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The Amazon founder is now richer than Bill Gates has ever been.

Office for Budget Responsibility says either taxes need to rise or spending fall to cover health funding.

Premier League club Arsenal has been tangled up in a fraud investigation at Chinese carmaker BYD.

Staff in Germany, Spain and Poland are taking action during a major promotion at the retail giant.

Wage growth slipped to 2.7% from 2.8% in the three months to May, while unemployment fell by 12,000.

The agreement is a challenge to the increasing protectionism employed by US President Donald Trump.

The Spanish football giant also says it is on track to achieve revenues of €1bn by 2021.

Despite costing $112m to produce, fantasy epic Asura was withdrawn from cinemas after just one weekend.

How facial recognition is being used to identify suspects in crowds and spot suspicious behaviour.

Google’s centralised job hunt services signs up most individual sites with one major exception.

But PwC warns there will be “winners and losers” with many roles set to change.

Two Chinese companies are implicated in the scandal around the Malaysian investment fund, 1MDB.

The e-commerce giant is experiencing outages in the US and elsewhere as its summer sale gets underway.

The firm’s shares dive 14% after it misses its projections for subscriber growth.

The US travel ban will not stop Middle Eastern tourists flying to the US, says Akbar Al Baker.

Theresa May is accused of “capitulating” to Brexiteers – but she says the policy has not changed.

The group says trade disputes are the ‘greatest near-term threat’ to the world economy.

One man said he was told there would be “trouble” if he cancelled his contract with Safestyle UK.

A US firm will not pay for staff meals containing meat but the TUC says meat-eaters shouldn’t be penalised.

The ride hailing firm is being investigated over a complaint about gender inequality, the BBC understands.

More valuable than gold, Yarsagumba fungus is only found in the Himalayas above 3,000 metres.

At a summit in Beijing, the EU’s Jean-Claude Juncker calls for a less protectionist China.

The company behind a Kodak-branded crypto-currency scheme confirms the plan has collapsed.

The UK plans to invest £2bn in the new jet, which can be used with either pilots or as a drone.

The online home-sharing giant needs to be more transparent about pricing, EU authorities say.

Shoppers are warned to check prices and be wary of high-pressure sales techniques.

Interest rates are being cut by NS&I in September, affecting nearly 400,000 savers.

Some insurers have reportedly reduced cover for the department store chain’s suppliers.

Govia Thameslink Railway says the interim timetable starting this week will be “more reliable”.

The world’s second largest economy is battling rising debt and mounting trade tensions with the US.