UK regulator launches review of ‘aggressive’ claims management firms amid compensation concerns FCA focuses on marketing, misleading ads, unfair exit fees and people being signed up without their permission
Ryanair boss calls for ban on early-morning airport drinks as bad behaviour rises Michael O’Leary says his airline has to divert one flight a day on average because of disruption from passengers
‘Our competitors are everyone’: Joybuy leads ‘China’s Amazon’ into the UK Taking on its US rival in Britain is expected to lead to ‘collateral damage’ for UK retailers
‘RAMageddon’: is the era of cheap phones and laptops over? Bargains are disappearing and the cost of gadgets such as MacBooks and PS5s is rising as AI competes for memory chips
Global finance watchdog warns over private credit industry fuelling AI boom Financial Stability Board report reveals tech, healthcare and services sectors as the biggest borrowers
Wednesday briefing: How Trump’s attempt to reopen to strait of Hormuz brought war closer again In today’s newsletter: The brief US effort to steer trapped vessels through the waterway put the fragile ceasefire under strain
Gibraltar dumping all of its raw sewage into Mediterranean Wastewater from nearly 40,000 people and businesses pumped straight into sea as territory still has no treatment plant
Totally grounded? How the jet fuel crisis could change our holidays – and world history Jet fuel has doubled in price since the start of the war on Iran. How bad will the disruption get and could this accelerate the route to jet zero?
Four in five Britons worried Iran war will make food more expensive, poll finds Shoppers concerned about effect of Middle East conflict, as UK retailers say government running out of time to cut costs
Reinstate windfall tax on banks after surge in profits, TUC urges Unions group wants rate returned from 3% to 8% after big four UK lenders reveal £14bn total profit in first quarter
Rubio insists US is ‘very fortunate’ as Iran war pushes gas price near $4.50 US secretary of state says US is better off than other countries hit by disruption in oil supplies
Lawsuit claims New York Times didn’t promote white male editor because of race or sex US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission files suit claiming newspaper passed over employee due to ‘diversity aspirations’
Two million airline seats cut amid soaring jet fuel prices Rescheduling in May could be followed by summer cancellations as Middle East war continues to disrupt fuel supplies
Stock markets are wobbling, but £10bn cash bids at fat premiums can still happen A Swedish firm’s pursuit of the product testing company Intertek suggests investors’ price expectations are yet to be shifted by the Iran war
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