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Image copyright Getty Images US drug firm Johnson & Johnson has been told to pay $8bn (£6.6bn) in punitive damages to a man over claims he was not warned that an antipsychotic drug could lead to breast growth. A Philadelphia jury made the award to Nicholas Murray, 26, whose case was one of thousands pending […]

Image copyright Sample & Hold Image caption With enough pictures and clever software you can catch immense detail London design studio Sample & Hold has been asked to scan all kinds of things: a shoe, a carrot, the heads of every member of the Barcelona FC team. The firm has even worked with a company

Image copyright Getty Images “Take steps now to keep receiving data legally from the EU.” That’s the message for businesses in a full page government advert in the Financial Times and elsewhere. It goes on to warn that after 31 October “you may need to update your contracts.” But just how worried should companies big

John Vincent took over as CEO of the fast-food chain Leon five years ago. He saw himself as a general, leading his staff into battle. All that did was to increase his stress levels and those of everyone around him. Then he discovered the martial art of wing tsun. It transformed his understanding of how

Image copyright Getty Images One sweltering afternoon in July 1785, officials, dignitaries and a few infuriated gunsmiths gathered at the Château de Vincennes, a splendid castle to the east of Paris. They were there to see the demonstration of a new type of flintlock musket designed by Honoré Blanc, a gunsmith from Avignon so despised

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Some analysts believe the US and China may be about to engage in an AI arms race Just over two years ago, China announced an audacious plan to overtake the US and lead the “world in AI [artificial intelligence] technology and applications by 2030”. It is already widely regarded

Image copyright AFP Image caption Brexit will have ‘spillover’ effects on other economies, says IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva The new head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that Brexit in whatever form will be “painful”, adding to the effects of a global slowdown. Kristalina Georgieva said the split will hurt not only the

Image copyright AFP Scammers are suspected of making fraudulent claims on a website set up to refund Thomas Cook customers, the Civil Aviation Authority has said. The aviation regulator said it has taken “urgent action” over the suspicious online activity and will notify the police. It has added further verification checks to its refund process,

Image copyright Google Image caption The company operates over two sites in Merthyr Tydfil county borough A furniture company has gone bust with 252 job losses after reporting “a catastrophic collapse in orders”. Triumph Furniture of Merthyr Tydfil, which has bases in the town and Dowlais, supplied more than 600 furniture sellers, as well as

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption In remote areas Post Offices can be the only places offering banking services Barclays is facing criticism for opting out of part of the agreement banks have with Post Offices to allow customers to withdraw cash and deposit money. The move is seen as a threat to efforts to