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Japan’s two largest commercial airlines are toughening their stances against travelers who verbally or physically abuse airline staff. Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways updated their websites Friday with “customer harassment” policies, in the wake of rising instances of front-line worker abuse occurring across industries in Japan. Using similarly worded language, the two airlines cited

Steve Varley, the former head of EY in the UK and Ireland, will this week be named as the chairman of the first law firm to list on London’s stock market. Sky News has learnt that Mr Varley, who stepped down as the audit firm’s chairman and managing partner in 2020, is to chair DWF,

A screen displays stock figures at the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corp. headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Optimism in artificial intelligence drove up Taiwan’s stock market in the first of the 2024, making it the top performing market in Asia-Pacific so far this year. The Taiwan

The outgoing boss of Boots is leaving to run Veonet, one of Europe’s largest chains of ophthalmology clinics. Sky News has learnt that Sebastian James is to become the new group chief executive of Veonet, which is owned by the private equity firm PAI Partners and Canada’s Ontario Teachers Pension Plan. He will leave Boots

Beryl strengthened into a hurricane Saturday as it churned toward the southeastern Caribbean, with forecasters warning it was expected to become a dangerous major storm before reaching Barbados late Sunday or early Monday. A major hurricane is considered Category 3 or higher, with winds of at least 111 mph (178 kph). At midafternoon Saturday, Beryl

The chief executive of Boots, Britain’s biggest high street pharmacy chain, is quitting after its owner’s plans for a £5bn sale or stock market listing stalled. Sky News has learnt that Sebastian James, who has run Boots since 2018, will leave the company in November. City sources said this weekend that he had accepted a

The front desk of the Amazon office is pictured in New York, May 1, 2019. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Amazon is ramping up its development of artificial intelligence technology, hiring top talent from AI agent startup Adept and licensing the company’s technology. Rohit Prasad, a senior vice president and head scientist who oversees Amazon’s artificial

A total of 27 Just Stop Oil supporters have been arrested on suspicion of planning to disrupt airports this summer, the Metropolitan Police has said. The arrests were made in London, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Devon, Essex, Manchester, Surrey, Sussex, Norfolk and West Yorkshire. “Among those held were several high-profile members of Just Stop Oil who we

A dog looks out the window from a Tesla electric vehicle charging at a Tesla Supercharger location in Santa Monica, California on May 15, 2024.  Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Tesla is losing its lead over legacy automakers in the quality of its new all-electric vehicles, according to an annual influential study

One of the policy areas on which the Labour Party has been very specific during this general election campaign is its approach towards North Sea oil and gas production. The party has been clear that it will raise existing windfall taxes first slapped on North Sea oil and gas producers in 2022 by Rishi Sunak,

Sheets of newly-designed Japanese 10,000 yen banknotes move through a machine at the National Printing Bureau Tokyo plant in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Persistent weakness in the yen is raising concerns about the potential for a resurgence in cost-push inflation, likely weighing on private consumption. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The

An operator of Formula One driving simulators is raising £100m to fund its expansion in a financing round backed by the sport’s owner. Sky News has learnt that F1 Arcade is close to finalising the new debt facility with Liberty Media, the British challenger bank Oaknorth and Cheyne, an investment fund. City sources said on

Sydney Harbour taking in the Harbour Bridge, Opera House and ferries at sunrise during the COVID-19 pandemic on April 20, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. James D. Morgan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were mixed Wednesday as Australia’s inflation rate climbed for a third straight month, while semiconductor and related stocks jumped

Just 18% of companies in the UK are led by women, and while data suggests female entrepreneurs are on the rise, men still receive more funding and are entrusted with higher average loans to get them started. In an eight-part series for Sky News’ Money blog, our reporter Jess Sharp speaks to women who are

From left, Reps. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, and Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, display Texas temporary tattoos to mark Texas Independence Day, which in on March 2nd, on the house steps of the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Tom Williams |

Only a few thousand miles on the clock but your car keeps breaking down? Insurance bumping up with every garage visit? You’re not the only one… Money blog reader Adam, from Derbyshire, asked: “I own a 2022 Range Rover Evoque (hybrid), the car has done 11,000 miles and I have owned it from brand new.