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Before its 10am opening on Friday, the line outside the pop culture store Forbidden Planet in central London snaked past five others and, despite its strict sales policy, was probably "50/50" fans and resellers, said…
"In our minds, anyway, this is not a crisis," the boss of the co-owner of Virgin Media O2 said this week. The UK telecoms company, which offers broadband, TV, landline and mobile services, had just announced £800m in…
Still, having come to power promising to restore affordability, the new crop of Democrats are soon to discover that there is not much they can do over the next couple of years to alleviate angry voters' stress over…
DataVita, a key plank of the UK's AI strategy, had promised that the Lanarkshire project would draw 1GW – the equivalent output of a small nuclear reactor, or Britain's largest windfarm – from green sources. But when the…
In the summer of 1994, Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos nearly chose Relentless as the permanent name for his fledgling online business, before friends persuaded him that it sounded rather too sinister. He registered the…
It has a grass roof, large picture windows, a modern kitchen and a World War II bunker converted into a studio annexe. 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, large reception, garage, office. Price: £2m Savills 01580-720161 Trossachs…
Commentators described this as a recognition of the importance of encouraging savings, but it was nothing of the sort. A few days earlier, Hargreaves Lansdown had announced the launch of a low-cost money-market fund with…
It's only for Nationwide members – but there are more than 19 million of them. The account was launched just a couple of days before the Bank of England pushed up the main base rate to 4%, a move that will be welcomed by…
Last week, it was finally confirmed. She will depart in just a few months' time. She may well have lined up a role running the World Economic Forum, which organises the annual Davos conference, or be planning a role in…
Maybe you were sweating at the gym; or maybe at work, in a bar, or walking down the street, where you never realised the stranger hassling you for your number was covertly filming for his social media channel dedicated…