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Retailers are making returns harder. A carpet seller taught me why that’s a mistake

A standard business practice offsets future costs by funding a reserve for returns – but many small businesses don’t do it

Gene Marks3d ago

Republicans say they hate communists. So why do they like Donald Trump?

Trump supporters may be surprised to learn the state takeover of means of production is not driven by the left

Eduardo Porter3d ago

A cargo ship, 20 crew, and a huge stash of cocaine: the seafarer imprisoned for smuggling – on no evidence

After Turkish police found drugs on board the Phoenician M, the ship’s chief mate, Ali Albokhari, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. His wife is still fighting to free him

Will Coldwell3d ago

Burnham’s plans for social care and its workers are admirable but changes must come quickly

Money is needed now for a system that has left families including mine struggling their way unsupported and forgotten

Heather Stewart3d ago

Costa’s coffee shops return to profit with iced drinks and matcha on the menu

Costa Ltd reports operating profit of £20m in year to 31 December 2025 after losses of £13.5m in 2024

Sarah Butler3d ago

UK car industry faces ‘difficult trade-off’ between Chinese and EU markets

Britain under pressure to put tariffs on cheap Chinese vehicle imports ahead of protectionist trade measures

Alex Daniel3d ago

Chalmers says global economic turmoil will drive budget cuts, but Australia should avoid recession

Treasurer says ‘very substantial and intensifying pressure’ on federal budget as he points finger at private sector for driving up inflation amid Middle East conflict

Sarah Basford Canales3d ago

Burnham must remember: more regulation is not the best way to improve public services

In the NHS as in the private sector, the measure of success should be customer satisfaction and not just box-ticking

Phillip Inman4d ago

UK urged to act as Polymarket takes bets on whether HSBC and Lloyds will fail

Revelation comes amid mounting concern over online prediction market’s effects on integrity of financial system

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent4d ago

BT accused of ‘bullying’ customers by pausing broadband in digital landline push

Companies race to switch households to ‘voice over internet protocol’ services by the end of January

Mark Sweney4d ago

G7 to release up to 100m barrels of emergency oil and diesel reserves

Leaders agree a coordinated drawdown after surge in prices and Donald Trump’s threat to cut off US supplies

Joanna Partridge, Jillian Ambrose and Mark Sweney5d ago

Utilities are public services – and should not be run as businesses

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Will Hutton and Andy Haldane suggesting that they could be run for the public benefit

5d ago

Nasdaq hits record high after weaker-than-expected US jobs report – as it happened

US economy only added 29,000 jobs in September, which might deter the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates

Graeme Wearden5d ago

Bosses of three firms that supply trains to UK railways made £3.5m last year

Rolling stock companies, which also paid out nearly £400m to shareholders, accused of profiting at passengers’ expense

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent5d ago

‘Stand on the right side of history’: Starbucks urged to close stores in China’s Xinjiang

US lawmakers say operating in region where Muslim minorities face mass detention is ‘morally bankrupt’

Rebecca Bailey5d ago

Throwback to 2011: why it feels different to the last time interest rates were this high

From the supermarket checkout to the petrol pump, the way price rises ripple through the economy has changed dramatically

Jonathan Barrett and Luca Ittimani5d ago

US added just 29,000 jobs in September in sharp drop from last month’s gains

Final jobs report before the midterm elections also shows the US unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.2%

Gaya Gupta5d ago

John Maynard Keynes: the cultured economist who governments turn to in a crisis

A new play about the art-loving Bloomsbury Group member speaks of the enduring battle of ideas with his free-market rival Friedrich Hayek

Larry Elliott5d ago

Tesco is first supermarket to offer paid ‘safe leave’ for victims of domestic abuse

Exclusive: Britain’s largest private-sector employer has also trained managers to spot signs of domestic abuse

Sarah Butler5d ago

Minister denies UK faces diesel shortage after Trump threatens to ban exports

In effort to avoid panic at pumps, Keir Mather insists supply of fuel to Britain is ‘inherently resilient’

Mark Sweney5d ago

UK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with children

Planned rule change forms part of Burnham’s bid to crack down on the ‘little charges that add up’

Nadeem Badshah6d ago