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Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has denied a report he plans to lay off employees before the start of next month to avoid having...

The next operator of the National Lottery is in talks to buy the incumbent, Camelot, in a £100m deal that would pave the way...

Octopus Energy has sealed its deal to buy Bulb, a collapsed energy rival that has been funded by billions of pounds in government support...

The largest automaker in the US has pulled paid advertising on Twitter after Elon Musk completed his takeover of the social media company. Musk’s...

A veteran investment banker is being lined up to chair one of Britain’s biggest car parts manufacturers as it prepares for a newly independent...

At first glance, there is nothing altogether unusual about the train. Sitting on the platform at Spandau station in the suburbs of Berlin, it...

The head of NatWest, which is state-controlled, has defended the amount of tax that big banks pay. Alison Rose, the chief executive, said banks...

Shares in Amazon fell as the company expected slower Christmas sales and increased expenses. Shares fell nearly 20% as inflation and interest rate costs...

Elon Musk has completed his $44bn takeover of Twitter after months of toing and froing over the deal, according to US media reports. His...

Elon Musk is finally buying Twitter, promising – or to some, threatening – sweeping changes for one of the world’s biggest social media platforms....

The gap between housing benefit and the actual cost of private rent has risen by 40% in just five months, Sky News has learned....

English football’s top flight is lining up a £30m-a-year deal to sell digital tokens to fans after talks with a rival provider collapsed. Sky...

Europe has edged closer to recession as the European Central Bank (ECB) raised interest rates by 0.75%, making borrowing and repaying debt more expensive....

Shares in Meta plunged as the market opened in the US following a drop in quarterly profits, sliding nearly 23%. The fall compounded the...

Gross domestic product in the US bounced back in the third quarter, reversing a trend over the first six months that suggested the country...

Shell has reported operating profits of $9.5bn (£8.19bn) for the third quarter of this year, lower than that of the three months before but...

Facebook parent Meta has beaten estimates for its quarterly revenue, helped by its continued dominance of the online advertising market. Revenue in the third...

Elon Musk has been seen entering Twitter HQ – carrying what appears to be a sink. Mr Musk tweeted a video showing himself walking...

Jeremy Hunt has delayed the announcement of the government’s economic plan from Halloween to 17 November, saying it will help ministers make “difficult decisions…...