Image copyright RDG The new 26-30 railcard will go on sale before the end of the year – and this time it will be available to all four million eligible passengers, the rail industry has announced. During a trial in the spring, only 20,000 people were allowed to buy one. The ticket website crashed because …
Image copyright Getty Images Altria, the tobacco firm which owns Marlboro, will stop selling several of its e-cigarette products. The decision follows concerns that “vaping” is becoming increasingly popular with children. The US Food and Drug Administration has launched a campaign against firms marketing e-cigarettes in a way that appeals to under-age users. Altria also …
Image copyright Reuters A disappointing sales forecast for the Christmas season sent Amazon shares down more than 5% in after-hours trading in New York. The online giant said it expected year-on-year sales growth of 10% to 20% for the three months to 31 December. That would be a marked slowdown from the 29% jump in …
Image copyright Reuters Google says it has sacked 48 people including 13 senior managers over sexual harassment claims in the past two years. In a letter to employees, CEO Sundar Pichai said the tech giant was taking a “hard line” on inappropriate conduct. The letter was in response to a New York Times report that …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Facebook’s chief executive has repeatedly declined to answer questions from UK MPs about the scandal Facebook has been fined £500,000 by the UK’s data protection watchdog for its role in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said Facebook had let a “serious breach” of the …
Sir Philip Green has been named by Lord Hain as the businessman behind an injunction against the Telegraph. Speaking under parliamentary privilege in the House of Lords, Lord Hain said it was in the public interest to reveal his name. The BBC has not been able to verify the allegations contained in the Telegraph’s report. …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The newly discovered breach happened earlier than one discovered in September More than 185,000 people may have had payment card details stolen in a hack attack on the BA website. The victims were caught out by a website compromise that had gone undetected for months. BA only discovered the …
Image copyright Getty Images Shares on Wall Street have steadied after big falls in Asian stocks and a bruising trading session in New York on Wednesday. The Dow Jones, the broader S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq all opened higher. That followed a calmer trading session on European markets, with most indexes ending the day …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionReality Check: Fishing after Brexit – sink or swim? The UK will get a “fairer share” of fishing stocks after Brexit, ministers have promised. The government is publishing its Fisheries Bill which will determine how its stocks are managed after the UK leaves the EU. At the …
Retail billionaire Sir Philip Green has been named in Parliament as the businessman accused of sexual harassment. Lord Peter Hain, who identified him in the Lords, said it was his duty to name him given the “serious and repeated” nature of the allegations. On Tuesday the Telegraph ran an article accusing an unnamed businessman of …