Unstaffed tills were supposed to revolutionise shopping. Now, both retailers and customers are bagging many self-checkout kiosks. It’s a common sight at many retail stores: a queue of people, waiting to use a self-checkout...
Scores of patients quietly fill a modest tin shed which serves as a waiting area at a cancer hospital in Silchar, in north-eastern India. Over the last few months, Cachar Cancer Centre in the...
Grocery giant Carrefour will stop selling Pepsi products in France, citing “unacceptable price increases”. The supermarket started putting up signs in stores on Thursday to inform customers of the decision, which will affect products...
Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, has rowed back on criticism he made last year that the UK was “bad for business”. Mr Smith made the comments after the competition watchdog initially blocked the tech giant’s...
Oil giant BP will pause all shipments of oil through the Red Sea after recent attacks on vessels by Houthi rebels. The firm blamed the “deteriorating security situation” in the region as Iran-backed Houthis...
Accommodation website Airbnb has agreed to pay the Italian tax authorities €576m ($620m; £496m) to settle a tax dispute. Italy says the amount relates to money the company had failed to collect in income...
Jobs growth in the US was stronger than expected last month, in part boosted as striking workers in Hollywood and the car industry returned to work. Employers added 199,000 jobs in November, the Labor...