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SHOPPERS have noticed the portions of some family treats have shrunk over the years but a new study has revealed which festive favourites have been worst hit.Shrinkflation has seen the size of some snacks, including Cadbury chocolate, getting smaller as...

Business Gateway's board chair on why start-ups are the lifeblood of the nation's economy READ SOURCE...

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Closed circuit screenshots of a person of interest in the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing.Source: NYPDPolice believe the person of interest being sought in connection to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson left New York City shortly after the slaying Wednesday,...

MI5 has had to “pare back” its counter-terrorism focus because of the growing threat from Russia and other hostile states, the security agency’s boss has said.Ken McCallum, the director general of MI5, said the agency has to look at its...

Elon Musk may be riding high in the US with Donald Trump just weeks away from taking office, but fortunes of his electric carmaker, Tesla, are fading in Australia.Australian sales dropped again in November, contributing to the brand’s first annual...

Rapper Davion Blessing, 23, has recently had his big break - bursting into the scene and earning fans from across the world.But his fans and doctors have been expressing concerns about the health of the performer, stage name Dave Blunt, who...

Europe’s new pact with South America, its largest deal to date, could be a sign of how countries will diversify trade relationships as Donald Trump threatens tariffs. READ SOURCE...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Researchers at Sakana AI have developed a resource-efficient framework that can create hundreds of language models specializing in different tasks. Called...

Grace Cary | Moment | Getty ImagesAfter decades of building your nest egg, you will eventually have to start taking required minimum distributions, or RMDs, from pretax retirement accounts. The first RMD can be tricky, according to financial experts.Since 2023,...

A 99-year-old Second World War veteran travelled an incredible 4,400 miles to raise awareness of the 'frozen' State Pension issue with the Prime Minister but was left "bitterly disappointed" after failing to secure a meeting with Sir Keir Starmer. Anne...

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USCrypto traders have been on a wild...

2024 was a landmark year for the cryptocurrency market. It was a year when the market matured, barriers to the institutional investing world came down, and international regulations started to pave the way for digital currencies to enter the mainstream...

The Starlink logo is seen on a mobile device with an grahpic illustration of planet Earth in this illustration photo in Warsaw, Poland on 21 September, 2022.STR | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesSpaceX's effort to put an additional 22,488 satellites into...

TikTok's bid to overturn a law which would see it banned or sold in the US from early 2025 has been rejected.The social media company had hoped a federal appeals court would agree with its argument that the law was...

Investing.com -- AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE:) shares slumped 10% at $4.7 on Friday after movie theatre chain entered an agreement with Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:) to sell 50 million shares of Class A common stock.The agreement will allow AMC to...

Getty ImagesA new nightclub is opening this week with a strict rule that your smartphone camera must be covered with a sticker.Amber's in Manchester is the latest in a handful of venues in the UK to enforce the policy -...

While Californians ran for cover during a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the northern region on Thursday, America has endured even stronger quakes throughout its history.The largest earthquake ever to hit the continental  US struck the Cascadia Subduction Zone—a fault line...

PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse, Color of the Year 2025.Courtesy: Pantone"Mocha Mousse" was dubbed 2025's color of the year by the Pantone Color Institute, which described the shade as "a warming, brown hue imbued with richness."Leatrice Eiseman, Pantone's executive director, said...

The number of speeding offences recorded by police forces across England and Wales last year hit an all-time high, according to new data released by the Home Office. A total of 2,324,542 speed-limit breaches were recorded during 2023 – an increase...

Investing.com--Oil prices fell Friday, on course for weekly losses after OPEC+ extended its current run of supply cuts until well into 2025, highlighting increased concerns over slowing demand. At 10:10 ET (15:10 GMT), expiring in February fell 1.6% to $70.94...

Getty ImagesHaliey Welch, known mostly as the star of the viral "Hawk Tuah" meme, is facing criticism after her newly launched cryptocurrency nosedived in value.Her "Hawk" digital coin hit a $490m market cap shortly after it launched on Wednesday, before...

PoundSterlingLIVE - Above: A mechanic and a welder; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Image © Adobe (NASDAQ:) Images. The Canadian Dollar fell after wage and unemployment data for November opened the door to a 50 basis point rate cut at the Bank...

David Sacks is the former PayPal COO and founder of Yammer, a SaaS company He will work on a legal framework providing the crypto industry with the clarity it wants US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that David Sacks will...

Investing.com-- Bitcoin retreated on Friday after a short-lived rally past the coveted $100,000 level, as anticipation of more cues on U.S. interest rates spurred some profit-taking. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency surged to record highs on Thursday amid increased optimism over...

The government has appointed Vaibhav Chaturvedi as the ex-officio member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), according to an official notification. Currently, Chaturvedi is the Chief General Manager of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). IBBI, established...

