tom EspinerBusiness reporter, BBC NewsJaguar Land Rover (JLR) is to cut up to 500 management jobs in the UK, as the carmaker faces pressure on sales and profits from US…
Colletta SmithCost of living correspondentChiara Del VescovoChiara Del Vescovo with her daughterSummer holiday clubs to cover Britain's six-week school break now cost parents an average of £1,076 per child, new…
Mitchell Labiak and Oliver SmithBusiness reporters, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThe UK jobs market has continued to weaken, making the prospect of an interest rate cut next month even more likely, analysts…
Osmond ChiaBusiness reporter, BBC NewsJake KwonBBC NewsReporting fromSeoulSamsung boss Lee Jae-yong has been cleared by South Korea's top court of fraud charges, concluding a years-long legal battle over his role…
Price of housing and groceries cause most concernZhara SimpsonBBC News, JerseyBBCThe Policy Centre Jersey said its cost of living report surveyed 1,000 residents in January 2025People in Jersey say the…