Alphabet revenue rises amid AI push and staff turmoil Company beat Wall Street expectations and posted a revenue of $80.5bn, up 15% since last year, after internal and external unrest
Microsoft’s heavy bet on AI pays off as it beats expectations in second quarter World’s largest public company reports $61.86bn revenue after investing billions into artificial intelligence
British railways under Tories are symbol of national decline, says Labour Party plans to nationalise network and ‘unlock the trapped potential’ of rail to drive economic growth across the country
Student protesters are demanding universities divest from Israel. What does that mean? Pro-Palestinian demonstrators are calling on universities to sell investments in companies they say are complicit in war in Gaza
What is Labour’s plan for rail travel and will it make tickets cheaper? Party wants to fully nationalise train network within five years of coming to power, in ‘biggest rail reform for a generation’
BHP’s takeover bid for Anglo American is clever but far too low Shareholders in the mining firm are unimpressed by the offer as it stands but what happens next could be interesting
Tata Steel rejects union plan to save jobs and keep Port Talbot furnace open Rejection of plan to keep one blast furnace open while building electric replacement ends hopes of avoiding as many as 2,800 job losses
Sainsbury’s says sales revival in big-ticket items depends on base rate cut Chain is winning market share from rivals but discretionary spend remains cautious, CEO Simon Roberts says
US economic growth slows; Anglo American shares surge after BHP proposes £31.1bn takeover – as it happened FTSE 100 hits another record, after buyout offer for Anglo American, while US economy slowed by more than expected in the last quarter
Shareholders back £7m pay rise for London Stock Exchange boss Vote to double David Schwimmer’s maximum pay levels comes as fear grow about exodus of firms from City
‘Privileged access’: pro-plastic lobbyists at UN pollution talks increase by a third Fossil fuel and petrochemical campaigners at Ottawa summit outnumber scientists, EU and Indigenous delegates
Guaranteed Centre Court seats for Wimbledon? That’ll be £116,000 … each Super-rich can avoid queues as club puts five-year debentures up for sale – applications close on Friday
MPs call for clarity over post-Brexit border checks on EU plant and food products Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks were due to start next week but committee raises concerns over delays to plan
Oil price could exceed $100 a barrel if Middle East conflict worsens, World Bank warns Increase in cost of crude could drive inflation up and force central banks to keep interest rates high
‘Huge disappointment’ as UK delays bottle deposit plan and excludes glass Scheme for plastic bottles and cans put back to 2027 while environment minister says glass recycling ‘unduly’ complex