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Sports Direct founder says he will abstain from the vote but insists his brother should 'get paid' by the company

As Christmas approaches, British parents are being warned that some cutting-edge children's toys could easily be hijacked by cybercriminals – and urged to take precautions.

Chinese police say they have busted an underground bank used to smuggle a staggering 20 billion yuan ($3 billion) out of the country.

Commercial spying apps for Android devices are being openly advertised on Google and – upon installation – can be used to snoop on text messages, phonecalls and Facebook chats.

With the cacophony of deals this holiday season, shoppers need to be extra careful and be wary of the risks when making purchases.

Agency staff working for the airline told they could be summoned to fill rostering gaps at short notice if they don't meet targets.

Manjit Wolstenholme had only been appointed executive chairman in August after troubled lender issued its second profit warning.

Benoit Coeure, a senior central banking official, says "economic agents could become less anchored to actual activity and more prone to manias and panics."

Slowdown in housing market and Bank of England's rate rise earmarked as the main factors behind a decline in confidence.

Two rare Gottfried Lindauer paintings were stolen from a gallery in New Zealand in April, one of which is now up for sale on the dark web.

Ahead of Ivanka Trump's visit to Hyderabad for the GES 2017, the city has been put through a cleanse that involved rounding up homeless people and stray dogs.

Hackers have begun sending potential Uber users phishing emails, specifically tailored to trick them into divulging account passwords.

Firefox, the internet browser developed and maintained by Mozilla, will have the ability to warn internet users if a website they are viewing has been hacked in the past.

The world's first all-you-can-fly subscription-based airline that deploys private jets says it is responding to users' feedback.

Development comes as room rates in hotels owned by the US President's company have plunged over 60% in the last 12 months.

Unable to pin a figure on the cost of servicing UK debt under a Labour government, shadow chancellor claims any amount he borrows would 'pay for itself.'

The chancellor said in his Budget speech to parliament that Britain is now "the world's sixth-largest economy".

Policymakers must stop pretending they can fix broken markets with more and more regulation.

ONS data confirms UK economy grew 0.4% on a quarterly basis in the three months to the end of September.

Think tank says Philip Hammond's decision to cut stamp duty is a 'very poor way to boost home ownership'.

The Megaupload founder took to Twitter to warn that breaking net neutrality would "accelerate" people adopting a "new network".

Falling demand and lower wholesale gas prices would cut power prices, research suggests.

Car output rose 3.5% compared to a year earlier in October to 157,056 units, mainly due to a 5% increase in the number of cars built for export.

"We expect this technique to be rehashed, broadened, and repurposed for other cyberattacks," Trend Micro researchers said.

Uber reportedly said that it was still unable to confirm how many British customers' data may have been compromised.

Barclays bank has warned customers about a rise in text-based phishing scams attempting to steal personal details, stressing it will never send out official links via SMS messages.

Chancellor Philip Hammond downgrades economic forecasts and unveils appealing policy morsels.

Chancellor pledges to invest £44bn to revive Britain's housing sector and delivers £3.75bn boost to NHS.

Professor Anasse Bari of New York University, formerly with the World Bank Group, is a prominent figure in the realm of predictive analytics.