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Image copyright Getty Images A record amount of new offshore wind power has been announced in the UK – at record low prices. The new projects will power more than seven million homes for as little as £39.65 per megawatt hour. The government says the wind farms represent a breakthrough, typically generating electricity without subsidy. […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhat cars and underwear say about India’s slowdown India has cut its corporate tax rates in an effort to spur investment and boost growth in the country’s faltering economy. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the base corporate tax rate would be lowered to 22% from 30%. The

Image copyright RBS RBS has named Alison Rose as its new chief executive, making her the first woman to lead one of the UK’s big four banks. Ms Rose, who joined the bank 27 years ago as a graduate trainee, will replace the incumbent Ross McEwan in November. She will be paid more than her

Image copyright Scottish Leather Group Image caption Scottish Leather Group is one of the largest leather manufacturers in the UK A major leather manufacturer will open a new factory in Renfrewshire next year, creating 100 jobs. The Scottish Leather Group, one of the largest leather manufacturers in the UK, already has facilities in Bridge of

Image copyright Getty Images Some of the world’s largest firms including Amazon and Google have committed to big-spending green energy plans as calls for climate action increase. Amazon has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2040 and Google said it would make record renewable energy purchases. The announcements coincide with a day of climate action

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption All eyes are on the repo market The US central bank has pumped more than $200bn (£160bn) into the financial system this week – the first time there’s been such an intervention since 2008. The Federal Reserve’s aim was to stabilise what is usually a calm part of the

Image copyright Jessica Fitzpatrick Image caption Jessica Fitzpatrick is looking at a career in law Twenty-year-old Jessica Fitzpatrick from Kent is in her third-year of university. Like most students with a part-time job, balancing all of her commitments can be challenging. So she chose a virtual internship, with the global law firm Linklaters, to fit

In the 1930s, an unemployed American architect desperately needed to invent something to make ends meet. What he came up with was a board game combining anagrams, crosswords and chance. It was Scrabble, and 200 million sets of it have been sold since then. But the inventor’s biggest problem was coming up with the catchy

Image copyright Booker Prize If you want to plough through the Booker Prize shortlist before the winner is announced on 14 October, the pile of books in hardback will cost you just under £90. But if you are blind or partially sighted and rely on audiobooks, you will pay around 50% more, in part due

Image copyright Getty Images Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos has promised to make the company carbon neutral and meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement by 2040. More than 15,000 Amazon employees have pledged to stage a “walkout” protest against the company’s environmental record, on Friday. It will be the first walkout by staff