Business & Finance

Cryptocurrency worth more than $6.3bn (£4.7bn) has been stolen from a major exchange - with one industry insider telling Sky News it is "the largest bank heist in human history".

The Northern Irish company attempting to stage a solvent rescue of Poundland has told the discount retailer's administrator-in-waiting that it remains keen on a deal which could save more than 10,000 jobs.

Profits at the UK-based oil and gas giant BP have hit an 18-year high, surpassing the level seen during the 2022 energy crisis.

The head of the luxury car-maker Bugatti has promised to stop leaving his keys in his own car after his £2m model was stolen from a company site in Zagreb.

Yorkshire Water has announced its chief executive is stepping down - a day after the company was given the lowest environmental rating by regulators.

The FTSE-100 owner of the Premier Inn hotel chain has won public backing from a top-25 shareholder as it tries to thwart an activist investor's boardroom raid.

Shares in Google's parent company Alphabet have suffered their worst-ever day on the US stock market, falling more than 12% and knocking around half a trillion dollars off its value.

Poundland has filed notice to appoint administrators, bringing it one step closer to collapse.

The UK's largest mortgage lender has seen profits nearly double as customers pay higher interest rates.

The French head of the European Central Bank (ECB) is to step down from the role, just months ahead of the troubled country's presidential election.