Bosses of three firms that supply trains to UK railways made £3.5m last year

Rolling stock companies, which also paid out nearly £400m to shareholders, accused of profiting at passengers’ expense

‘Stand on the right side of history’: Starbucks urged to close stores in China’s Xinjiang

US lawmakers say operating in region where Muslim minorities face mass detention is ‘morally bankrupt’

Throwback to 2011: why it feels different to the last time interest rates were this high

From the supermarket checkout to the petrol pump, the way price rises ripple through the economy has changed dramatically

US added just 29,000 jobs in September in sharp drop from last month’s gains

Final jobs report before the midterm elections also shows the US unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.2%

John Maynard Keynes: the cultured economist who governments turn to in a crisis

A new play about the art-loving Bloomsbury Group member speaks of the enduring battle of ideas with his free-market rival Friedrich Hayek

Tesco is first supermarket to offer paid ‘safe leave’ for victims of domestic abuse

Exclusive: Britain’s largest private-sector employer has also trained managers to spot signs of domestic abuse

UK diesel price hits record high of £2 a litre

France proposes that EU nations and IEA release oil and diesel from reserves as Iran war drives up cost worldwide

There is a way to look after people, the planet – and Britain’s growth. It’s what we call the ‘wellbeing economy’

Imagine the UK with a 20-year investment plan, with green homes and fast transport. We already have the tools to make it happen, says Green party politician Jamie Driscoll

Gordon Ramsay’s UK restaurants stay in red despite sales topping £100m

Group says trading was helped by airing of Netflix documentary and opening of its 100th outlet

Minister denies UK faces diesel shortage after Trump threatens to ban exports

In effort to avoid panic at pumps, Keir Mather insists supply of fuel to Britain is ‘inherently resilient’

Kinky dating app Feeld’s founders share in record £3.8m dividend after sales jump

UK app ‘for the curious’ says users outside the UK account for nearly 90% of its revenues

Would a gambling tax rise in the budget really shut shops and cost jobs?

Most of the betting industry is urging the chancellor not to double slot machine duty to raise up to £460m more a year

UK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with children

Planned rule change forms part of Burnham’s bid to crack down on the ‘little charges that add up’

Labour figures uneasy about Healey’s ‘underpowered’ approach to budget

Chancellor faces global volatility and soaring energy costs as some insiders worry lack of clarity could trigger fresh market shock

US borrowing costs hit 24-year high as global bond sell-off intensifies

Fears that US deficit is unsustainable also drive UK 30-year bond yields briefly above 6% for first time since 1998