Octopus Energy buys Danish startup BD Energy to bolster automated power trading
Octopus Energy has acquired BD Energy, a Danish startup whose algorithms buy and sell electricity almost entirely without human traders, as the British group looks...
Mike Lynch’s estate wins right to challenge £920m HP fraud ruling
The estate of Mike Lynch has been granted permission to challenge a court order requiring it to pay Hewlett Packard (HP) £920 million over the...
Aldi accused of desperation after attack on supermarket loyalty schemes
Aldi has been accused of desperation by senior retail figures after its UK chief executive attacked rival supermarkets’ loyalty schemes, just as industry data showed...
Shop price inflation hits two-year high as energy costs reach the shelves
Shop price inflation climbed to its highest level in more than two years in August, as retailers began passing higher energy, input and commodity costs...
Amazon accused of rigging ad auctions as FTC and 22 states allege $20bn overcharge
Amazon secretly overcharged more than a million advertising customers by manipulating the online auctions it uses to set ad prices, according to a lawsuit filed...
Parents of seriously ill children should get 12 weeks’ paid leave, says children’s commissioner
Parents of seriously ill children should be given three months of paid leave so they do not have to choose between holding down a job...