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Why car dealers may face a bumpy road ahead

Why do so many of us think we can successfully haggle over the price of a new car with a professional salesman? ...

US-China chip war: How the technology dispute is playing out

The US is rapidly ramping up efforts to try to hobble China's progress in the semiconductor industry - vital for everything from smartphones to weapons of war. ...

Skilled tech workers snapped up despite downturn

Jaydeep Vacchani, a software developer in Toronto, began to hunt for a new job just as the surge of layoffs in the technology sector spread across the world. ...

Strikes: Will the clash between workers and firms ever end?

In all my years covering business, I've never witnessed a collision between workers and employers like this. ...

Taiwan's front-line battle against mobile phone fraud

Telecoms security boss Jeff Kuo says that fighting mobile phone fraud is a constant battle, and that Taiwan is on the front line. ...

Ukraine war: Germany to cover energy bills as gas prices soar

The air is warm and buttery as workers knead mounds of raisin-flecked dough inside the Kexerei bakery in Dresden. This is the busiest time of year but, like every other business and household in the country, the firm's bills are going up, diminishing the festive cheer. ...

The little-known nut that may save at-risk rainforests

Food scientist Marcello Giannuzzi asks an intriguing question. ...

Rwanda's electric vehicle push has a faltering start

Known as the land of a thousand hills, Rwanda might not be the obvious place to launch electric vehicles. ...

Are flying taxis getting closer to lift-off?

Flying taxis appear to be a bit closer to getting off the ground. ...

Is this really the end of Twitter?

Twitter today is awash with people saying goodbye. ...

Small firms have a big role fighting climate change

For the past two years, Nikhil Arora has been working hard to cut his organic gardening company's carbon footprint, taking small steps, like shifting away from plastic packaging, to make his business, Back to the Roots, the most environmentally efficient it has ever been. ...

What to do with 18 shipping containers of rotting cabbages

Not many people would know what to do with 18 containers filled with rotting cabbages. ...

Why smart thermostats don't always save you money

A few years ago, Dominic McCann realised that his smart thermostat was a treasure trove of data. So he decided to hack it, in order to track what his boiler was doing literally every minute of the day. ...

The shops that connect people with their home countries

At family-owned food shop Popat Mithai & Farsan, owner Vijaya Popat and her all-female team are often so busy dealing with customers in multiple languages that there's barely time to sit down, let alone chat with a nosy journalist. ...

Cyber-attacks on small firms: The US economy's 'Achilles heel'?

When Elana Graham started selling cyber-security software to small companies five years ago, business was relatively slow. ...

Why an old train could point to a clean energy future

An old diesel freight train in British Columbia, Canada is about to get a new lease of life. ...

Ten days of Twitter "chaos"

Elon Musk has a reputation for being an erratic, but brilliant business leader. In his first 10 days as Twitter boss, we have seen more of the former than the latter. ...