Why has Elon Musk merged his rocket company with his AI startup?
SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI creates business worth $1.25tn but whether premise behind deal will work is questioned
UK electric vehicle charging firms ‘seeking buyers amid rising costs and tough competition’
Mergers and acquisitions will shrink number of operators from more than 100 to five or six, says Be.EV co-founder
Trump housing policy is a mess and it won’t fix the US housing crisis
Deregulation alone can’t make homes affordable when rising inequality, not zoning, is what is driving prices up
Monzo wrongly denied refunds to thousands of fraud and scam victims
Ombudsman found bank wrongly rejected 34% of complaints last year, with NatWest and HSBC close behind
FCA urged to investigate Peter Mandelson over potential insider trading
Exclusive: Lib Dem Daisy Cooper says ex-minister could have ‘abused trading laws’ when sharing state information with Jeffrey Epstein
‘Plainly wrong’: London flat dwellers fight shock £200,000 heating bill
Almost 1m UK households are hooked up to heat networks. None had protection from poor service or price hikes … until last month
Dow Jones hits 50,000 milestone amid tech gains and hopes of lower interest rates
Although tech stocks and cryptocurrencies suffered recent falls, investors largely shrugged off geopolitical tensions
Mandelson lobbying firm sought work with Russia and China state companies, Epstein emails show
Former minister and Benjamin Wegg-Prosser met disgraced financier before formal foundation of Global Counsel
‘Quality really matters’: why the organic food market is booming again
Greater awareness of healthy diets and concerns over ‘trusted’ food mean sales are growing at fastest pace in two decades
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