The owner of the Financial Times has launched legal action against artificial intelligence start-up Perplexity AI, accusing the company of large-scale copyright infringement and “free riding” on journalists’ work. Japanese media group Nikkei, alongside daily newspaper The Asahi Shimbun, has filed a lawsuit claiming that San Francisco-based Perplexity used their articles without permission, including content behind paywalls, since at least ...
Debenhams Group is considering the sale of Pretty Little Thing as part of a wider restructuring effort aimed at stabilising the struggling fashion retailer. Chief executive Dan Finley, who took charge last November after the resignation of John Lyttle, said he would leave “no stone unturned” in attempts to turn around the group, which rebranded from Boohoo earlier this year. ...
UK businesses spent as much as £65 million last year on licences to export food and agricultural products to the EU – costs the government has pledged to eliminate within the next 18 months. Figures published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on Tuesday showed 328,727 export licences were issued in 2024, each costing between £113 and ...
I spent fourteen years in the financial services sector, navigating an industry where long hours were simply part of the landscape. Twelve-hour days felt normal, weekend work was expected, and the relentless pace was just how business was done. Like many of my peers, I equated busyness with productivity and assumed that working harder would naturally lead to better results. ...
Almost £1 billion was wiped off the stock market value of Britain’s biggest retailers on Tuesday after Deutsche Bank warned that consumer confidence is sliding sharply ahead of the autumn budget. The bank’s so-called fear index points to rising anxiety across all income groups, with shoppers concerned about job losses, frozen tax thresholds, and the prospect of further fiscal tightening ...
President Donald Trump boasted that he has raised more than $1.5 billion ‘in various forms and political entities’ following the 2024 presidential contest. ‘I am pleased to report that I have raised, since the Great Presidential Election of 2024, in various forms and political entities, in excess of 1.5 Billion Dollars. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!! President DJT,’ he wrote in ...
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is hitting the road this week to promote President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ to Americans across the country. Among his first stops was Tennessee’s iconic Nashville Palace, where he spoke with employees about the massive GOP agenda bill’s provisions eliminating taxes on tipped and overtime wages. ‘We’re so glad to see y’all. We’re here to ...
Welcome home, Uncle Herschel. Responding to a weeklong barrage of complaints from its loyal customers, Cracker Barrel announced late Tuesday it was scrapping the restaurant’s rebranding campaign and returning to its classic logo. ‘We thank our guests for sharing their voices and love for Cracker Barrel,’ the company posted on X. ‘We said we would listen, and we have. Our ...
House Democrats are urging the Trump administration to allow children injured in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war to enter the U.S. for emergency medical care. In an Aug. 25 letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, more than 140 lawmakers asked for the reversal of a recent move to halt the approval of all visitor visas for people from the Gaza Strip, including children ...
President Donald Trump is pushing a new economic strategy: having the U.S. government take direct stakes in major U.S. companies. He argues it’s a way to make the country stronger by shoring up industries that fuel prosperity and safeguard national security. The first big example came last week, when the White House announced the government now owns nearly 10% of ...