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Jeffrey Epstein had power and influence because he had money.

Pimco, the giant asset management group, is backing a £3bn deal orchestrated by the sports investment vehicle which owns stakes in the women's professional tennis tour and Premiership Rugby.

BP has reported a 16% drop in annual profits following the slump in wholesale oil prices towards the end of 2025.

Instagram and YouTube have been accused of "engineer[ing] addiction in children's brains", in the opening statements of a landmark social media trial taking place in LA.

The jewellery tycoon, alleged to have orchestrated a £170m scam which defrauded a legion of wealthy investors, will be declared bankrupt if a bid by his former company's liquidators is successful.

When leading AI company Anthropic launched its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, at the end of last week, it broke many measures of intelligence and effectiveness - including one crucial benchmark: the vending machine test.

The government has announced new legislation to tackle "perverse incentives that discourage work", which will affect Universal Credit's health element and standard allowance.

Millions more workers could be indirectly affected by changes to the salary sacrifice scheme announced in the November budget, a former pensions minister has warned.

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Backlash has erupted over the launch of a David Lloyd pass allowing people to "queue jump" for tennis court access if they pay more money.