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Amazon profits hit by shipping costs as costs rise to $10BN
Amazon delivered another quarter of sales growth above 20%, but a spike in shipping costs cut the firm's bottom line.
Monday 2 November 2026
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Amazon delivered another quarter of sales growth above 20%, but a spike in shipping costs cut the firm's bottom line.
Barclays has reversed its decision to prevent customers withdrawing money from the Post Office network.
The former chief executive of Thomas Cook claimed yesterday that the travel group could have avoided collapse if the board had given her time
Royal Bank of Scotland swung to a loss in the third quarter after making a fresh £900 million provision for misselling payment protection insurance.
Starling Bank, the leading UK digital bank, has raised £30m in a new funding round.
Home rentals site Airbnb has warned a tax inquiry by HM Revenue & Customs could lead to legal proceedings.
A firm founded by the youngest entrepreneur to secure investment on the BBC's Dragons' Den is on the brink of insolvency.
An influential think tank has questioned the value of a tax break for entrepreneurs, saying that it does little to promote business investment and only makes…
A takeover battle has broken out for Just Eat after a Dutch company gatecrashed the FTSE 100 group’s merger with Takeaway.com with a £4.9 billion hostile…
The European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker told the European parliament in Strasbourg that Brexit has been a “waste of time and energy.”
Extinction Rebellion (XR) are planning to disrupt the run up to Christmas holding a series of demonstrations.
Research out today has revealed that British ex-service personnel struggle to find work due to mental health stigma.
40 million UK adults are rolling the dice when it comes to their retirement, admitting that they either have not or did not set savings targets for…
Michael Gove has triggered operation Yellowhammer, meaning hundreds of civil servants are to set preparations for a no-deal Brexit.
UK Workers may soon be ready to call for ‘last orders’ on boozy workplaces, as a national trend for moderation and teetotalism has many looking for…