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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Jack Dorsey said details would follow in November Twitter is to ban all political advertising worldwide, saying that the reach of such messages “should be earned, not bought”. “While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics,” company CEO Jack […]

Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption The Fed is trying to interpret mixed economic signals The US central bank has cut interest rates again, hoping to shield the economy from the impact of trade wars and a global slowdown. The Federal Reserve lowered the target for its benchmark rate by a quarter point, to a range

Image copyright Getty Images US economic growth slowed in the third quarter, but beat some economists’ expectations of a bigger contraction. The Commerce Department data put GDP growth at 1.9% during the three months, ahead of the 1.6% predicted. Consumer spending held up better than expected, offsetting a fall in business investment and lower public

Image copyright Newscast High Street retailer Next has blamed the hot weather for poor sales in August and September. A bellwether for the High Street, Next said sales had improved in October as the temperature fell. In the three months to 26 October, store sales fell 6.7% but a boost in online sales led to

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Captain Kirk had no known views on smart meters Smart meters will reach a “Star Trek phase” – when the technology works to the financial benefit of consumers, a minister has promised. Climate change minister Lord Duncan of Springbank told a committee of MPs that the controversial system will

Image copyright Reuters The stock market flotation of one of the world’s most profitable firms is coming “soon”, the Saudi energy minister has said. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said the decision on when to list Aramco rested with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The energy minister was giving a speech at the Future Investment Initiative

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Facebook’s chief executive has repeatedly declined to answer questions from UK MPs about the scandal Facebook has agreed to pay a £500,000 fine imposed by the UK’s data protection watchdog for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. It had originally appealed the penalty, causing the Information Commissioner’s Office

Image copyright Getty Images “Sarah”, an actor based in London, had her identity stolen in 2017. “I got home one day and found my post box had been broken into,” she says. “I had two new credit cards approved which I hadn’t applied for, and a letter from one bank, saying we’ve changed our mind

Image copyright AFP Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal will leave the UK £70bn worse off than if it had remained in the EU, a study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has found. It concluded that growth would be 3.5% lower in 10 years’ time under the deal. The independent forecaster’s outlook

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption In your way? New plans could speed up the time it takes plane passengers to reach their seats The frustration of waiting for someone to put their bag in an overhead locker may soon be over if a trial to get people on planes quicker is successful. Gatwick says