10 h. ago Top doctor reveals the biggest medical myth we've all fallen for... and it's cost us billions

This long-believed medical myth spawned the $8.4billion diet market, produced generations of cardiologists advising against certain foods and fueled a $47 billion statin market.

Science

4 d. ago The truth about a billionaire city you've never heard of, where homes cost $78M and getting drunk is illegal

The few hundred well-heeled inhabitants of the City of Bradbury, just two miles square, want to keep their uber-wealthy community an exclusive enclave.

Economics

8 d. ago Trump’s auto tariffs expected to cost industry over $100 billion, with millions fewer cars sold

Vehicle sales are predicted to plummet from auto tariffs and tightened spending by Americans due to import taxes on other goods

Economics

1 week ago NHS England job cuts down to ‘failure of the system’, Streeting says

The Health Secretary also said reports suggesting the cuts could cost up to £1 billion is not an ‘unreasonable ballpark figure’.

Events

1 week ago Blackwall Tunnel charge: Everything you need to know about car tolls on new Thames tunnel

The new tunnel cost £2.2 billion

Politics

2 w. ago Trump hits UK with 10% tariffs as he ignites global trade war

Britain gets off comparatively lightly but US president’s action could still cost billions in lost growthUS politics – latest updatesDonald Trump has hit the UK with tariffs of 10% on exports to the US as he ignited a global trade war that could wipe billions off economic growth.The US president accused other nations, including allies, of “looting, pillaging, raping and plundering” the US, as he announced tariffs on economic rivals including 20% on the EU and 34% on China as part of what he dubbed “liberation day”. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Disastrous Heathrow power cut will cost airlines up to £100m, MPs told

Heathrow boss says it would cost £1 billion to protect airport from closure during a similar power cut in future

Economics

2 w. ago Scientists release plans for an even bigger atom smasher along the French

Scientists at the world’s largest atom smasher have released a blueprint for a much bigger successor that could help solve enigmas of physics, starting in the mid-2040s at a cost of about $16 billion

Politics

3 w. ago Bill to nationalise polluting water companies blocked by Government

Clive Lewis says his Water Bill would operate a ‘three strikes and you’re out’ policy but Government points to £200 billion cost.

Politics

3 w. ago US judge calls heat in Texas prisons ‘unconstitutional’ but does not order AC

Lawsuit from advocates argues brutal heat routinely rising above 100F amounts to cruel and unusual punishmentA federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons was “plainly unconstitutional” but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditioning, which could cost billions.The ruling affirmed claims brought by advocates of people incarcerated in Texas, where summer heat routinely soars above 100F (38C) for weeks. But they will have to continue pressing their lawsuit later in a trial. Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago Donald Trump's bizarre 'Golden Dome' plan that will cost billions

Donald Trump's plans have drawn to other failed defence concepts, such as Reagan's much maligned 'Star Wars' system, and would potentially cost billion if actually built

Politics

4 w. ago Labour pledges to ‘tear down’ barriers after new figures reveal Brexit costing UK business £37bn a year

Exclusive: Billions of pounds worth of lost business with other European Union countries prompts calls to re-enter customs union and single market

Economics

4 w. ago Labour pledge to ‘tear down’ barriers after new figures reveal Brexit costing UK business £37bn a year

Exclusive: Billions of pounds worth of lost business with other European Union countries prompts calls to re-enter customs union and single market

Economics