Disney to invest $1bn in OpenAI, allowing characters in Sora video tool

EU watchdogs raid Temu’s Dublin HQ in foreign subsidy investigation

No guarantee tobacco tax cut would lure Australian smokers from illegal trade and raise more revenue, report says

Fed cuts interest rates by a quarter point amid apparent split over US economy

Leon to cut jobs and close fast food restaurants

Evoke considers sale or break-up after budget tax hikes; SpaceX aims for $1.7tn valuation – as it happened

No wonder Michele Bullock’s dramatic departure from the interest rate script left markets swinging wildly | Greg Jericho

‘What to buy Dad for Christmas’: is retail ready for the AI shopping shift?

Travel firm Tui says it is using AI to create ‘inspirational’ videos

US senator calls for insider trading inquiry over Trump donors buying $12m worth of shares

William Hill owner Evoke considers sale or breakup after budget tax rises

Archive, 1975: Iceland opens fire on British vessel

Rachel Reeves’s test from the bond markets starts now

Bank of England expects budget will cut inflation by up to half a percentage point

Ofgem approves early investment in three UK electricity ‘superhighways’

BoE predicts budget measures will lower inflation, and denies uncertainty caused unusual bond market volatility – as it happened

Moonpig’s use of AI to design and personalise cards drives up sales

Home movers in Great Britain could get just £30 of energy use without account

Western carmakers ‘in fight for lives’ against Chinese rivals, says Ford boss

‘Bring it on!’: growing support in England for four-day week in schools

UK fraud prevention ‘still lacking’ after Covid-related scams and errors cost £11bn

Britons face higher chocolate prices but average cost of Christmas dinner falls

Australia is facing its shortest rate cut cycle in 30 years as the RBA hints it may have to start hiking

UK households cut spending at fastest pace in almost five years, says Barclays

Great British Railways flies the flag as logo goes back to the future