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The UK’s trade unions are urging bosses to be flexible with staff who want to follow the football action.

The US media giant has offered to buy 21st Century Fox assets for $65bn in a challenge to Disney.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says higher rates are appropriate since the US economy is in “great shape”.

The German car giant is fined for selling diesel cars containing software which cheated emissions tests.

The regulator Ofcom says it wants to cap the price of directory enquiry calls at £3.10 for 90 seconds.

The airport’s North Terminal will be extended, as part of the five-year investment plans.

The handling of the departure of Sir Martin Sorrell sparks a shareholder rebellion against the WPP board.

A sea change in US policy is having repercussions around the world.

The Supreme Court ruling has significant implications for the rights of so called gig economy workers.

Petrol and diesel prices rose at the fastest monthly rate since January 2011.

Paul Marciano resigns in the wake of sexual assault allegations by US model Kate Upton.

Pub chain to offer British and ‘new world’ sparkling wines instead of those from the EU.

The retailer says it has begun investigating unauthorised access of data held by the company.

ZTE’s shares commence trading again in China after the firm reaches a deal with US.

The second-hand Hermes Birkin fetched a European-record amount at the auction in London.

The business model for women’s sport can’t merely be a smaller version of that found in men’s sport.

Cutting-edge tech is examining ancient manuscripts for earlier texts written below the surface.

The Treasury Committee says women are being deterred from entering financial services.

The RAC says petrol stations should cut prices to reflect falling wholesale prices of fuel.

Investments, jobs and a fund to support UK firms expanding globally have been announced by Theresa May.

Car industry bosses are worried the industry will suffer without a customs union, warns Paul Dreschler.

Parents complained after ads for the 15-rated film were shown before Frozen, Lego and Minecraft videos.

Steve Denison has been banned from the accountancy profession for 15 years for signing off BHS accounts.

A landmark case for US competition law hands AT&T with a victory, in a setback for US regulators.

Elon Musk says laying off almost one in ten workers is needed to cut costs and boost profitability.

The fine relates to a data breach in 2014 which affected more than 500,000 Yahoo customers.

Semi-autonomous vehicles, which can partly drive themselves, are already on our roads. But experts are worried that drivers don’t understand what they can do.

The problems caused by TSB’s computer chaos are continuing more than eight weeks after the

The action over payment rates led to delays in cases in England and Wales.

Staff say a decision to produce a new model in Slovakia could be bad news for temporary workers.