House prices: Demand changes, not tax waiver, pushed prices up
The stamp duty holiday did not cause rising house prices, the Resolution Foundation think tank says....
Nvidia’s takeover of Arm raises competition concerns
The £29bn takeover of Arm by US firm Nvidia raises “serious” competition worries, a UK watchdog says....
M&S shares soar as it says turnaround plan working
The retail giant raises its profits forecast, but UK retail sales see a sharp fall during July....
Sky Broadband outage hits banking websites
Customers of Halifax, Santander, HSBC and TSB have all complained of problems accessing online services....
Morrisons backs US firm’s improved takeover offer
The supermarket has agreed to a bid worth £7bn from a US private equity group, ditching a lower offer from another firm....
Chip shortage: Toyota to cut global production by 40%
The world’s biggest carmaker will cut output in September and VW warns it may have to make further cuts....
FTSE bosses earn 86 times more than average worker in 2020
The bosses of Britain’s biggest public companies earned 86 times the average full-time wage last year....
Ultra Electronics deal unlikely to be rejected
The government is to investigate the takeover of Ultra Electronics, but its sale is unlikely to be stopped....
IMF suspends Afghanistan’s access to funds
The move follows the Taliban’s takeover, and lack of global agreement over who now governs Afghanistan....
40 million T-Mobile customers hit by US data breach
More than 40 million T-Mobile customers have been hit by a US data breach....