The CBI's monthly order book gauge improved in only slightly in January having hit its lowest in more than fours in December.

Just a day after Adidas reported solid results, Puma said fourth-quarter sales rose 9.8% - below the 12% forecast by analysts.

Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, the US president (pictured) said borrowing costs in America and around the world 'should be dropping'.

Sainsbury's chief exec Simon Roberts (pictured) said the supermarket is facing into a particularly challenging cost environment.

Chapel Down, which owns about a tenth of the vineyard space in England, said it sold 7% more of its bottles, magnums and cases this Christmas than last.

Rachel Reeves (pictured) was slammed for 'playing politics' after the Treasury warned judges that PPI-style payouts to drivers risk harming the economy.

CMC fell 16.8% after a two-sentence update in which is said it was on track to deliver annual net operating income in line with previous guidance.

North Koreans have been reduced to stealing each others' feces after Kim Jong Un demanded an impossibly high quota of human waste from his people to use as fertilizer.

The e-commerce retailer behind supplement producer MyProtein revealed its revenue shrank by 3.1 per cent at constant currency rates to £1.9billion last year.

Nationwide has dealt first-time buyers on modest incomes a blow by upping the income threshold on its sole applicant Helping Hand mortgage from £35,000 to £40,000.

Jim Acosta has lost his prized 10am show to Wolf Blitzer - and is now said to be considering his future at CNN.

Police figures obtained by motoring safety charity IAM RoadSmart indicate that around 50% of motorists drug tested at the roadside in 2023/24 were over the legal limit.