Mr Shapps made the comment after hearing a summary of the franchise's most recent available financial information. Northern Rail is expected to come under state control when the distressed franchise...

Ripple and SCB are also working together on another project to offer cross-border EMVCo-QR payments. The Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) said that it would develop a payment app which worked on Rippl...

Suicide is now one of the top 10 leading causes of death in the United States, with an estimated 47,000 preventable suicides happening in 2017 . 'Minimum wage laws may be especially important dur...

British shoppers turned particularly cautious in 2019 as wage growth slowed and political uncertainty gripped the country. Supermarket Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) sales fell 0.9% on a like-for-like (LFL)...

The numbers are key because a strong job market has been propping up the economy and enabling US households to continue to spend, even as manufacturing weakens due to tariffs and trade wars. US Presid...

The president also showed his restraint in his remarks, saying that "Iran appears to be standing down", which is "a good thing" for all parties concerned. Among the day's decliners was the department ...

ACCC Chair Stephen Ridgeway told Jo McManus, the auto makers have said they may buy-back affected models and drivers should contact the manufacturer. Stephen Ridgeway, acting chair of the Australian...

India's industrial production recovered from three months of contraction to expand by 1.8% in November, signalling an early but weak improvement in the economy. "Relative to the previous year, growt...

This week, the California based company Impossible Foods announced it will be testing out a new plant based pork patty in select Burger King locations. McDonald's Corp said on Wednesday it will ex...

The global headquarters of the new joint venture has been set in Hangzhou Bay, Ningbo, with operational sales functions based in China and Germany. As most other things Geely, all future smart cars ...

At the moment, the automaker reportedly plans to reinvent the Hummer as a single pickup truck model aimed at off-road enthusiasts. One of the most notorious gas guzzlers of the 1990s looks set to ...

The external design upgrades include a wider front grille along with a new "Boost Blue" paint job, which is exclusive to the Type R. Inside the cabin, the auto gets a new Alcantara-wrapped steering wh...

The man behind the biggest social networking website of the world has been making personal goals since 2009 and avidly shares them with Facebook users via a detailed post at the beginning of every yea...

Crude oil prices fell further Thursday after sharp losses in the day-earlier session, as the market shifted its focus towards rising USA crude stocks and away from fears of an imminent escalation of ...

The crash happened on Wednesday, hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on two military bases housing USA troops in Iraq in retaliation for the United States killing of a top Iranian gen...

There are some indications that the global growth headwinds are beginning to abate, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said in his prepared remarks to be delivered at an event in NY on Thur...

Penney) as it enters 2020", said Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail, a research firm. But despite a steep sales decline, it reaffirmed its outlook for the year. Penney, which is try...

Current salaries for general managers at company-owned Taco Bell restaurants are between $50,000 and $80,000, according to the company. The news comes in an effort to try and hold onto workers. "F...

The poll found a clear top tier of four candidates competing in Iowa. In the last Des Moines Register poll in November, Klobuchar also finished fifth, with 6% support. With voters preparing to ren...

Beijing is in the process of ending attractive subsidies for electric cars as well, which caused more than 40% drop in electric vehicle sales in China in November. "We are holding today a ceremony to ...

Do you plan to look for a new job in 2020? . At a 3.5 percent jobless rate, employers report difficulty finding workers to fill the 7.3 million unfilled jobs in America. The central bank has kept its...

Starbucks has sold lattes and coffees with oat milk in Europe since 2018 and at a few of its upscale Reserve locations in the United States since previous year. "We love how the nuanced flavor you g...

In December 2018, Canadian authorities in Vancouver detained tech scion Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese communications giant Huawei and the daughter of the company's founder, in r...

Earlier in the week, Ghosn spoke to the world's media from Beirut, Lebanon about the case against him brought forward by Japanese prosecutors. His dramatic escape has raised tensions between Japan a...

There were also nine Quebecers who made off with winnings from the Max Million jackpot: One Quebecer won a sweet $1 million prize, six won $500,000 and two won $333,000. For each $5 play, players rece...

As per the first advance estimates of the national income released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), the manufacturing sector output growth will decelerate to 2% in 2019-20, down from 6.9% in ...

To that end, it will send its State Secretary Mike Pompeo to meet with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab tomorrow in Washington, according to Reuters . Part of the US 2020 defense spending law s...

This attack requires the attacker to know the phone number of the intended victim; this could be via already being connected to them in some way, obtaining it through social engineering or phishing ,...

Bed Bath & Beyond's sales at stores open for at least a year dropped 8.3 percent during the quarter and the retailer lost $29 million. Analysts had forecast full-year earnings of $1.89 a share on re...

Pence added on Fox News that "we're simply not able to share with every member of the House and Senate the intelligence that supported the president's decision to take out Qasem Soleimani ", but "I c...

The final price will be calculated at the end of the trip. Adjustments for passengers embody a shift from exhibiting upfront pricing on journeys to exhibiting an estimated worth vary, the flexib...

Armenia's growth is forecast at 5.1 percent, Azerbaijan's at 2.3 percent, and Georgia's at 4.3 percent for 2020. The World Bank said in an updated economic outlook released Wednesday, Jan. In contra...

As is often the case, Trump flubbed some of the relevant details - for example, the United States has spent $2 trillion on defense over three years; it's not something that "just" happened - but the u...

Gold futures for February delivery on New York's COMEX was down $11.35, or 0.7 percent, at $1,562.95 per ounce by 1:25 PM ET (18:25 GMT). Gold prices retreated on Tuesday from near seven-year high...

Vice Premier Liu He, Beijing's chief envoy in talks with Washington over their tariff war, had been expected to attend the signing but the Commerce Ministry's statement was the first official confir...