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Apple to launch $2,000-plus foldable ‘iPhone Ultra’ in early September: report
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‘Standard’ velvet hangers? There’s nothing standard about some of the items on John Lewis’s uni essentials list| Emma Beddington
It used to be that dorm rooms were chaotically messy. Does this new generation really need an £80 spice rack and velvet clothes hangers?Of all the questions this year’s freshers m…
The treasury bond mess: is this the demise of the US as a safe haven?
The US is scooping up treasury bonds in an effort to raise their price and push yields down – but it’s not workingThe bond market is driving the Trump administration crazy. Last w…
Target, Starbucks and Nike are writing the 2026 turnaround playbook. Here are the key lessons
We saw potential where the market was wary. Here's why Target's Fiddelke and Starbucks' Niccol are making progress, and Hill bears watching.
Ikea’s real estate arm sponsored a pillow fight in France. Here’s why
One of Europe's largest real estate companies is taking a new approach to boosting footfall across its shopping centers.
A $1,000 loan kept MacKenzie Scott in college—now the billionaire philanthropist is giving away her $37 billion fortune to repay it forward
MacKenzie Scott has donated $26 billion in the past several years.
Apple lays off staffers ahead of CEO change
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The U.S. is unlikely to win its ‘dumb trade war’ with Canada. Here’s why
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Despite a $45 million net worth, Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar still works tough, 16-hour days—he repeats this mantra when he’s overwhelmed
Even with a $45 million net worth, fame, and a dream career, Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar still has tough days. Just like Jeff Bezos and Melinda French Gates, Nayyar tells Fo…
Scott Bessent and the bond market: a pointless intervention
The Treasury Secretary might win points with his boss, President Trump,but he will earn no points from the bond vigilantes.
‘It’s absolutely criminal’: US tipping culture has reached the UK – and is causing chaos
Service charges used to be a matter of choice, but now consumers feel obliged to pay them for even a cup of coffee. How do we navigate this minefield and who is really profiting?I…
Feral hogs are running wild in 35 states and the Senate is debating whether to triple funding
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated in 2016 that 7 million feral pigs were loose in the nation; who knows how high it's gotten since.
Google can track exactly how your agent spends your money — but it’s no help when it buys something you didn’t approve
Google’s Agent Payments Protocol creates records that can show the information presented to each participant when a transaction is disputed.
The difference between ‘agree to disagree’ and ‘you’re wrong’ — or why you hate that guy who always corrects you
New research from Carnegie Mellon and Michigan suggests the line between "different beliefs" and "false beliefs" shapes trust, distrust and avoidance.
How Washington’s interest bill on the $40 trillion national debt exploded 14% in just 9 months
The huge increase in interest expense has two sources.
Meet Flock, the $8 billion startup backed by a16z and Tiger facing growing backlash against surveillance capitalism
Cities are canceling contracts, cameras are getting vandalized, and lawyers who've reviewed the company's contracts say data ownership is not clearly definied.
American Staffing Association chief economist: The future of work is temporary, and that changes everything about the labor market
Out of more than 300 industries analyzed by BLS, temporary help services has added the second-highest number of jobs in 2026.
The company selling a $3,000 mattress cover that billionaires love wants to become a healthcare company that treats sleep apnea
Eight Sleep wants to turn its consumer sleep data into a healthcare business, but first it has to clear regulatory and clinical hurdles.
UK graduate job vacancies plunge to lowest in a decade
Just 8,383 jobs for people leaving university were advertised in July, says recruitment website AdzunaBusiness live – latest updatesGraduate job vacancies in the UK have sunk to t…
How can I convince NHS pensions that I am not dead?
It has not paid me for months and I am in severe financial distress, and apart from my husband while I try to sort it outI stopped receiving my NHS pension in May and, when I rang…
New Fed chair faces critical test at Jackson Hole as inflation fears mount
Investors will hope Kevin Warsh offers ‘comfort blanket’ at annual meeting of central banks amid bond market anxietyThe new US Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, faces a critical…
Russia is suffering from a slow-motion bank run as the Kremlin scavenges for war funding—and it may start seizing recruits for the military too
The financial sector's loss of deposits has created a liquidity crunch so severe that it's threatening Russia's ability to fund its war.
Government vows to make business rate valuations for pubs and hotels fairer
Review will look at improving system for English and Welsh hospitality venues before next revaluation date in 2029 The government has promised that business rate valuations will b…
UK productivity growing faster than official figures suggest, thinktank finds
Resolution Foundation suggests economy may finally be emerging from shadow of 2008 financial crisisProductivity in the UK – a vital measure of economic health – is growing more st…