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Image copyright Getty Images Apple has warned that disruption in China from the coronavirus will mean revenues falling short of forecasts. The tech giant said production and sales were affected, and that “worldwide iPhone supply will be temporarily constrained”. The iPhone maker is the first major US company to say that the epidemic will hit […]

Amazon’s chief executive, Jeff Bezos, is pledging $10 billion to help fight climate change. On Monday, the richest man in the world announced on Instagram that he would be launching “the Bezos Earth Fund.” “Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet. I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to

Image copyright AFP Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has pledged $10bn (£7.7bn) to help fight climate change. The world’s richest man said the money would finance work by scientists, activists and other groups. He said: “I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact

Image copyright AFP Image caption French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian predicted the two sides would “rip each other apart” France has warned Britain to expect a bruising battle with the EU in post-Brexit trade negotiations. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian predicted the two sides would “rip each other apart” as they strove for

Image copyright Reuters Economist Thomas Piketty’s last book, Capital in the Twenty First Century, took the publishing world by surprise when it stormed to the top of the bestsellers list. Despite containing a multitude of data and equations, the professor sold 2.5 million copies. His central argument was that invested capital – in the stock

It’s 2018 and people are gathering around a phone to take part in the day’s round of HQ Trivia, a real-time quiz app where players can win real cash. Two years later, and HQ Trivia has gone bankrupt and shut down, its presenters drinking and swearing during its last live broadcast. The final game’s prize

Image copyright Getty Images Car finance company Moneybarn has been fined £2.77m for not helping customers who fell into debt difficulties. It has handed £30m to 6,000 customers hit by its actions, described by the City watchdog as “serious breaches”. “Moneybarn did not give its customers the chance to clear their arrears over a realistic

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Monsanto’s controversial herbicides have been sprayed on fields for decades German chemical giant Bayer is to appeal against a Missouri court’s award of $265m (£203m) to a US peach grower who blamed a herbicide for crop damage. Farmer Bill Bader sued Bayer and BASF, alleging that dicamba weedkiller drifted

Image copyright Getty Images Shoe Zone has warned that it could be forced to close a fifth of its stores if business rates do not change. The retailer will close 100 of its UK stores unless the property tax is overhauled. Boss Anthony Smith told the BBC: “If people want vibrant High Streets, they really

Image copyright Getty Images Fashion and home retailer Laura Ashley is in talks with a key lender to enable it to access sufficient money to allow it to continue trading. The retailer said if it could not get the “requisite level of funding” then it would need to “consider all appropriate options”. Trading continued to