Business
Do you want to know the secret to haggling with call centres?
Martin Lewis explains how your TV, phone, breakdown cover, insurance and more could be cheaper!
Who had the best World Cup advert?
BBC Sport looks at the numbers behind both Nike and Adidas’ World Cup adverts.
Plans to end gazumping with binding agreements in house sales shake-up
Sales agreements will be legally binding sooner and making sellers provide more home information up front are part of the planned changes.
Americast
The US economy backs Elon Musk’s vision for AI and sending people into space
Cadbury chocolate-owner Mondelez defends staying in Russia
Mondelez boss Dirk Van de Put says it was the “right decision” to remain after the war with Ukraine.
Struggling Pizza Hut chain to be sold for $2.7bn
The decision comes after a prolonged period of difficulty for the chain, which has faced increasing competition from a range of rivals.
Musk’s SpaceX buys AI coding start-up for $60bn days after IPO
Elon Musk’s rocket company has agreed to buy Cursor, which uses AI to automate the process of writing code.
Funds available to help with back-to-school costs
Applications open for funding to help families with the cost of school essentials.
Why is Thames Water in so much trouble?
Thames Water’s lenders have submitted a new rescue plan to save the firm, but how did it end up in this state?
Do online saving methods really work?
Do online saving methods really work?
Japan raises interest rate to highest since 1995
The Bank of Japan has been raising rates from near-zero since 2024.
SpaceX IPO raised $10bn more than thought
The company’s listing raised $87.5bn, compared with the $75bn it was initially thought.