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Why Is Halloween Candy So Expensive?
The average cost of a 100-piece bag has jumped 71 percent in the last five years. Consumers are thinking twice about what they’ll spend.
Luxury cruise passengers stranded in Cambodia due to soaring fuel costs
The Villa Vie Odyssey suspends its voyage and is working with passengers on "temporary living arrangements".
Asia shares up ahead of US tech results
Asia stocks rallied on Wednesday after a resurgence in AI enthusiasm ahead of earnings from industry bellwethers later in the US day, while the dollar was perky ahead of a Federal Reserve policy decision. The AI rally faces its next test when technology giants Alphabet and Microsoft report earnings after market close, with investors looking for evidence of returns that would justify the hefty price of AI build-out. Ahead of US earnings, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.85 percent in early Asia trade, with Japan's Nikkei adding 1.2 percent and South Korea's Kospi jumping more than three percent. The Hang Seng Index was slightly lower in mid-morning trade, down 0.02 percent, at 23,036. (Reuters) Edited by Aaron Tam
Judge Limits Candace Owens’s Liability in Macron Defamation Case
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife, Brigitte, sued Candace Owens in 2025 over claims she made about Ms. Macron’s gender. A judge said the court had jurisdiction over her companies but not her.
Tax on banks, energy bill help and minimum wage rise - what could be in the Budget?
Chancellor John Healey will set out his plans for UK taxes on 28 October.
I get £4,062 a year and am trying my best - here's what I want from the Budget
People on a range of incomes from £4,062 to £150,000 a year tell the BBC what they want to see in this year's Budget.
'An annoying buzz': The search for stealthier drones
As drone deliveries become more commonplace, their makers are looking for ways to make them quieter.
US consumer confidence up in October on fuel cost lull
US consumer confidence improved in October, driven primarily by a lull in fuel price increases, according to a key indicator published on Tuesday, a week before crucial midterm elections that will decide control of Congress. The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index rose by 7.5 points to 91.7 in October, the organisation said in a statement. The data defied analyst expectations of a drop in confidence. "The recovery was in line with retail gasoline prices easing from September to October," said Fergus McCormick, senior economist at the Conference Board. "Yet, despite the increase in October, consumer confidence remained on the long-term downward trend that's persisted over the past few years." The rising cost of living is a core voter concern going into the November 3 elections, in which the Democratic Party is seeking to wrest control of Congress from US President Donald Trump's Republicans. Trump's war on Iran has driven up global energy prices, exacerbating already high inflation in the United States as the price for regular petrol has increased by more than 40 percent since the start of the conflict. Trump welcomed the October consumer confidence data in a post on social media, calling it "an extremely big rise." (AFP) Edited by Cecil Wong
China's families are now supporting more old people than kids
The latest figures mark a major milestone as Beijing grapples with an ageing population.
Plaid demands more cash, but how could the Budget affect Wales?
Welsh Finance Minister Elin Jones has called for a spending plan that "finally treats us fairly".