GKN and Dana agree auto-engineering merger for $6.1bn
GKN strikes a deal with Ohio-based Dana as it seeks to fend off a hostile takeover bid from Melrose.
How to encrypt your text messages on iPhone and Android
If you’re using Android or an iPhone, you can help keep prying eyes out by sending encrypted messages with these apps.
Sri Lanka does what US can’t: Pull the plug on Facebook over hate speech, fake news
Sri Lanka, faced with online content it says spurred deadly sectarian violence, has banned Facebook’s social media and messaging services.
Global economy’s ‘Goldilocks’ conditions have ‘aged rapidly’ this year, fund manager says
The prosperous market conditions of high growth and low inflation will soon have run its course, according to the CIO at Alliance Bernstein.
Job growth just had another huge month, but wages were weak
Economists surveyed by Reuters expected nonfarm payroll growth of 200,000 and the unemployment rate to fall to 4 percent.
Plane maker to test all-electric jet in 2019, sets sights on IPO
The Israeli start-up likens US equity markets to ‘crowdfunding on steroids’.
Nigeria’s dessert-inspired beauty products
Entrepreneur Blondie Okpuzor makes Bath Kandy treats from unconventional raw materials.
Rebooting Zimbabwe’s textile industry
A bank bailout gives hope to employees of Zimbabwe’s biggest fabric supplier.
US tariffs: What do we need to know?
As President Trump introduces tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to the US, the BBC’s Kim Gittleson takes a closer look at the implications.
UK to seek exemption from US steel tariffs
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox will visit Washington to discuss President Trump’s tariffs.