Hershey shares jump on Cadbury owner buyout report
Shares in US chocolate maker Hershey have jumped by more than 10% after a report that Mondelez International, which owns UK-based Cadbury, has approached the firm about a potential buyout.…
Rupert Murdoch loses bid to change trust in ‘Succession’ battle
A real-life “Succession” battle for Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has ended with a Nevada court commissioner denying the billionaire’s bid to change a family trust and give control to his…
Renishaw founder and Concorde engineer Sir David McMurtry dies
Renishaw Sir David McMurtry co-founded Renishaw, which employs more than 2,500 people in Gloucestershire Renishaw, the global engineering firm headquartered in Gloucestershire, has announced that its co-founder, Sir David McMurtry…
Major water company uses accounting trick to inflate balance sheet by £1.68bn
BBC One of England’s top-rated water companies is using an accounting trick to artificially inflate its balance sheet by more than a billion pounds, BBC Panorama has discovered. Severn Trent…
Google unveils ‘mind-boggling’ quantum computing chip
Google The new Willow chip Google has unveiled a new chip which it says takes five minutes to solve a problem it would currently take one of the world’s fastest…
TikTok asks for emergency block to US sale-or-ban law
TikTok has asked a US court for an emergency injunction to prevent its looming ban. The social media company lost its bid to appeal the US law in a decision…
China launches probe as chip war rumbles on
China has launched an investigation into the US computer chip maker Nvidia for allegedly violating its anti-monopoly laws, in the latest move in the battle between the two countries over…
Small businesses still being ‘crucified’
BBC Michael and Lesley Cairnduff said “small businesses are being crucified” The assembly will vote this week on whether Northern Ireland’s Brexit deal, the Windsor Framework, should continue to operate…
Bank accounts locked and cash withdrawn after elderly gave power to law firm partner
BBC Elderly and vulnerable people in south-east England have told the BBC how they lost control of their money and property after dealing with a law firm based in Essex.…
Closer UK and EU ties will boost economic growth
Closer relations between the UK and the EU will boost economic growth, Rachel Reeves will tell European finance leaders on Monday. In the first address by a British chancellor to…