Social media firms asked to toughen up age checks for under-13s

Archie MitchellBusiness reporter Getty Images Adverts by four of Britain’s biggest hotel and travel firms have been banned for stating misleading minimum prices for rooms. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld complaints against the Hilton hotel group, Travelodge, Booking.com and Accor over their use of eye-catching so-called “from” prices. The watchdog found only a small…

Danielle Kayeand Natalie Sherman Watch: Trump claims “prices are coming down” at a rally in Pennsylvania President Donald Trump has told a campaign-style rally that consumer prices are falling “tremendously”, as he seeks to allay voter anxiety about the cost of living in the US. In a speech at a casino in the battleground state…

BBC Deputy Rob Ward said the new childcare payments system provided “flexibility” for parents Jersey’s education minister has defended a new scheme that allows parents to claim back childcare costs for toddlers. From next month any parent regardless of income or working requirements will be able to apply to claim up to £6,270 per school…

SpaceX investors have swung from celebration to apparent concern in its first month as a publicly traded company. When shares in the firm, co-founded and led by Elon Musk, first became available for individuals to buy on the public stock market on 12 June, there was an investor frenzy. Although the company had decided to…