Starbucks workers hold strike vote amid anger over pay and conditions
Union says world’s largest coffee chain engaged in bad faith bargaining and stonewalled over contract
‘Out of reach’: stalled newbuilds leave Labour’s social housing targets in tatters
As some families face a 200-year wait for an affordable home, what exactly has gone wrong?
Era of free trade and investment is over, Canada’s PM tells Apec summit
Mark Carney warns Asia-Pacific leaders global economy undergoing profound change, as China’s president mounts defence of free trade
UK house price growth slows as buyers ‘sit on sidelines’ before budget
Amid talk of property taxes, average price of home rose by 0.3% in October to £272,226, Nationwide says
What – if anything – did Asian countries get out of Donald Trump’s whirlwind tour?
Uncertainty surrounds the signing of this week’s trade deals amid the failure to secure reciprocity from the US to cut tariffs
Two million energy customers are due £240m from old accounts, says Ofgem
Regulator is urging anyone who has moved in recent years to check whether they are owed a refund
Senate passes bill to nullify Trump’s sweeping global tariffs on more than 100 nations – as it happened
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Apple reports record iPhone sales as new lineup reignites worldwide demand
Tim Cook forecast 10% to 12% revenue growth in the quarter ending in December, typically Apple’s biggest of the year
US Senate votes to reject Trump’s global tariffs on more than 100 countries
Vote passes 51-47 in latest bipartisan effort to challenge tariffs, but House is unlikely to take any similar action
Ofcom criticises O2 for going ‘against the spirit’ of new pricing rules
Bills for up to 15 million customers will rise by more than they were told when they signed contracts
OpenAI thought to be preparing for $1tn stock market float
ChatGPT developer is considering filing for an IPO by the second half of 2026, according to reports
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Talk of ‘small boats’ may dominate politics and the media, but the cost of living crisis is what most adults spend their time worrying about, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
FTSE 100 winning streak ends as WPP shares hit lowest level since 1998; ECB holds rates at 2% – as it happened
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Novo Nordisk bids $9bn for obesity drug maker Metsera in challenge to Pfizer
US biotech viewed as lucrative target partly because of its promising pipeline of weight-loss drugs
WPP jobs at risk as ad group’s new boss condemns ‘unacceptable’ performance
Review launched after firm struggles to stem exodus of clients and compete with AI and data capabilities of rivals