The Gomorrah author Roberto Saviano will appear at the Frankfurt book fair this week despite being snubbed by the organisers of the official Italian delegation, setting the scene for a clash between the country’s far-right government and its most prominent writers. Saviano, one of Italy’s bestselling living writers and an ardent critic of the far-right…
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images UnitedHealth Group provided a 2025 profit forecast below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, saying it expects pressure across its government-supported health insurance businesses, and its shares fell 9%. The largest U.S. health insurer forecast a profit of as much as $30 per share. That upper end was below…
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images UnitedHealth Group provided a 2025 profit forecast below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, saying it expects pressure across its government-supported health insurance businesses, and its shares fell 9%. The largest U.S. health insurer forecast a profit of as much as $30 per share. That upper end was below…
Boris Johnson’s memoir, Unleashed, sold 42,528 copies in its opening week after being published on 10 October, making it the bestselling book of last week. This means Johnson has outsold David Cameron’s 2019 memoir, For the Record, which sold 20,792 copies in the week it was published, though Tony Blair’s memoir, A Journey, sold 92,060…
Walgreens Boots Alliance said on Tuesday it would shut 1,200 stores over the next three years as the new CEO, Tim Wentworth, plots a turnaround at the struggling pharmacy chain operator hit by sluggish consumer spending and low drug reimbursement rates. The company also narrowly beat Wall Street’s lowered estimates for fourth-quarter adjusted profit, and…
Boeing is seeking to raise up to $25bn (£19bn) in an attempt to shore up its finances as the planemaker struggles with production delays amid a strike by 33,000 workers and ongoing safety concerns. A regulatory filing by the company on Tuesday said it intended to raise the money through a stock and debt offering,…
The “dynamic pricing” of concert tickets will be banned as the federal government cracks down on “dodgy” trading practices and tackles hidden fees and subscription “traps” for online shopping, gym memberships and airline tickets. Anthony Albanese and the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, will on Wednesday announce plans to ban unfair trading practices under Australian consumer law,…
Climate campaigners have asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to investigate whether “fly carbon neutral” and other sustainability claims by Qantas are misleading or deceptive. The greenwashing complaint, filed by the Environmental Defenders Office on behalf of research and advocacy organisation Climate Integrity, urged the competition watchdog to investigate the airline’s marketing materials and…
Global public debt to pass $100tn this year, warns IMF Global public debt is on track to exceed $100tn by the end of this year, the International Monetary Fund has warned. In its latest fiscal monitor report, the Fund says: Global public debt is very high. It is expected to exceed $100 trillion, or about…
An exclusive look inside one of the largest automated parking system in the world. CNBC’s Ray Parisi travels thru the system in a 488 Spider Ferrari to show you exactly how robots precisely lift, spin, and park it while he’s inside with cameras. Hidden inside a 46-story luxury condominium in Miami is a thirteen story…
