Disney reports record results as it flags up new Star Wars
After a record year Disney announces Star Wars spinoff to lure viewers to its new video streaming site.
Alibaba Singles Day: Dollars or data?
Singles Day is the biggest online shopping day, and possibly Alibaba’s biggest for data collection.
How the teddy bear became a million dollar idea
The BBC’s Aaron Heslehurst explains how the teddy bear became a million dollar idea.
Could these balls help reduce plastic pollution?
Microplastics have swamped our ecosystem. Can tech help prevent them entering our water systems?
MPs: Are vulnerable bank customers being treated fairly?
MPs want to know how vulnerable people are coping with bank branch and ATM closures.
Retailers shut 2,700 shops in first half of the year
Gap between shop closures and openings hits record level as High Street turmoil continues.
Stephen Hawking personal effects fetch £1.8m at auction
A copy of the physicist’s signed PhD thesis sells for £584,750, nearly four times the guide price.
Energy firms SSE and Npower renegotiate terms of merger
“Big Six” energy suppliers SSE and Npower say price cap means they need to renegotiate their merger.
Bombardier cuts 5,000 jobs globally
Struggling Canadian plane and train maker says 3,000 jobs will go in Canada over the next 18 months.
Sainsbury’s boss warns food ‘can’t be stockpiled’ for no-deal Brexit
Mike Coupe says food imports “can’t be stockpiled” ahead of a no-deal Brexit.