Labour not looking to raise taxes to fund benefits, minister says after WhatsApp messages revealed
Nick Thomas-Symonds says messages between Pat McFadden and Peter Mandelson are ‘embarrassing’ UK politics live – latest updatesLabour MPs are not look...
Black founders raise highest amount of quarterly funding since 2022, but there’s a catch
Speaking to TechCrunch, Crunchbase’s head of research Gené Teare, said the factors holding back Black founders include “access to networks, relationsh...
Bank of England’s Bailey says no rush to raise interest rates amid Iran war uncertainty
Inflation can be tolerated above 2% target for now ‘given context of softness in real economy’, governor saysBusiness live – latest updatesThe Bank of...
Corgi announces $106M raise at $2.6B valuation — double what it was worth three weeks ago
Insurance tech Corgi announced today an $106 million Series B1 raise, valuing the company at $2.6 billion, just three weeks after announcing a $160 mi...
The pitch trick that helped an eSports startup raise $20M when VCs only wanted AI
Earlier this year, Lucra Sports founder and CEO Dylan Robbins did something that no one else has ever done. And he shared several secrets on how he di...
COMIC: To raise a confident little talker, learn to speak 'parentese'
So you've got a baby in your life. How do you talk to them, exactly? In this comic, experts explain why conversing with your baby is important — and s...
Minecraft-playing grandma swatted when livestreaming to raise funds for grandson’s cancer treatment
Sue Jacquot was taking part in fundraiser when police swarmed her home after someone falsely reported a crimeAn Arizona grandmother has said someone s...
Trump Says He Will Raise Jimmy Lai’s Case to Xi, as Lawmakers Press for His Release
Mr. Trump has shown less appetite for wading into human rights issues than past U.S. presidents at summits with Beijing, but said he would raise the c...
Changing tax rules for investors won’t shrink housing supply or raise rents. Just look at Victoria
Labor’s anticipated reforms are not a panacea, but they could nudge Australia toward a more equitable trajectoryGet our breaking news email, free app ...
JD Sports warns Iran war could hit consumer spending and raise prices
Retail group with 4,800 stores worldwide expects drop in profits this year amid ‘muted market’Business live – latest updatesThe sports fashion retaile...
Kirsty, 11, seeks more Kirstys to help raise money for brain tumour research
Kent schoolgirl tracks down 10,000 namesakes as part of campaign – but non-Kirstys are welcome to donate tooCalling all Kirstys! A schoolgirl from Tun...
Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B
The maker of Claude has received multiple pre-emptive offers at valuations in the $850 billion to $900 billion range, according to sources familiar wi...
Raise tax on alcohol and junk food to cut deaths from liver disease, experts say
Report calls for tough action to combat ‘escalating and unsustainable burden’ of liver-related problems in EuropeGovernments in Europe should impose m...
Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise
The AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has raised $100 million, led by Sequoia, months after raising a previous $100 mi...
CEOs of US’s top energy firms received average pay raise of $12.3m, review finds
Utility bills are up as much as 40% in some regions, and companies shut off power to customers 13m times in 2025The US’s top utilities’ CEOs enjoyed a...
How a Supreme Court fight over fish oil could raise your prescription drug costs
The justices are set to hear Hikma v. Amarin, a battle over drug patents that could raise costs for patients and change the way generic companies do b...
