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
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
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
ECB keeps interest rates on hold despite eurozone inflation fears
Key deposit rate kept at 2% even as recovery starts to drive up price growth across bloc
Volkswagen indicates shortage of Chinese chips would hit profits
New EV models are offsetting a slump in demand but Europe’s carmakers are bracing for shutdowns
Halloween candy prices rising, spooked by Trump’s tariffs and climate change
Prices to spike by 10.8% this year, with some chocolatey treats seeing upticks of at least 20%, analysis shows
Virgin Media O2 teams with Musk’s Starlink to offer improved UK rural mobile coverage
Service scheduled to launch in 2026 will be first in Britain to use Starlink’s satellites to connect to handsets
Five key takeaways from Donald Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping
From tariffs to rare earths, Chinese and US presidents ‘make outstanding group of decisions’ at crunch trade talks
Insurers calling for trees to be felled as cheap fix for subsidence, say critics
Campaigners say problem so common that some of the UK’s most irreplaceable ancient trees in danger of being lost