UK retailers are gearing up for the Black Friday shopping phenomenon, with analysts predicting record online sales.

"Very significant" government spending cuts will be imposed before the next general election, the think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies warns.

One of the most awaited Android phones has finally released. BlackBerry Priv has just debuted in November and did not take long to impress users. The first Android phone of BlackBerry has a high d ...

Four partners at the Belfast office of KPMG are arrested in connection with suspected tax evasion.

Banking giant Barclays has been fined £72m for failing to conduct proper checks on very rich clients because it did not want to inconvenience them.

Network Rail reports a fall in half-year profits and admits that train punctuality is inadequate after failing to reach its 90% target.

A new flavour of the Raspberry Pi has been launched, and if you thought previous models were cheap, then this one takes the budget biscuit.
The Raspberry Pi Zero doesn't quite cost nothing, but a ...

A new flavour of the Raspberry Pi has been launched, and if you thought previous models were cheap, then this one takes the budget biscuit.
The Raspberry Pi Zero doesn't quite cost nothing, but a ...

Executive Director of Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) New Zealand received the International Association of Scientologists Freedom Medal at the organization’s 31st Anniversary celebrat ...

Xiaomi unveiled three new devices this Tuesday in anticipation of the busy holiday season. The devices include the company’s new Redmi Note 3 (Phablet), and Mi Air Purifier 2 (Speakers). However, ...

Financial experts are poring over the details of George Osborne's Spending Review, in which he funded a U-turn on tax credit cuts with a £27bn windfall.

Cyber-thieves are preparing malware and spam campaigns in a bid to catch out retailers and shoppers during the run-up to Christmas, say experts.

The businesses offering hope to Mexican prisoners

Should the UK choose between the EU and the Commonwealth?

The BBC's Emma Simpson looks at the origin of the shopping phenomenon known as Black Friday and its impact on the UK economy.

Our tax affairs will be organised digitally in the future, Chancellor George Osborne says, but it does not mean it is getting any simpler. So what are the changes?

India has promised to generate 40% of its energy from renewables within 15 years - but as the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter - how will it do it?

Michael Jackson's notorious Neverland ranch has been on the market for six months without a buyer - now one entrepreneur is hoping to sell to an Asian buyer.

Temperatures across the globe are likely to break records in 2015 with readings running "well above" any previous year, scientists say.

The company that sparked an outcry by raising the price of its HIV drug in the US by 5,000% says it will cut its price for some users.

'Tis the season for security alerts? It sure feels like it if you're a laptop user. Just a day after Dell offered a fix for its Superfish-style security scare, the laptop maker is making headline ...

'Tis the season for security alerts? It sure feels like it if you're a laptop user. Just a day after Dell offered a fix for its Superfish-style security scare, the laptop maker is making headline ...

Introduction and design
We've all been there: you're sitting at a coffee shop trying to crank out a presentation at the eleventh hour when all of a sudden, your laptop blares out a warning that y ...

Introduction and design
We've all been there: you're sitting at a coffee shop trying to crank out a presentation at the eleventh hour when all of a sudden, your laptop blares out a warning that y ...

How has the chancellor pulled off the magical trick of cutting less without inflating the deficit?

Network Rail wants to sell £1.8bn of railway arch space, disused depots and shop space in bigger stations to help raise the cash to upgrade UK railways.

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 ...