Margrethe Vestager, European competition commissioner, is concerned the firm unfairly promotes its apps on Android phones
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Mitsubishi says employees falsified data on emissions tests
Shares in Mitsubishi Motors were down up to 16 per cent on Wednesday morning
City of London would take hit from Brexit, warns Mark Carney
The City of London could lose its position as the world’s leading financial centre in the event of Brexit, Mark Carney, the Bank of England Governor, has warned.
Zoopla buys Property Software Holdings for £75m
Online property portal Zoopla is to buy Property Software Holdings – a B2B service provider used in more than 8,000 estate agency branches in the UK – for £75m.
Online retail sales double in first quarter as shoppers ditch surfing on their tablets for smartphones
Online retailers have enjoyed a strong start to the year after shoppers splurged almost twice as much on their sites as they did during the same period last year.
Time to ‘Sell in May’ as Brexit looms and storm clouds gather over FTSE 100
Investors are best advised to keep their cash in the market for the long term as the bulk of returns come from dividend income reinvested.
Britain paid Shell to keep its North Sea oil fields running
Britain was the only country where Royal Dutch Shell enjoyed a negative effective tax rate last year, according to a report released by the company.
In the work V family tussle something’s got to give and often that means family
Dispelling the myth that women can have a high-flying financial career with no personal sacrifices is the biggest favour that those in senior jobs could do for young hopefuls.
Knock off on Wednesday: three-day week is best for over-40s
A three-day working week is the best way of ensuring that staff stay at their sharpest once they hit 40, economic researchers have found.
Sir Martin Sorrell defends £63m pay package ahead of AGM
Founder of advertising giant says his pay reflects success of WPP as shareholders gather to vote at series of high-profile annual meetings
Treasury’s financial Brexit claims rubbished by Vote Leave MP John Redwood
Conservative MP and Vote Leave campaigner John Redwood has rubbished the Treasury’s claims that a Brexit would cost each household £4,300 a year as “absurd”.
Steel jobs ‘can be saved by tech’, says energy researcher
The UK steel industry is doomed unless it embraces cutting-edge technology, a Cambridge professor has warned.
Man accidentally ‘deletes his entire company’ with one line of bad code
‘I feel sorry to say that your company is now essentially dead,’ one person on a coding forum advised Marco Marsala
Brexit could lead to loss of 100,000 financial services jobs, report warns
PwC report estimates 70,000-100,000 fewer jobs in 2020 compared with estimated number if Britain stays in EU
HMRC under fire for poor record on tax fraud
HM Revenue & Customs has no clear plan to tackle tax fraud and has made “only limited progress” in reducing the sums lost to fraudsters as it grapples with a huge restructuring, according to a scathing report by politicians.
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