Yahoo has warned that more than one billion user accounts may have been affected in a newly revealed cyber attack, one of the biggest data breaches in history.
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David Davis reveals Brexit plans will not be ready to be published until February at the earliest
The Brexit secretary has today revealed his department’s plans for the impending Brexit negotiations will not be published until February at the earliest.
Uber appeals against ruling that its UK drivers are workers
Taxi-app company attempts to overturn judgment that drivers are entitled to minimum wage, sick pay and paid holiday
Amazon makes its first delivery by drone just 13 minutes after it was ordered
Amazon Air has made its first delivery by drone and claimed it dropped off a package in just 13 minutes.
Twitter ‘bounced’ from tech meeting with Donald Trump over anti-Clinton emoji
Twitter was “bounced” from a meeting between technology company executives and Donald Trump on Wednesday because of a dispute over an emoji.
UK unemployment rate stays at 4.8% as pay growth picks up
Britain’s jobless rate was down by 16,000 to 1.62 million in three months to October, says ONS.
Shares slide as Moody’s downgrades its outlook on Italian banks
An index of Italian banking stocks recovered slightly following a slide in early trading, after one of the world’s largest ratings agencies downgraded its outlook on the country’s largest lenders.
Brexit endangers US-UK trade as 40% of US firms could move
Uncertainties surrounding Brexit are threatening trading links between the UK and the US, says report.
HSBC closes a quarter of branches, as 1,000 banks shut for good
HSBC has closed more than a quarter of its UK branches over the last two years, as part of 1,000 bank closures in total, research by Which? has found.
UniCredit to raise billions and cut 14,000 jobs
UniCredit, Italy’s biggest bank, is planning to raise €13bn (£10.9bn) and cut 14,000 jobs over the next two years in a bid to return to financial health.
Government’s Lloyds share sale takes stake to below 7%
Taxpayers have now recovered more than £17.5bn of the £20.3bn injected into the bank during the 2008 financial crisis.
Trump to reveal secretary of state but delays business empire plans
The boss of oil giant Exxon Mobil will be announced as President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state later today.
Britain should stay in the EU’s customs union as transition deal, say Lords
Britain should stay in the EU’s customs union as an interim step on the way to Brexit, giving the government more time to plan for a total split with Brussels, according to the House of Lords’ EU committee.
UK considers plans to nearly halve international student visas
Home Office looks at slashing numbers from 300,000 to 170,000 under tougher student visa rules
The chipping forecast: Fish and chips could become squid and chips by 2025
There’s no easy way to put this, but Britain’s traditional culinary staple fish and chips is set to take a battering in the next 10 years, becoming squid and chips or even sardine and chips by 2025 due to global warming.
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