EasyJet shares jump after report of potential takeover bid
Investors including MSC consider offer, with options ranging from majority stake to full control, report says
Tesco steps up UK sales as Asda struggles amid rising inflation
Marks & Spencer bounces back from cyber-attack as it extends contract of chair Archie Norman
China says it will ‘fight to end’ after US said it was trying to hurt world economy
Commerce ministry says US is ‘threatening to intimidate’ with plans for new Trump tariffs on exports
People in the UK: have you been shocked at food prices in the supermarket?
Have you noticed how much less you’re getting for your money while buying groceries than you did previously?
Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them
A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank
Young people are biggest victims of UK’s fragile jobs market
Firms too scared to take a chance on youngsters when taxes and minimum wages are higher, expert says
UK labour market shows signs of stabilising after job losses
Unemployment rate rises slightly to 4.8% but ONS says falls in payroll numbers and vacancies are levelling off
UK retail sales growth cools amid fears over budget tax rises
Inflation also hitting sales, says industry body, as Barclays says credit card spending fell in September
Blair’s former policy chief Matthew Taylor to lead Fair Work Agency
Author of influential report on the gig economy says new watchdog can make progress on workers’ rights
Carmakers chose to cheat to sell cars rather than comply with emissions law, ‘dieselgate’ trial told
Mercedes, Ford, Renault, Nissan and Peugeot/Citroën face group action in which damages could exceed £6bn
Vodafone outage: thousands of broadband and mobile users report problems
Company apologises and says network ‘recovering’ after many customers say there were unable to access services
China’s Temu more than doubles EU profits to nearly $120m despite having only eight staff
Online marketplace paid just $18m in corporation tax, leading campaigners to call for government action
Why has US-China trade war restarted and how have markets reacted?
Trump has threatened 100% tariffs after Beijing’s fresh curbs on rare earths, a month before deadline to agree a deal
Global financial system vulnerable to shocks amid recent stock market surge, Bank of England chief warns – as it happened
Wall Street rallies at the open as fears over US-China trade war ease
Markets rebound amid latest US-China tariff spat as traders look to possible ‘Taco trade’
US S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes rise and cryptocurrencies rebound after Trump post on Truth Social