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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Huawei is the world’s second biggest smartphone maker by volume Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has denied any wrongdoing after US prosecutors filed a host of criminal charges against the firm. Huawei has also rejected criminal claims against its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Canada last …

Image copyright Getty Images A company run by Mike Ashley, the founder of Sports Direct, is facing a fine after being six months’ late filing its accounts. Mash Holdings was due to file its accounts on 23 July 2018 and has not yet done so. This means the company – which holds his interests in …

Image copyright Getty Images The world’s largest maker of industrial computers, Taiwan’s Advantech, plans to boost US production to combat the hit from the trade war. Executive director Chaney Ho told the BBC the firm would avoid tariffs – imposed on 40% of its goods – if it assembled more products in the US. The …

Image copyright Tesco More than 60 years ago, Tesco introduced meat and cheese counters for the first time at its new superstore in Maldon, Essex. Today, it is getting rid of them at 90 of its UK stores. Tesco will keep meat, fish and deli counters at 700 supermarkets but while some of them will …

Anna Bergstrom had a dilemma. She loved the glitzy world of high fashion, but had also come to feel that it was unsustainable and bad for the planet. She’s now found peace of mind by running a stylish shopping mall in Sweden, where everything is second-hand. “Do you notice the smell?” Anna Bergstrom says, as …

Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Facebook and other tech giants have grown rich on the back of our data Ever since the world wide web went public in 1993, we have traded our personal data in return for free services from the tech giants. Now a growing number of start-ups think it’s about time …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRescuers are searching for hundreds of people, missing after a dam collapse caused a huge mudslide Senior Brazilian politicians have called for Vale SA to be held to account for last week’s dam disaster, as anger grows towards the mining firm. Brazil’s Vice-President Hamilton Mourão said those …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The US announced charges against Huawei, several of its subsidiaries, and its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou The US Justice Department has filed a host of criminal charges against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou. Among the charges are accusations of bank and wire fraud, …