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Amazon cleared to buy iRobot vacuum cleaner maker

The UK competition watchdog says the online giant can buy iRobot, the maker of Roomba cleaners.

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Bill Gates meets Xi Jinping as US-China tensions simmer

The Microsoft co-founder is the latest high-profile US business leader to visit China in recent months.

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Harry and Meghan: Spotify podcast deal with couple ends

The couple’s company and the streaming firm say the Duchess’s series Archetypes has been cancelled.

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Richard Branson: Virgin Galactic commercial space flights to start this month

It comes just weeks after a separate space firm owned Sir Richard, Virgin Orbit, was shut down.

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Lincolnshire beans could provide British solution to imports

Scientists have developed a haricot seed they hope will thrive in the UK after a 12-year project.

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iPhone maker Foxconn to switch to cars as US-China ties sour

Foxconn, which makes over half of the world’s Apple products, seeks its next big growth driver.

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Hacker gang Clop publishes victim names on dark web

Criminal hacker group begins posting names of companies to darkweb.

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Maharashtra: The Indians taking on giant Saudi-backed refinery

Thousands of villagers are protesting plans for the world’s largest refinery in Maharashtra.

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Nationwide latest lender to raise mortgage rates again

One broker describes the current situation as a vicious circle as the mortgage maelstrom continues.

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Ryanair sacks chief pilot over sexual misconduct claims

The pilot allegedly remarked on female colleagues’ bodies and altered rosters to fly with cadets.