Category: Business

Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced massive outages throughout Monday morning that impacted thousands of users in the US and…

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Share markets in Asia have fallen after a selloff in the US was triggered by President Donald Trump not ruling out the suggestion that his…

View More Stocks in the US and Asia fall as fears grow over economic slowdown

Canada’s most populous province Ontario is slapping a retaliatory 25% surcharge on electricity it sends to US states in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs…

View More Ontario says it will slap a 25% surcharge on US-bound electricity

Becky Morton Political reporter Getty Images People living near new pylons in Great Britain will get hundreds of pounds off their bills, as part of…

View More Households near new pylons to get hundreds off energy bills

US President Donald Trump has refused to say whether the US economy is facing a recession or price rises in the wake of his administration’s…

View More Trump says US economy in ‘transition’ as trade war escalates

Ben Morris Editor, Technology of Business Getty Images Medefer handles around 1,500 referrals a month The NHS is “looking into” allegations that patient data was…

View More Software bug at firm left NHS data ‘vulnerable to hackers’

Samantha Noble BBC News, Derby Steve Beech BBC News, Derby Slimming World Margaret Miles-Bramwell’s funeral will take place on Monday “I bet we are reaching…

View More Legacy of weight-loss pioneer remembered

Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The chancellor will give an update on her plans for the UK economy when she gives a…

View More What will be in chancellor Rachel Reeves plan?

The US owner of the Boots pharmacy chain is being taken over by a private equity firm in a $10bn (£7.8bn) deal. The price being…

View More Boots owner bought by private equity firm in $10bn deal

Lucy Hooker BBC Business reporter Reporting fromMacclesfield BBC Jane Kent says Macclesfield doesn’t need any more places to buy pastries There is a cheerful red…

View More ‘We don’t need a Gail’s’

The cost of a first-class stamp will rise by 5p to £1.70 on 7 April, Royal Mail has announced. It will also raise the price…

View More Price of first-class stamp to rise to £1.70

US President Donald Trump has said he is “strongly considering large-scale sanctions” and tariffs on Russia until a ceasefire and peace deal with Ukraine is…

View More Trump ‘strongly considering’ large-scale sanctions and tariffs on Russia

Wind and wave power is set to be included in calculations of the size of countries’ economies for the first time, as part of changes…

View More Data, waves and wind to be counted in the economy

Jennifer Meierhans Business reporter, BBC News Reddit A Reddit user posted a picture of the new scales in the Gateshead Trinity Square Extra store Giant…

View More Tesco trials giant trolley scales in Gateshead