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Three UK Airports Breached, With 8.7 Million Customers' Data Accessed
Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands. The hackers took email addresses, phone numbers, vehicle registrations and postcodes.
Panic Is Passing Its Tariff Refunds Back to Playdate Customers
The Supreme Court ruled the tariffs illegal in February. The refunds have arrived, and the company is handing them on.
Zara's Owner Opens Its Discount Chain in Britain, Staffed Partly by Robots
Lefties lands in Liverpool with basket-scanning checkouts and hanger-sorting machines, priced between Primark and Shein.
Young Workers Are Leaving the Digital Economy for Bookbinding
Entry-level white-collar jobs are being automated. Some graduates are answering with centuries-old crafts that AI cannot do.
The Lakers Trust Fight Is a Lesson in How Estate Planning Goes Wrong
Jerry Buss built safeguards to keep the franchise in the family. Five of his six children now want to sell a stake valued at $12.5bn — and the sixth is suing.
American Adds Seven International Routes on the Narrowbody That Changed the Math
The A321XLR flies 4,700 nautical miles at single-aisle cost, opening European cities too small to justify a widebody.
Plug-In Solar Panels Reach UK High Streets After a Quiet Rule Change
A one-panel kit costs £699 and needs no electrician. The government is betting that cheap, imperfect solar beats no solar at all.
A Company Selling Call-Blocking Devices Made 758,053 Nuisance Calls
Elderly Aids Ltd was fined £190,000 for cold-calling the people it promised to protect, then tried to strike itself off the register.
The Six Skills Employers Say Will Matter as Much as Your Degree
A five-year study lands as up to three million low- to mid-level jobs face automation by 2035 and 981,000 young people are out of work or training.
The City Has Weeks to Prepare for Rules It Cannot Hide Behaviour From
From September, 40,000 firms must report bullying, harassment and violence — and pass findings to a manager's next employer.
Dolly Parton Turned Down Elvis, and It Made Her Millions
She refused to hand over half the rights to I Will Always Love You. Eighteen years later Whitney Houston recorded it and sold 20 million copies.
Britain Will Spend Two Years Recushioning Trains It Bought for £1.6bn
More than 60,000 'ironing board' seats will be replaced — a decade after the department that procured them was warned about the seats.