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The pay gap continues after retirement, with men getting a better state pension deal than women, according to research from consumer group Which?. Male pensioners stand to receive almost £29,000 in total more than women over…

Updated April 20, 2018 10:44 a.m. ET General Electric Co. GE 3.93% reported a quarterly loss…

Facebook Inc. FB -1.08% just updated and expanded its data policy for the first time since late 2016. What contained around 2,700 words now has 4,200. It clarifies a lot that…

Scottish Power is hiking gas and electricity prices by 5.5 per cent on 1 June, the company announced on Friday. The cost for a typical household on a dual-fuel standard tariff will rise by £63 to £1,211.  The rise will affect a…

Updated April 20, 2018 2:39 p.m. ET WASHINGTON—Two of the European Central Bank’s most influential officials offered differing interpretations of an…

Donald Trump has targeted OPEC in a tweet about the current state of the oil market on Friday, as the oil organisation meets in Vienna. The President said it “looks like OPEC is at it again”, adding that oil prices are…

Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. has offered to buy Toys “R” Us’s Canadian stores out of bankruptcy for $300 million. The offer, revealed Thursday night in filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Va., is subject to…

1/51 20 April 2018 A Palestinian slings a shot by burning tires on the Israel-Gaza border, following a demonstration calling for the right to…

Honeywell International Inc. increased its expectations for earnings and organic sales growth for 2018, citing strong performance in the latest quarter and healthy demand in several segments including commercial aviation and…

HSBC faced protests at its annual general meeting on Friday from activists highlighting the bank’s investments in companies which supply Israel with weapons. Campaign groups War on Want, the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign and…

Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. said Friday it had made a sweetened proposal to buy Shire PLC after its three previous bids for the rival drugmaker that has drawn broader interest across the sector were rejected. The Japanese…

Nissan is cutting hundreds of jobs at its Sunderland plant, citing plummeting demand for diesel cars after an emissions scandal. The Japanese vehicle manufacturer said the cuts were not related to Brexit. It comes just days…

Apple Inc.’s efforts to line up a second supplier for its high-end smartphone screens—and reduce its dependence on Samsung Electronics Co.—have hit a hurdle because LG Display Co. is struggling to make them, according to people…

Tomorrow’s Record Store Day is beautiful thing, one of those rare business events that are unequivocally worthy of celebration.  More than 200 independent stores will participate, with a bewildering array of new vinyl releases,…

April 20, 2018 7:34 a.m. ET LONDON—One of consumer-goods giant Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC’s highest-profile innovations in recent years is proving to be a…

This week, JD Wetherspoon announced it is closing its Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. The pub chain said that around 900 pubs and its head office will no longer have a social media presence. According to Tim Martin,…

HONG KONG—In the five years since ZTE Corp. was branded a national-security threat by U.S. lawmakers, the Chinese telecommunications giant has quietly been building its own American success story. While locked out of the market…

The scandal over Barclays boss Jes Staley’s attempt to out a whistleblower is reaching its end game, and it’s looking good for him and the bank he runs. Barclays this morning revealed that Mr Staley has been issued with a…

Aluminum from United Co. Rusal , 0486 -7.26% the recently sanctioned Russian miner, is looking for a new home. But nobody knows where that home can be.Rusal produced 3.7…

“Cut my arm and I bleed food and beverage,” says Peter Fulton. Now executive vice-president of Hyatt hotels, and group president of Europe, Africa, Middle East and South-West Asia, he was originally inspired as a young lad…