Funeral Costs Drop For First Time In 18 Years
A report says the cost fell by 3.1% but the cheapest type of funeral - a direct cremation - rose in price. Read more
Wealth Of World's 10 Richest Men Doubled In Pandemic, Oxfam Says
Covid-19 has made the rich richer while poverty has increased, the charity Oxfam says. Read more
Cladding Crisis: Norwegian Wealth Fund Urged To Pressure Firms And Builders
Grenfell survivors have asked a huge public fund to have 11 firms "resolve" buildings' fire safety defects. Read more
Will ScotWind Auction Deliver A Renewables Revolution?
Over the next decade or so these new offshore wind farm sites could supercharge renewable energy capacity. Read more
Marmite-owner Unilever Makes Three Bids For GSK Consumer Goods Arm
GlaxoSmithKline rejected three offers, saying they "undervalued" its consumer goods business. Read more
Ex-supermarket Boss Lord Sainsbury Of Preston Candover Dies At 94
The company's current chief executive described John Sainsbury as a "shopkeeper to his core". Read more
Tesla Starts Accepting Once-joke Cryptocurrency Dogecoin
Elon Musk's plans send the value of the cryptocurrency soaring. Read more
US-China Chip Cold War? It's Only Helping The Middle Kingdom, Silicon Makers Warn
It's blowback time again China's cold war with the US on chips isn't slowing down the country's rapid growth in semicon... Read more
Jailed 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli Ordered To Repay $64m
Martin Shkreli has also been barred from the US pharmaceutical industry for life. Read more
5G Frequencies Won't Interfere With Airliners Here, UK And EU Aviation Regulators Say
US (and Canadian) fears are uniquely Leftpondian, it seems 5G mobile phone emissions won't harm airliners, Britain's Ci... Read more
Japanese Telco Optage Signs Up To HPE 5G Core Stack To Provide Private Networks
Local 5G initiative lets orgs deploy on different frequencies from mobile firms HPE has convinced a Japanese telecoms p... Read more
YouTube Rich List: MrBeast Was The Highest-paid Star Of 2021
Between them, the 10 highest-paid YouTubers raked in $300m last year. Read more
Key Pillar In The UK's Border Control Upgrade Programme 'lacks A Systems Integrator'
Home Office IT units confused over who is fulfilling the vital role The UK government's ePassport airport gate upgrade ... Read more
Energy Firm E.On Apologises For Sending Socks To Customers
It is the second energy supplier in a week to admit to a marketing gaffe as customers face rocketing bills. Read more
HCL Technologies Makes Partial Change To Its Controversial Bonus Clawback Policy
Recovery of one out of two bonuses will stop, but what about those already affected? Indian IT services giant HCL Techn... Read more