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Image copyright AFP Image caption Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg Facebook is under investigation in the US to determine whether it has “stifled competition and put users at risk”. The new action was announced by New York state Attorney General Letitia James on behalf of a coalition of representatives from several states. “Even the largest […]

Image copyright Getty Images TripAdvisor has hit back at allegations that it is failing to stop a flood of fake reviews that artificially boost hotel ratings. The travel review site has come under fire from consumer group Which? over what it calls “hugely suspicious” patterns of comments from contributors. But James Kay, a UK director

Image copyright Getty Images Sir Philip Green’s Topshop retailing empire plunged to loss last year, blaming a “dramatically” changed retail landscape and increased competition. The business, which also includes Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins, has since agreed a rescue deal with its creditors that triggered 48 store closures. The results for the year to 1

Image copyright PA Media House prices rose by a whisker during the summer as the UK housing market was subdued by cautious buyers and sellers, the UK’s biggest lender has said. The Halifax, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said that prices rose by 0.1% in June to August compared with the previous three months. Few

Image caption Rotterdam has preparations in place for a no-deal Brexit While uncertainty hangs over the future of the UK’s relationship with the EU, the European ports which send millions of tonnes of goods to Britain every year have been planning for every eventuality – including the prospect of a no-deal Brexit. Will their plans

Image copyright Peter Macdiarmid Alcohol sold in supermarkets should be taxed at a higher rate than drink sold in pubs, a think tank has suggested. A “pub relief” would make drinking at home less affordable and support the pub sector, according to the Social Market Foundation (SMF). The Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS), which commissioned

The owners of porn streaming site Pornhub are profiting from “revenge porn” and failing to remove videos once reported, BBC News has been told. One woman, ‘Sophie’, said she felt “violated” after a video featuring her – uploaded by her ex-partner – was viewed hundreds of thousands of times. Campaign group #NotYourPorn said such content

Image copyright AFP PHOTO / BRAZILIAN NAVY Image caption The wreckage of the plane was discovered after a long search of the sea floor Magistrates in France have dropped charges against Air France and Airbus over a mid-Atlantic plane crash in 2009 that killed all 228 people on board. The Airbus 330 aircraft flying from

Image copyright Getty Images William Hill has announced its chief executive is leaving as it shifts its focus to online and international markets. The departure of Philip Bowcock comes after it said 700 betting shops would close because of the reduction of the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) to £2. Ulrik Bengtsson, chief

Image copyright Yahoo Yahoo says most of its email services are working again following a fault that affected users across the world for more than seven hours. It had been impossible for people to send and receive messages using the platform or check their webmail accounts. In the UK, the problem had impacted BT, Sky