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Police board easyJet flight at Gatwick Airport due to 'safety-related issue'

This happened on the same day as a "security threat was made towards aviation" which meant emergency services had to check on an aeroplane on the runway at Gat...

Fraud investigation into major mining company

The SFO cast a wide net, saying it's looking into suspicions of bribery by the company, its employees, agents and associated persons. " Glencore will co-oper...

Angry farmers block Aldi distribution centre in Naas

The blockade, which Limerick IFA members, began at 7am and will continue for 12 hours. On Friday morning, members of the IFA set up a blockade outside a L...

Cambridge Analytica deceived Facebook users, says FTC

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said its investigation launched in March 2018 concluded that the now-defunct political consulting firm "engaged in deceptive ...

Ford Recalls Hundreds Of Thousands Of Pickup Trucks | Ramapo

Trucks with mechanical latches are fine. The vehicles involved all have electric tailgate releases that could fail due to water getting into the electrical wi...

Pinterest, The Knot to stop promoting plantation weddings

While the Knot Worldwide is policing certain language, Pinterest is taking things further by restricting some content altogether. Pinterest and The Knot s...

Amazon to open new office in Manhattan in 2021

Shortly after the announcement on Friday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the most vocal critics of Amazon's HQ2 plans in NY, tweeted in support of A...

Coles forced to pay dairy farmers $5.25m

The ACCC investigated claims that Coles represented that the full benefit of the 10 cpl retail price increase would be passed on to farmers. That additional 7...

PG&E says reached $13.5 billion agreement with wildfire victims

If the settlement is approved, PG&E will likely emerge from bankruptcy ahead of a June deadline to gain entry into California's "go-forward wildfire fund", t...

M&G suspends property fund citing Brexit, weak retail sector

The fund has shrunk by £1.1bn so far this year. The company, which only debuted on the London Stock Exchange in October after its long-awaited split from Prud...

Novato child dies from E. coli infection

Another recall of romaine lettuce from Salinas, CA has been issued due to potential E.coli contamination. At least five people in New Jersey have been hospita...

BMW Yields To Outrage Over Charging For Apple CarPlay

However, given the ongoing negativity surrounding the charges, the company has now confirmed that CarPlay will be offered for free on all models that feature ...

Larry Kudlow: China deal 'close' as Beijing cuts some tariffs

Trump has suggested he would postpone the tariffs if a deal is struck. In an interview with Fox Business on Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence said that th...

Elon Musk defamation trial in homestretch, jury may get case Friday

Unsworth's lawsuit focuses on three Musk tweets on July 15, 2018, five days after the diver helped complete the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from th...

Buick Regal Dying After 2020

Nearly 90 percent of the premium brand's sales this year have been crossovers, hence the introduction of the Encore GX with two three-cylinder engines and a C...

India central bank keeps rates on hold in surprise move

The monetary policy statement when clubbed with the governor's press conference suggests that the central bank is watching the data closely but is inclined to...

Trump's trade tariffs impact stocks, steel and manufacturing

The president has previously suggested that China wanted to wait until after the election to negotiate a deal. Meanwhile, China said Friday that it would exem...

Larry Page steps down as CEO of Alphabet

The duo said that they are stepping down from day-to-day management of the company, with Sundar Pichai , current Google CEO, immediately taking over their ...

Canada Sees Loss of 71000 Jobs in November

This was boosted by the end of the strike at General Motors, with autos adding 41,000. The jobless rate dipped to 3.5 per cent, matching the lowest since 1969...

Businesses added just 67000 jobs in November

What ADP said: "The job market is losing its shine", said Mark Zandi , chief economist of Moody's Analytics. November's number was a steep decline from the ...

Edible coffee cups trialled on global flights

The company had been using plant-based compostable cups for the past few years, but have said they want to aim to avoid sending any cups to landfill in the futu...

Reserve Bank releases final decisions on bank capital

The Aussie-owned giants will need to increase total capital from a minimum of 10.5% to 18%. In Australia the Tier 1 minimum capital requirement for the big fo...

Japan unveils $120 bln fiscal package to shore up growth

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the 13 trillion yen ($119.7 billion) package on Thursday, the size of which had been reported previously. Ahead of the a...

Donald Trump Says Trade Talks With China Going "Very Well"

Investors fear that the U.S. The Chinese foreign ministry said that it would defend its "legitimate and lawful interests" in negotiations with the US. In resp...

OPEC talks end without announcement of expected cuts

OPEC and allied producers, the so-called OPEC+, pump more than 40% of the world's oil. OPEC is gearing up to deepen oil supply cuts later this week but still ...

United States stocks close lower amid trade uncertainties

The S&P 500 erased 0.62 point, or 0.02 percent, to 3,112.14. Markets have been whipsawed in recent days as conflicting reports on whether the world's two larg...

Nissan GT-R50 By Italdesign Limited Edition Unveiled In Production Guise

Production of the GT-R50 is limited to just 50 cars with pricing starting from €990,000 ($1.6 million). A limited number of reservations are still available, ...

Uber reports more than 3000 sexual assaults on 2018 rides

Uber has been criticized over its safety practices and perceived stonewalling of law enforcement on sexual offenses. In an independent investigation conducted b...

GM, LG Chem Officially Announce EV Battery JV In Ohio

CEO Mary Barra announced the $2.3 billion deal and said the plant would begin construction next year, near Lordstown, Ohio, where GM shuttered and sold a manu...

Bank of Canada keeps policy rate on hold

The Bank of Canada laid out a staunch defense of its decision to buck the global easing trend, citing a resilience in the nation's economy that is allowing it t...