Bloomberg UK inflation held at a 5 1/2-year high in October, as cheaper auto fuel offset the rising cost of food. Consumer prices rose 3 percent from a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday. Economists had expected inflation to accelerate to 3.1 percent. It means Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has been spared having to …

Bloomberg Targeted ads that seem to follow you everywhere online may soon be doing the same on your TV. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to approve a new broadcast standard that will let broadcasters do something cable TV companies already do: harvest data about what you watch so advertisers can customise pitches. The prospect alarms privacy advocates, who …

WASHINGTON / Reuters A US appeals court in California let President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban go partially into effect, ruling the government can bar entry of people from six Mus- lim-majority countries with no connections to the United States. A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals partially granted a Trump administration request to …