In November, Canada's job market experienced an uptick with the addition of 51,000 jobs, marking a 0.2% increase from the previous month. This boost was primarily in full-time positions, which saw a rise of 54,000 jobs or a 0.3% growth....

Crypto Daily - has broken through the $100,000 psychological barrier on December 5, trading at around $102,605 at the time of writing. The milestone event has allowed the first cryptocurrency to achieve a market capitalization of over $2 trillion, underscoring...

The US added 227,000 jobs in November, with 54,000 added jobs in healthcare, 53,000 leisure and hospitality jobs, and 33,000 government jobs added in the month.The unemployment rate increased to 4.2%, from 4.1% in October.The final jobs report of 2024...

UK retail footfall was up 4.8% on Black Friday and 10.6% on Cyber Monday, year-on-year READ SOURCE...

Investing.com -- Shares of Serco Group (LON:), the British outsourcing and public services company, fell over 4% on Friday after UBS analysts downgraded the stock by two notches to "sell" from "buy," citing stalled earnings growth and mounting headwinds.  The...

The ongoing bull cycle has caused a notable rise in activity in the crypto market. For Bitcoin, CryptoQuant projects a $146,000 cycle high. In the meantime, the firm predicts Ethereum to follow a historical pattern in its MVRV Ratio to...

The FBI has warned against straight texting (Picture: Getty) The FBI have issued a warning as America undergoes one of the largest intelligence compromises in US history. A massive cyberattack on telecommunication companies such as AT&T and Verizon has led...

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Berkeley Group, one of the UK’s largest housebuilders, has bought its first new sites in more than two years as it bets...

The average price of a house in the UK has hit a record high after a fifth successive month of increases in the value of properties, Britain’s biggest mortgage lender has said.Halifax’s monthly house price index found that the cost...

The UK's broadband infrastructure is finally getting better with more homes now able to switch over to very impressive Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) technology. In fact, according to telecom regulator Ofcom, a record 20.7 million UK homes can now...

Control Z, a leading player in the renewed smartphone market, recently announced the launch of Renew Hub, a smartphone renewal facility in Guragaon (Delhi NCR). The company states that the new facility blends cutting-edge technology with sustainability to redefine smartphone...

The U.S. Secret Service’s acting director told a U.S. House of Representatives panel on Thursday (December 5) that he has overhauled the agency's security practices after a gunman shot President-elect Donald Trump in July. Acting Director Ronald Rowe testified to...

The Reserve bank of India has announced that it has increased the interest rate ceiling on Foreign Currency Non-Resident Account FCNR(B) deposits to overnight Alternative Reference Rate (ARR) plus 400 basis points with maturities between 1 year and less than...

BNB price is consolidating near the $725 zone. The price is showing positive signs and might aim for a move above the $740 resistance. BNB price started a downside correction from the $800 resistance zone. The price is now trading...

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in healthGet our free Health Check emailGet our free Health Check emailScientists have sounded a warning about the alarming rise of “extremely pathogenic” multi-drug resistant...

XRP price remained in a range below the $2.50 zone. The price is consolidating above $2.150 and might aim for a fresh increase above the $2.40 level. XRP price started another decline and traded below the $2.40 level. The price...

KOLKATA & MUMBAI: UK’s Vodafone Group Plc has sold its remaining 3% stake in Indus Towers via multiple block deals to a host of marquee global investment banks, international alternative asset managers, big-ticket overseas fund houses, hedge funds, local mutual...

Ros Atkins on… How the New York shooting unfoldedPolice in New York have released two photos of an unmasked individual wanted for questioning over the killing of a healthcare chief executive.UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson, 50, was fatally shot in the...

AN ULTRA-rare supercar has sold for an eye-watering price at an auction.The luxury 12-cylinder engine Pagani Zonda 760 LM Roadster recently sold for £8.67 million at a Sotheby's auction.6An ultra-rare Pagani Zonda LM Roadster recently sold for £8.65 million at...

Woolworths has described a picket line outside one of its key distribution centres in Melbourne as a “metaphorical gun” pointed at its head, as the supermarket giant seeks to restart warehouse operations amid an industrial dispute.Worker strikes at five distribution...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The Innovation Showcase is back at Transform: The Orchestration of Enterprise Agentic AI at Scale, in June 2025 in San Francisco. ...

EPAFamilies of children operated on by a disgraced surgeon have labelled independent reports into their care as a "whitewash" and a "final insult".Yaser Jabbar, a former surgeon at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), carried out procedures including leg lengthening...

Getty ImagesCould AI supersede traditional gift giving inspiration?Like many of us at this time of year, Josie Hughes wracks her brain to think of gifts for friends and family.However, last month she decided to try a different approach.Being familiar with...

The two phone giants will combine into one carrier (Picture: Getty/Shutterstock) A £15,000,000,000 ‘mega-merger’ between Vodafone and Three is set to go ahead – meaning each company will be under a combined 5G network in the UK. And it’s good...