Ted Baker has avoided the warm weather woes hurting other fashion retailers this year to post a double-digit increase in sales over Christmas.
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VW offers British owners repairs instead of payouts
Compensation will be withheld from British owners of Volkswagen cars as the price for getting their vehicles fixed promptly, according to its UK boss.
Oil could crash to $10 a barrel
Petrol prices could fall back to levels last seen in 2009 as major banks say there is no bottom in sight for the world’s lopsided market
Virgin Atlantic Poised for $4.3 Billion Airbus A350 Deal
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. is set to announce a deal for 12 Airbus Group SE A350-1000 jets with a list price of $4.3 billion as Richard Branson’s flagship carrier renews its wide-body leisure fleet
Tesla chief Elon Musk says Apple is making an electric car
Tesla’s owner, Elon Musk, has said it is an “open secret” that Apple is making a rival electric car.
Nuclear watchdog risks meltdown, critics warn
The nuclear safety regulator is facing a leadership crisis and is ill-equipped to deal with a mounting workload linked to China’s plans to invest £8 billion in the British industry, experts have warned.
Morrisons’s share price soars 10 per cent as supermarket returns to growth after 16 quarters of decline
Morrisons’s share price soared 10 per cent this morning after posting better-than-expected Christmas results, as it starts to win back customers.
Sky told to ban exit penalties in January for customers affected by price increases
Telecoms watchdog tells Sky to suspend contract termination charges after it increases charges
Chinese shares continue to slide
Last week’s volatility continued for Chinese shares which finished down sharply again on Monday, leading Asia’s stocks lower.
Why multi-tasking is making you worse at your job
Too few hours in the day, too many emails to reply to and too much to get done means multitasking is a fact of working life – but new research means we could be making significantly more mistakes when we try to do more than one thing at once.
Scrap Bank of England’s powers after century of boom and bust
UK should return to historic system of “free banking”, the Adam Smith Institute argues
Savings rates hit new low, says Bank of England
Interest rates for millions of UK savers have sunk to a new low, according to the Bank of England.
Apple just registered two decidedly automotive domains
Apple’s decision to create a car may be the worst-kept secret since – well, the Apple Watch – but here’s another giant clue that’s what it’s working on.
Yahoo announces plan for job cuts as activist investors seek radical overhaul
Yahoo is to cut more than a thousand jobs amid calls for its senior management team to be culled, it was reported yesterday.
Worries grow over new rules for pension pots
The way in which people are taking advantage of new freedoms to dip into their pensions savings is “very worrying” according to retirement experts.
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