Tesco is making a real effort to lower food waste and promote sustainability by donating food approaching its sell-by date for nothing in some supermarkets. The service, which has been piloted in some Tesco Express shops, lets people take home foods with yellow labels after 9:30 pm. But instead of being distributed to the general …
Southwest Airlines is implementing a major shift in its long-standing practices by charging for checked bags, a step that will help increase revenue as the airline faces financial difficulties. The new policy, announced on Tuesday, will be implemented on May 28, representing a dramatic departure from one of the airline's most popular customer amenities. For …
Barclays will pay millions of pounds in compensation to customers after a succession of severe technical breakdowns which left banking services in disarray. The bank puts the total it will have to pay to affected customers at between £5 million and £7.5 million. This was revealed in a recent letter to Members of Parliament (MPs). …
Walgreens Boots Alliance has been bought by private equity company Sycamore Partners in a multi-billion-dollar deal, representing a dramatic change in the ownership of the company. The $23.7 billion (£18.37 billion) deal will see Walgreens Boots Alliance cease to be publicly listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York. Instead, it will move into …
Greggs reported its lowest rate of sales growth since the pandemic, attributing it to bad weather early in 2025 and a visible change in the way consumers spend their money. The UK's biggest bakery chain's shares fell close to 12% on Tuesday after it announced that like-for-like sales had risen by only 1.7% in the …
Rodney McMullen resigned as CEO of Kroger following an independent inquiry that concluded his private behavior was not in line with Kroger's ethics policies. The supermarket chain explained that the behavior had nothing to do with its business and did not include any Kroger staff members. The firm was informed of the allegations on February …
U.S. stock futures edged higher Tuesday morning after a sharp sell-off in major indices on Monday. Investors continued to be in a state of anxiety as they waited for President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico to come into effect later in the day. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average …
Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, is pushing engineers at the company to spend more time in the office, working as many as 60 hours a week, to speed the development of artificial intelligence. Brin, who has largely maintained a low profile in recent years, has become more involved with Google’s AI efforts, especially after …
Britain is struggling to cope with an increasing youth jobless crisis, as the number of youngsters not in education, employment, or training (NEETs) has risen to its highest figure in more than a decade. Statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirm that almost one million young adults aged 16 to 24 were out …
Record demand for flights across the Atlantic has pushed British Airways and parent group International Airlines Group (IAG) to new profit highs, a time of strong growth and recovery. British Airways, the IAG flagship airline, was a major contributor to the group's profit success, making a major contribution to a record year. IAG announced a …
WhatsApp, the messaging service, suffered a major technical hitch on Friday afternoon when it left thousands of users unable to send messages. Over 50,000 individuals reported problems with the app, citing issues with connectivity and message delivery, based on reports compiled by the service that monitors outages, Downdetector. Users quickly turned to alternative platforms to …
After more than 20 years of redefining global communication, Skype will officially go silent on May 5. Microsoft, the tech giant behind the once-revolutionary platform, announced its decision to phase out the service in favor of its newer, enterprise-focused platform, Teams. Skype originally appeared in 2003 as a revolutionary internet calling service that transformed long-distance …
Former US President Donald Trump has proposed a new immigration program, the "Gold Card Visa," aimed at high-net-worth individuals willing to invest a substantial amount in exchange for permanent residency. This initiative seeks to replace the long-standing EB-5 investor visa, promising a faster and more direct pathway to US citizenship. However, it comes with a …
Nvidia will report its latest earnings on Wednesday, a closely watched financial update that will provide investors with a better sense of how the AI chip giant is faring against nascent competition. The company recently experienced tremendous market volatility, much of it triggered by the emergence of China's DeepSeek AI model, which left Nvidia with …
