Image copyright Getty Images US jobs growth was weaker than expected last month, a slowdown that analysts blamed partly on a tight labour market. Employers added 155,000 jobs, with health care, manufacturing and transportation firms driving the growth, the Labor Department said. The gains kept the unemployment rate unchanged at 3.7%, near record lows, according …
Image copyright AFP Major oil producers have agreed to cut production by more than one million barrels per day in a bid to boost energy prices. Opec members, as well as countries allied with the cartel led by Russia, announced the plans on Friday, sending the price of Brent crude up almost 5%. The cuts …
Fashion chain Ted Baker’s chief executive Ray Kelvin is to take a voluntary leave of absence amid allegations of harassment. Last week, an online petition launched by employees accused 62-year-old Mr Kelvin of inappropriate comments and behaviour, including “forced hugging”. Ted Baker said it had appointed a law firm to conduct an independent external investigation …
Image copyright PA Some Virgin Atlantic pilots will strike from 22 December to Christmas Day in a dispute over union recognition, the Professional Pilots Union has said. The union, which represents about a third of pilots at the airline, said it was excluded from talks over proposed changes to pilot benefits. It said this was …
Image copyright Getty Images Mobile operator O2 has said it will compensate its customers following a day of disruption to its data networks. Pay Monthly customers will be credited with two days of monthly airtime subscription charges in January. Pay As You Go customers will get 10% credit on a top-up and Pay As You …
Image copyright Google Image caption The Crystal House on Cattle Market Street was built in 1862, but has been empty since 2016 A prominent Victorian glass and cast iron building is to take on a new lease of life as a gin distillery. Norwich City Council has granted permission for Bullards Spirits to change the …
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Opec, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, has certainly had its share of criticism over many years. President Trump recently accused the group of “ripping off the rest of the world” and keeping oil prices “artificially high”. It has sometimes been charged with holding the world to ransom – notably in the mid-1970s when …
Image copyright PA Annual growth in UK house prices slowed to its lowest rate for six years with property values barely changed from a year ago, a major lender has said. The Halifax, part of Lloyds Banking Group – the UK’s biggest mortgage lender, said prices rose by 0.3% in November compared with a year …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Robert Hannigan led GCHQ from 2014 to 2017 Facebook could become a threat to democracy without tougher regulation, the former head of intelligence agency GCHQ has said. Robert Hannigan told the BBC the social media giant was more interested in profiting from user data than “protecting your privacy”. It …