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Women CEOs now surpass the number of CEOs named John in S&P 500 companies, with 41 female leaders compared to 23 named John or Jon, including an exciting twist of three CEOs named Jennifer, according to new analysis from Bloomberg. This progress highlights a shift for women in corporat

Popstar Ed Sheeran has appeared in court over accusations he plagiarised Marvin Gaye's soul classic Let’s Get It On in his own song Thinking Out Loud.

British American Tobacco (BAT) has agreed to pay £512 million to the US authorities for selling cigarettes in North Korea for 10 years.

A senior banking lawyer has launched a new collection of plays and poetry with a financial twist. Erik Vrij, head of legal in the corporate and transactional banking team at First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), recently launched Macbet & King Liar: Financial Tragedy & Poetry.

A town has announced an unusual plan to reduce crime by planting 1,200 trees. Local officials in Alief, a suburb of Houston, Texas, will spend $2 million (around £1.6m) to plant the trees along 17 miles of road by 2025.

The African Conservation Foundation (ACF) has launched an NFT project to raise $1.2 million (£0.97m) for the conservation of the critically endangered Cross River gorilla. With fewer than 300 individuals remaining in the wild, the foundation aims to create protected areas and corridors while t

An ancient Roman bust purchased for $34.99 at a Texas thrift store and has been on display at the San Antonio Museum of Art is now being repatriated to Germany. Five years ago, Laura Young, a thrift store owner, discovered the ancient Roman bust at a Texas Goodwill for just $34.99.

A military reservist has been arrested after allegedly applying to be a hitman on a spoof website called "rentahitman.com".

A Chinese couple staying at a Seoul Airbnb incurred over $1,570 (£1,262) in expenses, including a $116 (£93) water and electricity bill and a $730 (£587) gas bill, after leaving the heating on and taps running for 25 days in retaliation for the host's refusal to cancel their bookin

A construction worker from Maryland has won the top prize of $100,000 in a crossword scratch-off game.

Chuck O'Rear, the 81-year-old snapper behind the world's most viewed pic, opened up about the adventure he embarked on to sell his not-so-average photo.

The Turkish central bank is reportedly purchasing millions of US Dollars daily from vendors at Istanbul's Grand Bazaar in response to the nation's foreign currency crisis.

A man who made more than £1 million selling fake vinyl records was caught after a discerning fan of The Clash complained about the poor quality of an LP. Trading standards officers investigated Richard Hutter and found he had been selling thousands of counterfeit records over a six-year period

Bankruptcy papers have revealed that FTX's accounting standards were so lax that employees submitted business expenses and invoices via Slack, where they were rubber-stamped by a flurry of emojis.

A full set of Beatles autographs has been sold at auction for more than three times its estimate, fetching £3,400.