California billionaire tax will appear on ballot after deadline for deal passes
Proposal to introduce one-time tax of 5% will go to voters in November after backers decline to withdraw measure
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Apple raises iPad and MacBook prices, blaming cost of chips amid AI boom
Apple raised iPad and MacBook prices on Thursday, saying it could no longer shield customers from soaring memory and storage chip costs driven by the AI industry’s data center buildout.
Read more →Crown estate makes more than £1bn profit for third year running
King Charles’s property management firm rakes in £1.2bn as it continues to benefit from offshore windfarm boom
Read more →King Charles’s tax bill: what did we learn, and what is still in the dark?
We know the monarch paid £24.6m in tax over the last two years, but we still don’t know how wealthy he actually is
Read more →Robert Jenrick says questions about £5m donation to Farage are legitimate
Reform MP appears to contradict party leader’s claim money from crypto billionaire is ‘none of your business’
Read more →Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams sues Meta over attempts to ‘silence’ her
Former employee files complaint accusing company of ‘coercive surveillance’ and first amendment violation
Read more →City of Paris achieves partial victory over TotalEnergies in climate risks case
French capital hails ‘landmark decision’ against oil firm relating to disclosure of emissions from oil and gas products
Read more →Key Fed inflation gauge rises to three-year high in May after gas prices peaked
Consumer prices rose 4.1% in May from a year earlier – a sign rising costs could pose problem for Trump in midterms
Read more →Unison chief endorses Ed Miliband for chancellor in a Burnham government
Exclusive: Head of trade union backs energy secretary to replace Rachel Reeves, but two other big unions are opposed
Read more →Oil price falls to pre-Iran war levels as more tankers exit strait of Hormuz
Oil prices have fallen to pre-Iran war levels as more oil tankers exited the strait of Hormuz.
Read more →Can a $290m film studio on a former cow paddock lure Hollywood to Perth?
Australia is drawing record levels of international screen production – and Western Australia is betting millions that Perth Film Studios can bring some of it west
Read more →US supreme court rules in favor of former Monsanto company in pesticide case
Justices rule that federal law blocks state cases over label warnings on Roundup by people alleging it caused illness
Read more →Make pension tax relief only available to savers prepared to invest in UK, Andy Haldane says
Pension tax relief worth more than £50bn should only be offered to savers who are prepared to invest in Britain, according to Andy Haldane, the president of the British Chambers of Commerce.
Read more →Ryanair adopts ‘free of charge’ family seating policy after watchdog investigation
Chief executive claims CMA has forced airline to adopt ‘less transparent and less consumer-friendly’ approach
Read more →CACEIS UK censured and to pay £31.7m to WealthTek clients for weak financial crime controls
CACEIS UK, an asset servicing bank, has been censured by the FCA and will make a £31.7m voluntary payment to WealthTek clients for failing to act on information that left clients exposed to the risk of financial crime.
Read more →Piero Cipollone: Central bank money for the digital era
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Read more →Tell us: are you trying to buy or sell a flat in the UK?
We’d like to hear from people in the UK about their experiences of trying to buy or sell a flat in recent months. Have there been any issues?
Read more →Datacentres are growing target of global climate-related legal cases, report finds
LSE analysis highlights litigation linked to energy sources, water consumption and air pollution
Read more →The great tinification: how Britain fell in love with canned cocktails
Forty years since Marks & Spencer started selling cans of gin and tonic, every supermarket and corner shop is full of ready-mixed mojitos, margaritas and negronis. Why are these so acceptable, given the moral panic over…
Read more →UK to halve tariff-free steel imports to counter glut of cheap Chinese metal
The UK government will halve the amount of tariff-free steel imports allowed in an attempt to counter a global oversupply of cheap Chinese metal and boost its beleaguered local industry.
Read more →Shaping the future of the credit market – the road ahead
Speech by Alison Walters, director of consumer finance at the Credit Week: Powering the Future of Finance event.
Read more →Has Cornwall’s housing crisis created a van life generation?
Cornwall's housing crisis is forcing young people to live in vans. As second homes and short-term holiday lets drive up house prices, a growing number are turning to van life to stay in the place they love. The Guardian…
Read more →Elizabeth Warren says ‘frenzy’ of mergers under Trump could be reversed
Senator warns of ‘tsunami of anger’ against big companies and suggests future administrations may undo key deals
Read more →The Retail Payments Infrastructure Board launches consultation on the next generation UK payments infrastructure
Today marks a major milestone in the modernisation of the UK's payments landscape, with the Retail Payments Infrastructure Board (RPIB) launching a consultation on the future design of the UK's next-generation retail pa…
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