GoPro founder Nick Woodman was the highest paid chief executive in the US in 2014, after receiving a bundle of stock worth $285m when the action-camera maker he founded went public.

The UK Environment Department (Defra) has hired an extra 1,150 staff to deal specifically with Brexit, in a sign of how its resources are being diverted towards the challenges of leaving the EU.

The UK’s top financial watchdog has slammed plans by European regulators to shake up the rules governing asset managers after Brexit.

The US Senate has signed off on Mike Pompeo, a former congressman and CIA director, to replace ousted ex-Exxon Mobil chief executive Rex Tillerson as secretary of state.

Tech stocks look set to end their lengthy losing streak in style on Thursday after strong corporate earnings underpinned gains for some of the sector’s biggest names.

Trouble at Steinhoff, the international retail conglomerate ensnared in South Africa’s biggest-ever accounting scandal, deepened after its largest shareholder sued to claw back $4.7bn from the company.

Order up at Chipotle. The fast-casual burrito chain is cruising towards its best-ever one-day gain after its first earnings report under new chief executive Brian Niccol unleashed a wave of optimism about its prospects of finally turning a corner from the food-safety crisis that has dogged it.

Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, has announced she is expecting her first child but will continue to lead the party she is credited with bringing back from the political wilderness.

Investors at Weir, the Scottish engineering company, have voted overwhelmingly in favour of ditching a controversial kind of executive reward scheme, marking a milestone on the path towards reform of boardroom pay.

Michel Barnier has dismissed the idea Britain will get a special deal on financial services after Brexit but said the EU will not be out to “punish” the City of London.

Donald Trump will visit the UK on July 13, the White House has confirmed.

British businessman Sanjeev Gupta is to add a second bank to his growing commercial empire, with the aim of boosting UK trade with Commonwealth countries following Britain’s departure from the European Union.

Carpetright has avoided collapsing into administration after more than three-quarters of its creditors approved restructuring plans that would see more than 90 of its stores close.

Up to 1,500 jobs are at risk as discount retailer Poundworld finalises plans to close more than a quarter of its stores.

US mortgage rates have risen to their highest level in over four years, driven by a sharp rise in Treasury yields over the past week as investors begin to price in longer term growth.

The euro fell abruptly from the highs it struck after the European Central Bank press conference, with German bond yields also coming under pressure.

The S&P 500 and Dow were eyeing their second straight day of gains thanks to a rally in tech stocks as Treasuries advanced on Thursday.

Amber Rudd, the pro-European home secretary, has refused to rule out Britain staying in a customs union, saying the issue was still a matter for cabinet discussion.

Southwest Airlines warned on Thursday that second quarter bookings had been hit by last week’s fatal mid-air engine explosion aboard one of its flights.

US-China trade tensions are expected to hit US sorghum farmers after Beijing slapped a high tariff on imports of the commodity from America.

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi on Thursday struck a confident tone on the eurozone economy, but said policymakers are “cautious” about the choppy data covering the first four months of 2018.

US natural gas producer EQT will sell its midstream assets to EQT Midstream Partners in a cash and stock deal for roughly $1.5bn, months after the company announced it would seek out a number of transactions to bolster its valuation.

A Pakistani-American billionaire has made a formal bid to buy London’s Wembley Stadium from the Football Association (FA).

A key gauge of US business spending unexpectedly fell last month even as new orders for long lasting goods rose more than expected.