Amazon shares tumble as $200bn AI rollout plan worries markets – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
Levi’s sales grow in UK as celebrities drive denim revival
Noel Gallagher and Harry Styles lead way, and sales of jeans in general rise faster than wider fashion market
Most of England’s smart motorways are poor value for money, official reports find
AA says long-awaited evaluations show schemes are a ‘catastrophic waste of time, money and effort’
Boss of lobbying firm founded with Peter Mandelson quits after Epstein revelations
Ben Wegg-Prosser resigns from Global Counsel as emails show Epstein’s help was sought in setting up the company
Hail our new robot overlords! Amazon warehouse tour offers glimpse of future
At its new Stone Mountain, Georgia, facility, Roomba-like robots shuffle between stacks, another adds shipping labels while another arranges packages in pallets
TikTok could be forced to change app’s ‘addictive design’ by European Commission
Preliminary EU ruling says app shifts brains of users into ‘autopilot mode’, with concerns for children and vulnerable adults
Only seven new petrol-powered cars sold in Norway in January
Data shows 29 hybrid and 98 diesel cars also sold, while the figure for battery electric vehicles was more than 2,000
Stellantis takes €22bn hit after ‘overestimating’ pace of shift to EVs
Carmaker, which owns marques including Peugeot and Jeep, will also sell stake in battery joint venture
Price of average UK home passes £300,000 for first time, Halifax says
Property prices in January rose 0.7%, the fastest rate since November 2024 increase of 1.1%
‘Tickets have become status symbols’: from Harry Styles to Taylor Swift, why is live music bigger and more expensive than ever?
Styles is playing a record 12 nights at Wembley Stadium and 30 at Madison Square Garden, as demand for big artists soars – and audience expectation along with it
The Russian economy is finally stagnating. What does it mean for the war – and for Putin?
A wartime boom in Russia has given way to sluggish growth, tax hikes and squeezed public services. Will it affect the conflict in Ukraine?
Almost a quarter of soup on sale in UK supermarkets has too much salt, study finds
Analysis of nearly 500 tinned and chilled products finds 23% exceed government’s voluntary salt target
Bald eagles and Lynyrd Skynyrd: is Budweiser’s all-American Super Bowl ad serious?
Featuring an unlikely animal friendship, the commercial boasts enough patriotic iconography to verge on self-parody
Barclays reportedly cuts ties with lobbying firm co-founded by Peter Mandelson
Vodafone also reviewing its contract with Global Counsel after revelations of former minister’s links to Jeffrey Epstein
Rape allegation against ex-Barclays CEO Jes Staley was raised in US Epstein investigation
Newly unsealed files claim the banker, who has denied any wrongdoing, forced a woman to touch his genitals during a massage before raping her