Cattle Slipping Lower on Thursday
Cattle Slipping Lower on Thursday
Live cattle are lower again on Thursday, as the overbought market comes into the end of the month. Contracts are down 85 cents to $1 at midday. Cash action has…
Sugar Prices Fall Sharply as India May Boost Sugar Exports
Sugar Prices Fall Sharply as India May Boost Sugar Exports
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26) on Thursday closed down -0.28 (-1.90%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26) closed down -6.40 (-1.52%).Sugar prices fell sharply on Thursday to…
TikTok owner agrees to sell US business
TikTok owner agrees to sell US business
Peter Hoskins,Business reporterandLily Jamali,North America technology correspondentTikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance has signed binding agreements with US and global investors to sell the majority of its business in America, TikTok's boss…
Will tech trump tradition at bakers and biscuit makers?
Will tech trump tradition at bakers and biscuit makers?
Ben MorrisTechnology of Business EditorTunnock's robot packagingA stream of hot caramel runs through the Thomas Tunnock factory just outside Glasgow.From the second floor where it is made, it runs along…
£100 contactless card limit to be lifted from March
£100 contactless card limit to be lifted from March
Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesMillions of people will be able to set their own contactless card payment limits or even have no limit at all, a regulator has confirmed.Banks…
Friday to be busiest travel day of festive season
Friday to be busiest travel day of festive season
Emer MoreauBusiness reporterGetty ImagesDrivers are being advised to allow extra time to travelBritain's roads, railways and airports are set to be thronged by festive travellers on what is is anticipated…
How much more your Christmas dinner will cost this year
How much more your Christmas dinner will cost this year
Emer Moreau,Business reporterandTommy Lumby,Business data journalistGetty ImagesA typical Christmas dinner with all the trimmings will cost slightly more than last yearElaine DoranCost of living producerColletta SmithCost of living correspondentTurkey and…
UK names Christian Turner as ambassador to US, replacing Peter Mandelson
UK names Christian Turner as ambassador to US, replacing Peter Mandelson
Tom Bennett,LondonandBernd Debusmann Jr,White HouseReutersThe UK has named career diplomat Christian Turner as its new ambassador to the US, Downing Street has confirmed.The previous ambassador, Peter Mandelson, was sacked by…
Kristin Cabot: HR exec in viral Coldplay clip speaks of abuse, threats and trying to find a new job
Kristin Cabot: HR exec in viral Coldplay clip speaks of abuse, threats and trying to find a new job
An HR executive caught on the big screen at a Coldplay concert embracing her boss has described how "the harassment has never ended" following the viral moment.Kristin Cabot has spoken…
Will ‘Santa rate cut’ have enough festive spirit to boost the economy?
Will ‘Santa rate cut’ have enough festive spirit to boost the economy?
Faisal IslamEconomics editorThe future of the economy can sometimes be seen in minor gestures of a Bank of England governor, such as the arch of his eyebrows. So what to…
Trump Media to merge with fusion energy firm in $6bn deal
Trump Media to merge with fusion energy firm in $6bn deal
Pritti MistryBusiness reporterThe firm behind President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform is merging with a Google-backed energy company in a deal valued at more than $6bn (£4.4bn).Trump Media & Technology…
CPI inflation: Price increases in the US ease in November
CPI inflation: Price increases in the US ease in November
Natalie ShermanBusiness reporterBloomberg via Getty ImagesPrice increases in the US eased in recent months, as costs for items including hotels, milk and some kinds of clothing fell.The latest figures from…