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Business · 16 October 2026
Elon Musk unveiled the Roadster 2 at a Tesla event, where the car drove up a curved ramp, used SpaceX thrusters to lift, flip, and land back on the ramp.
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Business · 16 October 2026
Ofgem is weighing a market‑stabilisation charge that would require suppliers who win customers with cheaper tariffs to pay a fee to the losing rival, a move aimed at keeping firms from going bust and that could turn ev…
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Business · 16 October 2026
Poundland’s owners have dropped a trio of restructuring specialists onto the board as the discount retailer hovers on the brink of a sale or filing for administration.
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Business · 16 October 2026
Chancellor John Healey’s first budget, due on 28 October, will introduce a new levy on UK banks to help offset the public‑finance hit from the Middle‑East conflict.
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World · 16 October 2026
Faber & Faber has withdrawn Sally Rooney’s titles from UK retailers, saying it cannot forward UK earnings to the author after her outspoken support for Palestine Action.
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Finance · 16 October 2026
Anthropic is courting investors ahead of its stock market debut, while some backers worry about the hefty spend on AI infrastructure.
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Business · 15 October 2026
A quiet three‑month uptick of 0.7% in UK growth, announced just before Chancellor Healey’s maiden budget, has City traders scrambling to decide whether the spike was a genuine rebound or simply the result of a well�…
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Finance · 15 October 2026
Investors are fleeing AI‑linked equities amid worries that US inflation and potential rate hikes could turn AI‑related debt into a market‑dragging black hole, hitting chip makers and investors such as Samsung and S…
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Finance · 15 October 2026
Official ONS figures show the UK economy expanded, overturning forecasts that it would contract.
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