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 …
Image caption The UK makes six million pairs of shoes each year, with almost half of that number exported A town renowned for its shoemaking heritage has gained its first new footwear factory in more than 30 years. London-based Foster and Son, which has been making shoes since 1840, opened a new production site in …
Image copyright Getty Images Coverage of major league baseball games and other sports events helped Twitter generate better-than-expected sales and profits in the third quarter. The social network said revenue jumped 29% to $758m in the period, beating analyst estimates. But its total number of users declined as it closed “spammy and suspicious” accounts, and …
Image copyright oasis Sainsbury’s is opening Oasis clothes outlets in its supermarkets, the latest move to diversify the way its store space is used. The mid-market fashion chain will open before Christmas in Sainsbury’s in Sydenham, south London, and in its new Selly Oak store in Birmingham. Sainsbury’s said it hoped the move would make …
Image copyright Getty Images The gender pay gap has fallen to its lowest level yet, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported. In the year to April 2018, the gap for full-time workers was 8.6% – down from 9.1% in the previous year. In other words, the average female employee now earns 8.6% less …
Image copyright WPP Image caption Mark Read became boss of WPP in August Shares in WPP have fallen as much as 22% after the advertising giant warned that growth in the business is slowing. The firm, whose former boss Sir Martin Sorrell stepped down in April after a scandal, reported lower-than-expected third quarter sales and …
Image copyright Reuters Debenhams has posted record annual losses and said it will close up to 50 stores, putting 4,000 jobs at risk. In the year to September the department store group lost £491.5m, against profits of £59m the year before. Debenhams, which has 166 branches, previously said it planned to close 10 stores. Boss …