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‘A gamechanger’: 200,000 UK small businesses sign up to TikTok Shop

Big brands such as Sainsbury’s and M&S also selling directly in app through links in videos and livestreamsIt is better known for its viral dances and for making hits out of forgotten songs, but the social media site TikTok is becoming a force to be reckoned with as a shopping platform.Major retaile…

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Dutch Tesla Fleet Goes Bankrupt After Betting on Musk's Self-Driving Promises

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Behind the Money: KKR, Bain and private equity’s push into Japan

The country is courting firms to help shake up moribund corporates and spur industry consolidation

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Horizons Middle East & Africa 12/24/2025

Horizons Middle East & Africa is your daily spotlight on one of the world's fastest-growing regions. Live from Dubai, we bring you the latest global markets and analysis, plus news-making interviews, with a special focus on MEA. All that and more, as you head to the office in the Gulf, pause for lun…

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‘A lot of gold’: the business of dressing priests for Christmas

Family-run Watts & Co serves places of worship, UK state occasions such as coronations and even Hollywood studios

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Pakistan sells indebted state carrier in privatisation win

Consortium led by Karachi-based securities brokerage is buying majority stake in airline

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Buildings could still burn under 'spineless' new safety law, industry leader warns

David Jones believes it will permit too many risks, but the government calls it a proportionate approach.

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Carmakers copy China to get new models on the road faster

Western groups embark on cultural shifts to slash development times and costs as competition mounts

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No, you can’t tell when something was written by AI

Context matters as much as content in determining whether text is machine generated or not

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BP Nears Sale of Castrol Stake to Stonepeak, WSJ Reports

BP Plc is near an agreement to sell a majority stake in its Castrol unit to investment firm Stonepeak Partners, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Ikea muscles in on the last-minute stocking-stuffer trade

City stores in prominent locations double up as billboards to drive online sales

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BP nears deal to sell majority stake in $10bn Castrol lubricants division

The UK oil and gas major is stepping up asset sales under new chair Albert Manifold

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Australia’s Treasury Wine Rises as Billionaire Goudet Buys Stake

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.’s shares jumped about 7% in Sydney, the most since September 2024, after European billionaire Olivier Goudet emerged as a shareholder, offering a rare boost to the troubled winemaker.

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Instacart ends AI pricing test that charged shoppers different prices for the same items

Instacart will stop using artificial intelligence to experiment with product pricing after a report showed that customers on the platform were paying different prices for the same items.

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Great Barrier Reef’s Hamilton Island to be bought by US private equity firm in reported $1.2bn sale

Blackstone says it has agreed to buy popular Whitsundays island from Australian winemaking familyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHamilton Island, a popular tropical holiday destination on the Great Barrier Reef, has bee…

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