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Image copyright Paradise Youth Club Image caption A growing number of Asian streetwear labels are making waves globally Flight attendant Marc Aw is a committed “hypebeast”. Before you possibly have to search online for what that slang word means, a hypebeast is someone who avidly buys and collects the latest clothing releases from the world […]

Image copyright Getty Images Booking.com is continuing to mislead its customers despite a crackdown by regulators, claims a new report. The Competition and Markets Authority ruled this year that booking sites must review the way they rank and display rooms, over pressure-selling concerns. An investigation by Which? says Booking.com is still giving false accounts of

Image copyright Burger King Burger King will no longer give away plastic toys with children’s meals, amid pressure to reduce plastic waste. The fast food restaurant chain is also encouraging customers to bring in old promotional plastic toys, which it says it plans melt down to make other items. This move comes after two Hampshire

Image copyright Getty Images Consumers spent more money on credit cards with UK retailers last year than they did in cash, a retailers’ trade body has said. Debit cards were the most popular, but falling cash use pushed notes and coins down to third place, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said. Cash accounted for just

Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Chairman Jerome Powell voted in favour of the cut The US central bank has cut interest rates for the second time since 2008 amid concerns about slowing global growth and trade wars. The Federal Reserve lowered the target range for its key interest rate by 25 basis points, to between

Image copyright Getty Images Staffing has been boosted on a heavily-criticised helpline aimed at assisting customers of struggling pawnbroker Albemarle and Bond. Owner Speedloan Finance said it had doubled phone lines and staff responding to emails from worried customers. All of its 116 stores were closed last week owing to “significant losses”. It has been

Image copyright ROBYN BECK/Getty Images The White House has stripped California of its right to set its own auto emissions standards and banned other states from setting similar rules. The move revokes an Obama-era waiver that allowed the state to set its own standards for greenhouse gas emissions for cars. President Trump says the move

Image copyright Ineos Image caption Ineos says the new Bridgend plant will employ 500 people and produce 25,000 cars a year Ineos Automotive has chosen Bridgend for the production of its new 4×4 vehicle, it has been announced. It is expected to initially create around 200 jobs to make the Grenadier, and up to 500

Image copyright Getty Images British Airways pilots have called off the next strike in their dispute, which had been scheduled for 27 September. Last week, a two-day stoppage called by the pilots’ union, Balpa, forced BA to cancel almost all its flights. The strike followed failed negotiations between the union and the airline over a

UK house prices rose at a slower rate in the year to July than at any time since September 2012, up by 0.7%, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said there had been general slowdown in UK property price growth in the last three years. This was driven by a slowing market