OpenAI ends Disney partnership as it closes Sora video-making app

Nick Edserbusiness reporter Getty Images The UK economy grew slightly in August, official figures show, as focus intensifies on what measures the government might unveil in next month’s Budget. An increase in manufacturing output helped the economy expand by 0.1%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, but the figure for July was revised down…

Natalie Sherman,Business reporter and Danielle Kaye,Business reporter Bloomberg via Getty Images When President Donald Trump last week removed tariffs on more than 200 products, it represented something of a political earthquake, and marked a significant concession on a hallmark White House policy The decision, which critics said was long overdue, came as the president returned…

“Foreign workers play a very important role when it comes to Spain’s macroeconomic success: the growth of its GDP, its strong and resilient labour market,” Elma Saiz, Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Immigration, tells the BBC. She underlines that, of the country’s 22 million registered workers, 14.1% are foreigners.

The war has reduced the passage of tankers through the strait to a trickle. Only 15 vessels have made the trip since Tuesday, compared to an average of almost 140 each day prior to the outbreak of the conflict, carrying a fifth of the world’s oil and gas supplies. Almost 800 ships have been left…

It’s also a job that calls for steady legs and a strong stomach. Unlike the fixed Jackdaw platform, this installation – 80 miles north west of Shetland–is a large ship, a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) named the Petrojarl Rosebank. It’s been chartered by the field’s owners from Aberdeen-based Altera and, during my…