Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter, BBC NewsReporting fromNew YorkGetty ImagesThe US economy shrank in the first three months of the year as government spending fell and imports surged due to firms racing…
Volunteers at a community shop which offers essential items to struggling families are encouraging people to attend.Clothes, school uniforms, books, shoes, toys, and kitchenware are among the items people pick…
Tom GerkenTechnology reporterGetty ImagesOpenAI has pulled a ChatGPT update after users pointed out the chatbot was showering them with praise regardless of what they said.The firm accepted its latest version…
Faarea MasudBusiness reporter, BBC NewsHouse prices fell in April as buyers faced paying thousands of pounds more in stamp duty, according to new figures from Nationwide.Prices were down 0.6% month-on-month,…
João da SilvaBusiness reporter, BBC NewsStarbucks will hire more baristas and scale back plans to roll out automation, the coffee shop giant's chief executive Brian Niccol says.The move, which is…
BBCListen to Laura read this articleIf you say the name Donald Trump in the halls of wholesale markets and trade fairs in China, you'll hear a faint chuckle.The US president…
Meghan OwenBBC London work and money correspondentPA MediaSir Richard Branson says Donald Trump's tariffs "have done a lot of damage"The UK remains a "fantastic" place to start a business despite…
Rupert Wingfield-HayesReporting fromHo Chi Minh CityBBC/ Lulu LuoTung Linh, a 20-year-old Vietnamese college student, says she is excited for Vietnam's futureOn a searing afternoon in Vietnam, Tung Linh declared she…
Trade unions will mark May Day today which is celebrated as International Workers' Day. A series of events will take place beginning with a meeting of union leaders at Fórsa…
The Cabinet Housing Committee will discuss who might lead the newly-established Housing Activation Office. The office is aiming to remove barriers to the delivery of homes across the country. The…
RTÉ has confirmed it has written down a figure of €3.6 million on a partly failed IT system, which was one of the projects funded from the proceeds of the…
The number of Ireland-born residents in Australia has passed 100,000, according to official figures. The data, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), shows that 103,080 people born in Ireland…