Sky sells German pay-TV business to RTL for €150m
Owner Comcast had been trying to offload lossmaking Sky Deutschland for number of years
US ‘close to 10 trade deals’ after China rare earth agreement reached – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
EU ready for trade deal with US but ‘all options on the table’, says von der Leyen
European Commission president says EU will ‘defend the European interest as needed’ as Trump threatens 50% steel tariffs
Period drama: Here We Flo pulls ‘plastic-free’ pledge amid row over green claims
Sustainable period care brand says report from rival Mooncup is flawed and contains inaccuracies
Local bus services in England still declining despite investment – report
National Audit Office questions viability of many routes, with half of all operator income from public subsidy
People dying early of cancer costs UK economy £10.3bn a year, study finds
Cancer Research UK says this is more than any other health condition and 350,000 years of productivity are lost
Office for National Statistics has ‘deep-seated’ problems and needs an overhaul
Devereux Review on the UK’s main statistics body also says a revision of past figures may be required
High flyer to pariah: the saga of Epstein-linked banker Jes Staley
How a relationship with a billionaire child sex offender brought down the CEO of Barclays bank
The Guardian view on Labour’s industrial turn: leaving finance untouched will come at a cost for the country
Editorial: Ministers promise a new economic direction, backing industry and clean energy, but old habits and powerful interests still shape the outcome
Elizabeth Warren presses oil companies on tax break lobbying for Senate bill
Democratic senator leads calls for answers over provision that could cut fossil fuel firms’ income tax to zero
The arithmetic is tricky for a Shell bid for BP today. Next year may be different
Shell says it has ‘no intention’ of making an offer for BP. But if its share price rises, the numbers could work
Bank of England governor warns of slowdown in the UK jobs market; review finds failings at ONS – as it happened
Andrew Bailey says slack appearing in labour market, after Keir Starmer tells businesses they have made a ‘huge difference’
Growing signs of slowdown in UK jobs market, says Bank of England governor
Andrew Bailey warns of ‘significant decline in wage growth in year ahead’ as Bank prepares for interest rates decision
Ex-world leaders call for ‘powerful shift’ as they warn of extreme inequality
Former leaders urge current state heads to work together to end poverty amid potential of first trillionaires emerging
Ministers refuse to name companies that lobbied them over foreign ownership of UK newspapers
Revealed: Crossbench peers scrutinising proposed law change say they were told not to share companies involved