VIDEO: Beer boss’s pep talk down the pub
Lord Bilimoria, founder of Cobra beer, offers the business advice he wishes he had had when he started out, as part of the BBC News series, CEO Secrets.
Don’t expect a Netflix, Amazon repeat in 2016
As the bull market tries for a seventh year, don’t count on this year’s outperformers to continue their stellar gains.
London shares lose 5% during 2015
The 100 share index has ended the year lower than it started, for the fourth time in the past 10 years.
Activist Ackman trims Valeant stake to 8.5%
Activist investor Bill Ackman has trimmed his stake in embattled drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals.
Hollande issues New Year’s message on Paris attacks
Francois Hollande says the threat of militant attacks in France remains.
Apple turns in first negative year since…
The last time Apple’s stock ended lower for the year, it was down nearly 57 percent.
BBC websites hit by cyber attack
Online services, including its news website and iPlayer catch-up TV platform, were taken down by a large web attack.
WhatsApp briefly goes offline in parts of Europe
WhatsApp, a messaging service owned by Facebook, suffered outages in parts of Europe on Thursday, leaving people unable to send or receive messages.
Dutch V&D department stores go bust
Vroom & Dreesman, the largest Dutch department store chain, has declared itself insolvent
World’s biggest luxury markets in 2015
The growing fortunes of the 1 percent weren’t enough to combat a slowdown in luxury sales over the past year.