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Hackers hit Star Wars collectable trading card firm Topps with ‘unforgivable’ hack

NIS America hacked: Customer payment card data stolen, $5 off next purchase offered as apology gift

"We would not be reopening our online stores if we did not feel confident that they are a safe place to shop," the company said.

Mar 5, 2018

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

Throwboy clothing line throws massive shade at Apple with its new t-shirts

Sick of the recent troubles surrounding your iPhone? A pillow company has made a line of t-shirts to mock Apple.

Mar 2, 2018

By James Hetherington

Apple IPhone IOS

Twitterverse links US DoD’s mental health tweet to Trump's social media use

Beware the risk of employee burnout

Stress is a significant contributor to poor mental health, low productivity and absenteeism for the UK workforce.

Mar 2, 2018

By Chieu Cao

KFC runs low on gravy only days after it shut stores due to a chicken shortage

KFC has run short of gravy, only days after hundreds of its outlets stayed closed due to a chicken shortage.

Mar 1, 2018

By Brendan Cole

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World's biggest music streaming site Spotify lists to go public on NYSE

Spotify has filed to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange directly instead of a normal IPO in which shares are issued with the price underwritten by investment banks.

Feb 28, 2018

By Brendan Cole

Fox 'going 100mph' on superhero projects Silver Surfer, X-Force and Dr Doom

With Disney's proposed purchase of 20th Century Fox looming, Fox is reportedly "going 100 miles per hour" to get the most out of its Marvel Comics properties.

Feb 28, 2018

By Ben Skipper

Disney

Jobs bloodbath on the high street: Prezzo, Toys R Us and Maplin set to shut hundreds of stores

Three major chains today announced that they were either entering administration or closing branches.

Feb 28, 2018

By Jordan Bhatt

Toys R Us enters administration placing 3,000 jobs at risk

All 81 branches of the children's toy store are expected to remain open for the foreseeable future,

Feb 28, 2018

By Jordan Bhatt

United Kingdom

Tax campaigners beat Apple's bid to ban protests

Campaign group Attac staged sit-in protests in Apple stores in Paris in November and December last year.

Feb 24, 2018

By Dan Cancian

Apple

Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War

Biggest mistake in film history? How Sony missed Marvel's $20 billion catalogue of superheroes

It's been revealed that Sony Pictures had the opportunity to buy the film rights to Marvel's entirely catalogue of superheroes for just $25 million back in 1998.

Feb 21, 2018

By Ben Skipper

Marvel Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man Sony

Legendary guitar-maker hanging by a string: Gibson faces bankruptcy

The iconic guitar-maker Gibson that has been used by pop stars as diverse as Bob Marley and Guns N' Roses axeman could face bankruptcy.

Feb 19, 2018

By Roger Baird

Internet reacts to KFC stores across the U.K. running out of chicken

Where can you still buy KFC? 600 UK stores close due to supplier problems

UK residents marching to KFC for a feed of fried chicken are being turned away by locked doors and closure signs.

Feb 19, 2018

By James Hetherington

World's tallest wooden skyscraper to tower over Tokyo

A Japanese firm has announced plans for the world's tallest wooden building, a 70-storey skyscraper in Tokyo that aims to turn "towns into forests".

Feb 14, 2018

By Roger Baird

Barclays Bank charged over 2008 Qatar fundraising

Barclays had already been charged for "unlawful financial assistance" in relation to the fundraising in July.

Feb 12, 2018

By Dan Cancian

Barclays LON:BARC

Tesco equal pay claim could set supermarket giant back £4bn

Britain's largest retailer faces what could be largest ever equal pay claim as female workers earn £3 an hour less than men.

Feb 7, 2018

By Dan Cancian

LON:TSCO

Outrage over Virgin Trains' West Coast contract after its losses on East Coast line could see it renationalised

Transport secretary Chris Grayling says the huge losses suffered by the East Coast railway could mean it gets renationalised.

Feb 5, 2018

By Brendan Cole

Lloyds Bank bans customers from buying bitcoin on their credit cards

Bitcoin lost 30% of its value last week, ending at $8,291.87, less than half its $19,000 value reached in November.

Feb 5, 2018

By Dan Cancian

Bitcoin LON:LLOY

Carillion: Almost 400 workers lose their jobs after company's collapse

Construction giant collapsed into liquidation last month threatening approximately 20,000 jobs in the UK.

Feb 2, 2018

By Dan Cancian

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NHS charged £1,500 for £1.73 pot of moisturiser by owner of Boots

Cost of custom-made drugs sparks warning from health service that companies deliberately hiking prices could face legal action.

Feb 2, 2018

By Dan Cancian

NHS

A search is underway for surfwear and fashion boss Pierre Agnes after his empty boast was washed up in southwest France

Pierre Agnes: Mystery surrounds multimillionaire boss lost at sea for second day

Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of surfwear and fashion boss Pierre Agnes after his boat was washed up empty on a beach in south west France two days ago.

Jan 31, 2018

By Roger Baird

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