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Championship club Preston North End FC holds talks with Chelsea suitor
A wealthy US-Saudi investor who expressed an interest in buying Chelsea Football Club four years ago has been in talks with one of the founding members of the E...
Buyout firms plot £1.5bn takeover of private hospitals giant Spire
Britain's largest operator of private hospitals is in talks with a pack of buyout firms about a takeover that would result in it becoming the latest FTSE-250 co...
Weather influencers are going viral. How much should we trust them?
The weather genre online spans a wide range of sources. Experts say that while weather influencers can help fill an information gap, social media platforms tend...
Never before has Davos been so comprehensively hijacked by one man
Switzerland has been neutral ground in the heart of Europe for more than 500 years. This week, Davos provided a safe space for a full-frontal assault on the con...
ClearScore homes in on mortgage market with Acre deal
One of Britain’s leading financial technology companies will on Friday announce the acquisition of a mortgage sector tech platform as it further diversifies its...
Two charged after funeral firm collapse hit 46,000
About 46,000 customers lost thousands of pounds when Safe Hands Plans Ltd collapsed in 2022.
Trump credit card plan would be a 'disaster', JP Morgan boss warns
Jamie Dimon said Donald Trump's interest rate cap proposal would restrict Americans' access to credit.
HSBC chair Nelson among bosses joining Starmer on China visit
Brendan Nelson, the new chairman of HSBC Holdings, will be among the business leaders who travel to China with Sir Keir Starmer next week as the prime minister...
Sharp fall in government borrowing in December, figures show
More money than expected was collected through tax and higher National Insurance Contributions, although public sector spending also increased.
Trump's EEOC strikes harassment guidance amid debate over transgender protections
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted 2-1 to roll back the agency's 2024 harassment guidance in its entirety. The document gave employers informatio...
Which supermarket dine-in meal deal saves you the most money?
There was once a time when the thought of a supermarket dine-in meal deal conjured up images of beige lasagnes, dry macaroni cheese and - if you were lucky - a...
Trump says 'framework of a future deal' discussed on Greenland as he backs off tariffs threat
At Davos, the US president said he would not use force to take the island and later floated a possible "forever" deal.