Global smartwatch sales fall for first time
Global sales of smartwatches have fallen for the first time, new figures indicate, in large part due to a sharp decline in the popularity of market leader, Apple. Market research…
Met PC sacked for avoiding train fares
A police officer who admitted to knowingly avoiding paying train fares has been sacked for breaching standards of “honesty and integrity” and “discreditable conduct”. PC Luke Goddard, who joined the…
Faisal Islam: Trump is no longer swayed by the stock markets
On the day of the US presidential inauguration I was told by a top US tech chief executive that although he was likely to be hit by retaliatory tariffs, he…
Ontario backs down after Trump escalates tariff threats
Donald Trump has halted a plan to double US tariffs on Canadian steel and metal imports to 50%, just hours after first threatening them. Tariffs of 25% are still going…
Stocks slide as Trump warns of US economy ‘transition’
A sell-off in the US stock market gathered steam on Monday, fuelled by rising concern about the cost of the trade war to the world’s largest economy. The S&P 500,…
Ontario says it will slap a 25% surcharge on US-bound electricity
Canada’s most populous province Ontario is slapping a retaliatory 25% surcharge on electricity it sends to US states in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods. Ontario leader…
Bills to rise by 80p to fund discounts for homes near pylons
The cost of reducing energy bills for people who live near pylons will be paid for by increasing average annual bills across the country by 80p, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband…
Benefit system unfair and indefensible, says PM
Sir Keir Starmer has called the current benefits system “unsustainable”, “indefensible” and “unfair”, and said the government cannot “shrug our shoulders and look away”. Addressing Labour MPs on Monday evening,…
US stocks plunge as fears grow over economic slowdown
US stocks plunged on Monday as fears grew over an economic slowdown, after President Donald Trump did not rule out his tariffs triggering a recession. The Nasdaq sank by 4.0%…
US job growth stable as government cuts start
US President Donald Trump’s cuts to the government workforce have started to hit, but overall hiring last month remained stable as growth in other sectors offset those losses. The Labor…