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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The new iPhone X started selling in November Apple sold 77.3 million iPhones in the final months of 2017, slightly fewer than during the same period in the prior year. But higher prices compensated for the dip, lifting the firm’s profits in the quarter to more than $20bn (£14bn). […]
Image copyright Getty Images Online retail giant Amazon saw sales jump by nearly a third last year, and said its Alexa digital assistant had “far exceeded” expectations. Full year revenue came in at $177.9bn (£124.6bn), a rise of 31%. Net income – or profit – was $3bn, compared with $2.4bn in 2016. The company’s performance […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption The prime minister said those arriving after Brexit would have a different set of expectations Theresa May has indicated she will fight a proposal to give residency rights to EU citizens during the transition period after Brexit. She said there had to be a difference between those arriving after the […]
Image copyright Getty Images A total of 746,000 people missed the deadline to file their self-assessment tax return, risking a fine of £100. Some 11.4 million people, primarily those with more than one source of income and the self-employed, were required to complete returns. The deadline for those filling in paper forms was the end […]
Image copyright Birds Eye Image caption Birds Eye said it immediately removed the advert when it was made aware of the issue Frozen food giant Birds Eye has pulled a fish finger advert over concerns raised by County Durham safety campaigners. The TV advert featured a man and boy jumping into the sea with a […]
Image copyright Reuters Morrisons, the UK’s fourth-biggest supermarket chain, is to cut 1,500 middle management jobs. Workers at threat of redundancy will be encouraged to apply for 800 existing management vacancies, the BBC understands. At the same time, Morrisons will create 1,700 more junior, customer-facing roles. The move follows announcements of job losses by Sainsbury’s […]
Image copyright Getty Images The number of British households that could consider themselves as millionaires rose by nearly a third in two years, official figures show. A total of 3.6 million households in Britain held wealth of more than £1m by June 2016, up 29% in two years, the Office for National Statistics said. Wealth […]
Image copyright Getty Images A tax on takeaway boxes is to be considered in a bid to tackle the problem of plastic waste. In Wednesday’s Budget, Chancellor Philip Hammond is expected to call for evidence on whether a tax on the use of the most environmentally damaging single-use plastics would help. Single-use plastics include packaging, […]
Image copyright Getty Images Two Budgets in one year means the prospect of significant upheaval for your finances – adding to changes we already know about. Chancellor Philip Hammond will probably want his sequel to be less dramatic in political terms than his March Budget. Previous Budgets and government policy mean we need not wait […]
Image copyright Gianni Casagrande Image caption Gianni Casagrande uses a brow styling gel to control his “bushy” eyebrows A growing number of young men are wearing make-up and big brands are embracing the trend. Could the stigma around male cosmetics finally be disappearing? Gianni Casagrande began wearing make-up about three years ago. The 22-year-old from […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Rupert Murdoch with sons Lachlan (l) and James (r) Shares in 21st Century Fox have jumped amid reports that several major companies have come forward as suitors for parts of its business. The US firm’s shares gained more than 6% on Friday, after several sources reported interest from Comcast, […]
Image copyright HS2 Image caption Carillion is a member of consortium that is building parts of the HS2 rail link Shares in Carillion, the UK’s second-biggest construction firm, fell 48% on Friday after it issued its third profit warning since July and said it expected to breach its loan conditions. The firm blamed slower asset […]