Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesUber is now allowing passengers across most of the UK to pay in cash.Following trials, the cash payment option was this week extended to...

Getty ImagesOn Mark Carney's final day of a gruelling race to be elected PM of vast and sparsely populated Canada I was with him.It was his last push, not...

Warren Buffett has announced he will retire as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of the year.The veteran investor, known as the Oracle of Omaha, told his...

House prices fell in April as buyers faced paying thousands of pounds more in stamp duty, according to new figures from Nationwide.Prices were down 0.6% month-on-month, the building society...

Peter Hoskins & Charlotte EdwardsBusiness reportersGetty ImagesTemu has said it will stop selling goods imported from China in the US directly to customers from its platform.The online marketplace said...

Mitchell LabiakBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesTesla has denied reports that it has contacted recruitment firms to launch a search for a replacement for Elon Musk as chief executive.The Wall...

Hiring in the US remained solid last month, despite turmoil stemming from changes to trade policy.Employers added 177,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.2%,...

The luxury department store Harrods says it is the latest retailer to have been targeted by a cyber attack.The firm said it had "restricted internet access at our sites"...

McDonald's has suffered its biggest drop in US sales since the height of Covid, a fall that it said was driven by wider concerns about the US economy. The...

Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThe US economy shrank in the first three months of the year as government spending fell and imports surged due to firms racing to...

The sale of Royal Mail's parent company to a Czech billionaire has been cleared by shareholders.The approval of the £3.6bn deal, first proposed a year ago, will see the...

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentBBCShops and services may have to be forced to accept cash in the future to help protect vulnerable people who rely on it, MPs have...