3 h. ago Tesla set to offer Elon Musk new pay deal that could be worth $1TRILLION

The billionaire, already the world's richest man, will receive the equivalent of £740billion if the electric car giant hits certain targets over the next decade.

Economics

12 h. ago Elon Musk could become world’s first trillionaire under new Tesla pay deal

The EV maker’s CEO has to hit some huge targets to get the full award - including making Tesla the world’s biggest company

Economics

15 h. ago Tesla proposes $1tn pay package for Elon Musk; markets brace for US jobs report – business live

Musk would need to hit a series of market value, profit and operational milestones to earn mega-payoutFull story: Retail sales rise but ONS apologises as statistics crisis deepensFull story: Average UK house price reaches record £299,331, says HalifaxBarbara Teixeira Araujo, economist at Moody’s Analytics, says today’s retail sales report shows that the first quarter of the year was not as strong as previously thought:“That U.K. retail sales rose by a strong 0.6% month over month in July—building on a 0.3% increase in June—was definitely good news, especially given the bad vibes coming from the labour market. But we caution against reading too much into the headline.Not only did the underlying pace of growth remain lacklustre, with growth still falling by 0.6% q/q in the three months to July, but there are now significant questions around the reliability of those figures. Issues found with seasonal adjustment led to a thorough overhaul of the methodology this month, resulting in a c...

Economics

17 h. ago Women's Rugby World Cup: How to buy tickets, admission prices, tournament dates, and venues

The 16-team competition is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of supporters

Economics

29 h. ago Trump set to host US tech leaders at Rose Garden – minus Elon Musk

Tesla CEO’s absence is marked departure from his constant presence at the White House in early days of Trump 2.0When Donald Trump hosts leaders from the US’ biggest tech companies at a lavish Rose Garden dinner on Thursday night, there will be one notable absence. Elon Musk, once inseparable from Trump and a constant, contentious presence in the White House, will not be in attendance.The dinner, which will include Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Apple’s Tim Cook and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, is exactly the type of event where Musk would have sat at Trump’s right hand only a few months ago. Instead, the Tesla CEO stated on his social media platform X that he was invited but could not make it. He said he planned to send a representative. He spent the day on X posting a familiar stream of attacks on immigration and trans people. Continue reading...

Politics

29 h. ago Elon Musk's daughter admits they 'don't have hundreds of thousands of dollars'

Elon Musk's newly-confirmed daughter Vivian, 21, has addressed the misconceptions surrounding her wealth and her relationship with her father and the tech entrepreneur's family

Politics

37 h. ago Fraudulent stockbroker who went from 'partying with Rihanna' to jail returns to court

James Bufton, 31, was made subject to a Serious Crime Prevention Order after conning close family members and friends out of hundreds and thousands of pounds.

Events

37 h. ago The US is losing space race to China due to Starship delays, ex

World’s biggest rocket has suffered multiple setbacks since Elon Musk secured a multi-billion dollar contract with Nasa to deliver astronauts to the Moon

Politics

38 h. ago Australia agrees record payout for victims of illegal Robodebt scheme

Hundreds of thousands of Australians wrongly accused of owing welfare debts to share $475m compensation

Events

42 h. ago Ryan Thomas' daughter does makeup on train on way to studio after skipping GCSE exams

Ryan Thomas' daughter Scarlett, who recently admitted she didn't sit her GCSE exams, did her makeup on the train as she made her way to the music studio this week

Politics

47 h. ago Trump to host top tech CEOs — except Musk — at White House dinner Thursday

President Donald Trump will host a high-powered list of tech CEOs for a dinner at the White House on Thursday night

Politics

52 h. ago X down in major outage as thousands left unable to access Elon Musk's platform

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Politics

54 h. ago Elon Musk says Optimus robots will save Tesla. But many of them don’t work yet

As Tesla suffers a worldwide slowdown in sales, the world’s richest person is pinning his hopes on humanoid robots to conquer the future. But it’s not even clear yet whether they can operate on their own

Technology

57 h. ago Nigel Farage's lunch date with Trump after claims US visit to 'impress Elon Musk'

The Reform leader found himself squirming when repeatedly questioned about the Epstein Files - which one Congressman suggested might make his lunch with the US President "awkward for your lunch"

Politics

58 h. ago Nigel Farage accused of badmouthing Britain to impress Elon Musk in Congress showdown

An evidence session to the House Judiciary committee descended into a furious row between Farage and Democrat member Hank Johnson of Georgia, who claimed Farage was "carrying water" for Elon Musk

Politics

61 h. ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan to sue Met over arrest for ‘anti

JK Rowling and Elon Musk among high-profile critics of arrest of Irish comedian, 57, by armed officers after stepping off flight at Heathrow

Events

61 h. ago Elon Musk's daughter 'doesn't have a lot of money' despite dad's huge wealth

Vivian Wilson, 21, has previouly hit out at her dad Elon Musk after he came out as being against her transition to becoming a woman and for backing Donald Trump

Economics

64 h. ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan releases audio of trans tweets arrest: 'Holy s**t, I don't believe it'

The Father Ted creator is heard being told to ‘calm down’ by police, as he responds: ‘I won’t calm down’

Events

64 h. ago Elon Musk’s estranged daughter says she ‘doesn’t have a lot of money’ after cutting ties with world’s richest man

Vivian Wilson, 21, says she lives with roommates in Los Angeles but is ‘much more fortunate than most people my age’ and has no desire to be ‘superrich’

Politics

64 h. ago Elon Musk says UK has become a 'police state' amid backlash over Graham Linehan's trans tweets arrest

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is expected to raise the issue in front of the House Judiciary Committee in Washington

Events