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Oil prices rise after fresh US strikes on Iran and return of sanctions on Tehran – business live

Almost all major Asian stock markets fall, with Samsung Electronics shares sliding for a second dayVirgin Media has been fined £28m by the UK telecoms watchdog for repeatedly preventing customers from cancelling their contracts over a near-three-year period.Ofcom discovered that Virgin Media “likely mishandled” millions of phone calls between January 2022 and September 2024, with deliberate call-dropping tactics, unnecessary call transfers and putting customers on hold for “no reason”. Continue

Oil prices rise after fresh US strikes on Iran and return of sanctions on Tehran – business live

Published July 8, 2026 · Category: Markets

Overview

Almost all major Asian stock markets fall, with Samsung Electronics shares sliding for a second day

Virgin Media has been fined £28m by the UK telecoms watchdog for repeatedly preventing customers from cancelling their contracts over a near-three-year period.

Details

Ofcom discovered that Virgin Media “likely mishandled” millions of phone calls between January 2022 and September 2024, with deliberate call-dropping tactics, unnecessary call transfers and putting customers on hold for “no reason”.

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Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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