BBC News – Business

• Coronavirus: Seafarers stuck at sea ‘a humanitarian crisis’ January 26, 2021
  Crew are asking to be designated 'key workers' so they can go home without risking public health.
• Covid vaccines: Casino boss resigns after jumping queue January 26, 2021
  Rod Baker and his wife travelled to the Canadian Arctic and posed as local workers to get the jab.
• Harvey Weinstein: Court agrees $17m payout for accusers January 26, 2021
  The money comes from the liquidation of a firm co-founded by the disgraced film director.
• Co-op and Morrisons see queues over payments outage January 26, 2021
  The supermarket chains confirmed that an ongoing issue is affecting payments processing in some stores.
• Janet Yellen to be first female US treasury secretary January 26, 2021
  The Senate has confirmed Janet Yellen as first female treasury secretary in US history.
• Brexit parcel price shock: 'I had to pay £30 for a gift' January 26, 2021
  It's not just shoppers facing surprise costs when EU parcels arrive, but what is behind the charges?
• Deloitte Football Money League: Pandemic set to cost top clubs over £1.7bn January 26, 2021
  The coronavirus pandemic will cost Europe's 20 richest football clubs over £1.7bn by the end of this season.
• Pandemic prompts Super Bowl ad rethink in US January 25, 2021
  Budweiser will not advertise during the Super Bowl for the first time in 37 years.
• Covid: Hays Travel to close 89 shops as lockdown delays 'bounce back' January 25, 2021
  The third national lockdown and travel ban meant the travel firm "had to act", a spokeswoman says.
• UN: Covid jobs crisis 'most severe' since the 1930s January 25, 2021
  The global economy lost the equivalent of 225 million jobs in 2020 - four times more than in the financial crisis.
• HMRC waives penalty for late filing of self-assessments January 25, 2021
  Self-employed people will not be fined if they file their tax returns online by 28 February.
• Ikea to start selling spare parts for products January 25, 2021
  The furniture giant says it wants to dispel the idea that it makes disposable goods.
• Why your face could be set to replace your bank card January 24, 2021
  Already widely used in China, facial recognition payment is now expanding in other countries.
• Can a Nudge or two make us better savers? January 23, 2021
  A government-backed firm is looking for new ways to get people to put money aside for a "rainy day".
• How Covid turbocharged the QR revolution January 22, 2021
  As a cheap and reliable way to store information, the humble QR code is finding new uses.
• 'I've never met my team but have lunch with them weekly' January 21, 2021
  Some firms are encouraging staff who are working from home to take their lunch breaks together.
• 'There is beauty and strength in diversity' January 20, 2021
  Elona Mortimer-Zhika, chief executive of Iris Software Group, shares her business advice.
• How to investigate a firm with 60 million documents January 19, 2021
  Artificial intelligence helped investigators in a daunting examination of Airbus's business.