The policies announced by the chancellor in his Autumn Statement and Spending Review have a big effect on your finances. Here's how.

An apprenticeship levy on company payrolls will fund three million places for apprentices, the chancellor says, but business groups call it a "new payroll tax".

Buy-to-let landlords and those buying second homes in England and Wales will soon have to pay a stamp duty surcharge, the chancellor has announced.

Capital spending on big transport projects will rise by 50% over the current Parliament, the chancellor has announced.

The £15m raised each year from charging VAT on tampons will be used to fund women's health and support charities, the chancellor has announced.

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts a £27bn improvement in the public finances over the next five years.

Big energy users such as the steel and chemicals industries will be exempt from environmental tariffs, Chancellor George Osborne says.

Why are so many European universities merging?

The world's biggest oil and gas companies risk losing $2.2tn by overestimating future demand for fossil fuels, a report suggests.

Toyota is recalling another 1.6 million vehicles equipped with defective air bags.

Ukraine bans all Russian planes from using its airspace as Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom stops delivering gas to its neighbour.

As Black Friday is heading nearer, different companies are announcing seductive deals for their audience. They want to offer people tempting discounts so that they can buy some unaffordable goods. ...

With endless gift choices for the holidays, things can get a little confusing when attempting to find what's right and what isn't. Recently, WellBiz Brands, Inc., one of the largest health and we ...

George Osborne is to set out government spending plans up to 2020 later, which will include billions of pound in cuts but also new money for house building.

Hand embroidered slippers are one of the few remaining traditional Hong Kong manufacturing trades - and they are getting a revamp.

Norman Smith asks whether the changes to tax credits could cause lasting damage to the Conservative Party.

The Budapest cafe perking up a former red light district

How Ireland built a cheese movement

You'd be forgiven if you picked up Xiaomi's MiPad 2 and mistook it for Apple's iconic iPad Mini 4. Both tablets share a 7.9-inch screen size, all-metal construction and a 2,048 x 1,536 pixel reso ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York State Police and local law enforcement agencies will crack down on impaired, distracted and speeding drivers during the Thanksgiving holiday. Governor Cuomo's administration set a special traffic enforcement period run from Wednesday, November 25 through Sunday, November 29, 2015.

Rolls-Royce chief executive Warren East says he understands investors' concerns and promises to be more transparent about the risks it faces.

Well, now I've seen everything. The MeegoPad T08 is a mini desktop computer that runs Windows 10 and comes with a built-in projector.
Ideal for on-the-go workers who need to deliver presentation ...

Introduction
In the days of yore, when wearing flannel was an actual statement of musical taste and White House interns and car chases on California freeways were matters of great cultural concer ...

Samsung is in process of revealing another one of its mind blowing products earlier next year. About two weeks back, we saw a Samsung flip-phone with dual-display passing Tenaa certification. The ...

Overflowing work and exciting new challenges is what this month has been all about. Being the head of photography at Grabhouse presents different ventures than what I first expected, which is fun! ...

The business, economics and politics editors of BBC News explain what to look out for in Wednesday's Spending Review.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney tells the UK Treasury Committee that interest rates are likely to remain low "for some time".

San Ramon, Calif., November 23, 2015 — BioVentrix, announced today that it has completed an analysis of patients with mitral regurgitation who were treated with its Revivent ventr ...

Technology is everywhere; appliances that never require Bluetooth or WiFi are slapped with internet connectivity. The year 2015 has been a happening year for technology. The world saw some of the ...

While Argos has already gone live with its Black Friday deals, Amazon is sticking to a calm and collected 'deals of the day' approach until Friday.
Yesterday we saw some good prices on the Moto X ...

With the DEA just releasing its National Drug Threat Assessment Report revealing more Americans are dying of drug overdose than from traffic accidents or firearms, drug education is even more cru ...

Engineering group Rolls-Royce is to give details of a "major restructuring" of the business, after having announced five profit warnings in less than two years.

Shares in troubled electronics maker Sharp surge more than 35% in Japan on a report that its lenders might waive some of its debts.

Apple Pay's quest for global domination continues. Following successful launches in the US and the UK, the company recently expanded to

Australia and Canada through a partnership with American ...

Apple Pay's quest for global domination continues. Following successful launches in the US and the UK, the company recently expanded to

Australia and Canada through a partnership with American ...

Burn More Calories in Just 36 Minutes with New Fitness Training Concept
 

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo., (November 24, 2015) -- There’s a new fitness training concept that gives individuals a full-body ...

Whenever one decides to get a new phone, he constantly thinks about which phone they should buy. Well, if you have enough budget to buy a phone, then iPhone 6S or Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge is the phone ...

How data is shining a light on global property markets

The doctor will text you now

Who will be the winners and losers?

Chelsea made a loss of £23.1m as they won the Premier League last season, their annual financial results reveal.

Business customers looking to continue using Internet Explorer instead of switching to Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 have until January 12, 2016 to upgrade.

Upgrading to the latest Internet Expl ...

Pica9 Named ‘HOT in 2015’ Winner in New York City by OwlerLeading local marketing automation company Pica9 announced today that it was named an Owler HOT in 2015 winner in New York. Owler, ...

Those who believed that Smartphones have reached their saturation point have already been proved wrong. The year 2015 may most rightly be called the year of phones with some of the best phones eve ...

A lab test carried out for the BBC shows that VW diesel cars programmed with a "defeat device" can cheat the official EU pollution test, as well as the test in the US.

US drugs giant Pfizer agrees a deal to buy Botox-maker Allergan for $160bn (£106bn), making this the biggest pharmaceuticals deal in history.

Yahoo confirms it is preventing some people from accessing their emails if they are using ad-blocking software in their browser.

HSBC shareholder Standard Life would back banking giant HSBC if it decided to move its headquarters out of the UK.

FIT36® is High Intensity Interval Training in 36 Minutes
 

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo.,   (November 19, 2015) -- FIT36®, the newest passion in fitness training, is opening another studio in the Denve ...

Samsung Galaxy S7 would most probably be unveiled in February 2016 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Galaxy S6 didn’t prove to be as big a hit as its predecessors were. But what we ...

Today's consumers are using their mobile phones and handheld devices to engage with organisations so much that it would be foolish for small business owners to ignore the market opportunity. But ...

Today's consumers are using their mobile phones and handheld devices to engage with organisations so much that it would be foolish for small business owners to ignore the market opportunity. But ...

After a five year hiatus, 2015 is the year that plastic peripheral music games have made their triumphant return. With new, next-gen consoles like the PS4 and Xbox One offering more processing po ...

After a five year hiatus, 2015 is the year that plastic peripheral music games have made their triumphant return. With new, next-gen consoles like the PS4 and Xbox One offering more processing po ...

With Congress in recess this week for Thanksgiving, here’s a look at bills related to military action against ISIS, safeguards and funding for admission of Syrian refugees — and whether states hav ...

How is it different from the Autumn Statement?

Last week, the House and Senate conference committee reached agreement on a proposal to replace No Child Left Behind. The legislation is expected to be on the floor of both chambers shortly after ...

The Paris terrorist attacks and political instability in Europe is making companies more reluctant to invest, the chief executive of Siemens has warned.

The Information Commissioners' Office will be writing to 1,000 companies involved in buying and selling names and numbers to check they are acting lawfully.

Chancellor George Osborne says he has reached a deal with all department ahead of Wednesday's Spending Review, but refuses to rule out police cuts.