How long will it take you to reach your savings goals for the new year? – calculator
See how quickly giving up treats will help you hit a target – and a trick that can speed it up
Tuesday briefing: Will a ban on advertising junk food help to tackle obesity in the UK?
In today’s newsletter: As new rules ban TV and online ads for high-fat, salt and sugar products, the curbing of junk food marketing has found cross-party support
Taxpayers miss out on millions after ‘phoenixism’ at UK recruitment firms
Practice where companies are liquidated and reacquired, free of debts, thought to cost taxpayers about £800m a year
‘Mad fishing’: the super-size fleet of squid catchers plundering the high seas
Every year a Chinese-dominated flotilla big enough to be seen from space pillages the rich marine life on Mile 201, a largely ungoverned part of the South Atlantic off Argentina
FTSE 100 CEOs earn more than average worker’s yearly pay by noon on 6 January
High Pay Centre calculates bosses will pass milestone on third working day of 2026 with median pay of £1,353 an hour
UK credit card borrowing rises at fastest annual rate in almost two years
Bank of England says individuals borrowed extra £2.1bn in consumer credit in November
UK car sales top 2m in 2025 as Chinese brands boom
Electric car sales rose by nearly a quarter to a record 473,000, or 23.4% of the overall market, says SMMT
Corporation for Public Broadcasting formally dissolves after federal funding cuts
Board of directors vote to dissolve organization after nearly 60 years in operation after funding cuts under Trump
‘A warning not an insult’: US doubles down on criticism of Europe
Forecast of Europe’s ‘civilisational erasure’ was part of call for pro-growth reform, says Trump official
Claire’s and The Original Factory Shop near collapse, putting 2,550 jobs at risk
Owner Modella starts insolvency proceedings for both chains, saying trading is ‘extremely challenging’
Despite Trump’s hopes, big oil will be wary of rushing back to Venezuela
The US might aim to unlock the country’s reserves, but cost and political uncertainty make it look an uncertain option
How far can James Cameron’s Avatar saga go after its billion-dollar box office triumph?
Cameron warned that Avatars 4 and 5 might end up as novels if third instalment Fire and Ash bombed. But noise about its slow start is beginning to look like a ritual movies in the series must go through before the money pours in
US oil company shares and Venezuelan bonds rally after Maduro seized, sending Dow to record high – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, with gold and defence company shares also higher today
US traders make big profits betting on Maduro’s capture in January
Arrest of Venezuelan president appears to have been anticipated on ‘prediction markets’ where people bet on future events
Novo Nordisk launches Wegovy weight-loss pill in US, triggering price war
First and only GLP-1 pill on the market costs significantly less than injectable versions