BP sells stake in motor oil arm Castrol for $6bn
BP has sold a 65% stake in its motor lubricant arm Castrol to US-based investment firm Stonepeak.
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Barnes & Noble to open 60 new stores in 2026
Bookseller has confirmed leases in California, Florida, Texas and other states.
Social supermarket 'helps me to afford Christmas'
Re:dish Good Stuff in Stockport offers its members significantly discounted fresh and healthy food.
Major fires still a risk under 'spineless' new safety law, construction boss warns
David Jones believes it will permit too many risks, but the government calls it a proportionate approach.
Rivalries and rumours: How the new order of the Murdoch dynasty is playing out
Family feuds and strategic change are redefining who holds power inside the Murdoch empire.
UK campaigners among five denied US visas
The Trump administration bans five people who have called for tech regulation from entering the country.
Billionaire Louis Bacon wins defamation lawsuit against convicted sex offender Peter Nygard
Bacon and Nygard were neighbors in an exclusive gated community in the Bahamas and became embroiled in a bitter dispute over Nygard’s efforts to expand his property, which Bacon opposed.
Larry Ellison risks $250B Oracle fortune with $40B pledge for son’s hostile Warner Bros. Discovery bid
Oracle founder, 81, has agreed to personally guarantee up to $40.4 billion to backstop Paramount Skydance’s all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.
Americans are getting locked into decade-long car loans as new vehicle prices skyrocket
The average monthly payment for a new car hit about $760 in November, as the typical new-vehicle price surged past the $50,000 mark this fall.
Russian Telegram founder Pavel Durov — with 100 kids already — offers to pay IVF costs for any woman under 37 who wants to use his sperm
"The patients who came, they all looked great, were well-educated and very healthy. They wanted to have a child from, well, a certain kind of man. They saw that kind of father figure as the right one."
Ozempic, Wegovy users’ grocery bills shrinking along with their waistlines, new study shows
Households that start taking blockbuster GLP-1 appetite suppressants like Ozempic and Wegovy slash food spending within months, according to a study.
J&J ordered to pay record $1.5B in talc cancer lawsuit — while vowing to appeal ‘unconstitutional’ ruling
The plaintiff's law firm said was the largest-ever sum awarded against J&J for a single plaintiff.
Jeffrey Epstein named Larry Summers, Jes Staley as estate executors in draft wills, DOJ records show
Neither man appeared in Epstein’s final will from 2019, which was also included in the DOJ release.
As copper reaches record $12K per ton, everyday products poised to get even more expensive
Consumers already battered by higher prices are about to feel another squeeze -- and this one is coming from copper.
US economy unexpectedly surges 4.3% in third quarter — its strongest growth in two years
The US economy grew at an unexpectedly strong pace of 4.3% in the third quarter -- the highest rate in two years -- according to a government report released Tuesday.
US economy grows at fastest pace in two years
Strong consumer spending helps the US economy grow at a faster rate than expected.
Fish and chip shop offers 100 free Christmas meals
Raj Khaira, from Southampton, says his store will give sausage and chips to those in need.
