Solar sailing

How can you create public transport in the jungle without polluting it? The isolated Achuar peoples of Ecuador have created an ingenious solution.

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Robo farmers

Farmers are working on robotic solutions due to a shortage of human workers to pick difficult crops.

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Justin Trudeau wants 'seamless' UK trade deal after Brexit

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants a deal that will "flip over the day after Brexit".

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Bitcoin peaks and falls become race tracks

The rapidly changing value of crypto-currency has been turned into a mobile game.

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Recession risk

The World Trade Organization faces challenges on two fronts that threaten the way it does business.

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Heartbreak hotel

Chris Richardson's life fell apart after the bank took his hotel and sold it to its own property division.

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De La Rue abandons passport appeal

The firm gives up its efforts to challenge government decision over new UK passport manufacture.

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Bullring owner Hammerson pulls back from Intu takeover

Bullring shopping centre owner Hammerson tells shareholders it no longer wants to buy rival Intu.

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Facebook seeks facial recognition consent in EU and Canada

Amid a privacy crisis, Facebook asks permission to expand use of facial recognition technology.

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Costa Coffee vows 'cup recycling revolution'

The UK's biggest coffee chain says it will recycle as many disposable cups as it sells by 2020.

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China imposes anti-dumping deposits on US sorghum

US sorghum producers are looking at "all legal options" available to them in response to China's move.

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Starbucks to shut over 8,000 US cafes for race training

The coffee store chain will close all its branches in the US for "racial bias" education.

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Lloyds Banking Group to close 49 branches

About 1,200 jobs are affected by the closures, but the bank says staff will be redeployed where possible.

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Wish.com: Penis advert appeared in video game apps

US retailer Wish.com is admonished by UK ad watchdog for the third time since November.

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IMF predicts stronger growth but warns of risks

The IMF forecasts global growth this year to be the strongest since 2011, but warns over trade barriers.

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More heavy losses for Johnston Press

The publisher of the i newspaper, the Scotsman and Yorkshire Post reports a pre-tax loss of £95m.

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Pound remains close to post-Brexit high

Sterling hovers around $1.43 amid expectations the Bank of England will raise interest rates.

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China opens car market after US tensions

The plans will change rules that require global carmakers to work through state-owned partners.

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Matthew Mellon: US billionaire dies in Mexico

Matthew Mellon, the scion of two US banking dynasties, passed away in a rehab centre in Mexico.

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'Renting is cheaper' as house prices 'too ridiculous'

Leah Wilson, who is in her early 20s, says she struggles to save for a house.

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