Why paying £5 for a latte is here to stay

Danielle KayeBusiness reporter Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images It’s been a roller-coaster year for financial markets – but US stock investors are heading into 2026 on a high note. US President Donald Trump’s global trade tariffs sent shockwaves through markets in the spring. But by summer, the US saw record highs fuelled by strong company…

Suranjana Tewari,Asia Business Correspondentand Lily Jamali,North America Technology Correspondent VCG via Getty Images TikTok announced on Thursday that it has finalised a deal that will allow the hugely popular short-video app to continue operating in the US. The deal comes after a years-long tussle between Washington and Beijing that began in Trump’s first term in…

Despite switching his tax residency, Ratcliffe still gets about with properties spread between London, the Hampshire coast and New Forest, the French Alps, Switzerland and Monaco, as well as owning two superyachts and a Manchester-based football club to support.

Belby, a district nurse, had hoped to get the money returned in time for Christmas but found the process of trying to secure her refund slow and stressful, especially because she said she was given conflicting information and was quoted two vastly different figures of how much she was owed.