Throughout the 2019 general election campaign, the BBC wants to answer your questions about the issues that matter most to you. The economy – including spending, jobs and pay – is one of the areas that people have said they are most concerned about. BBC Business Editor Faisal Islam looks at the economic issues at […]
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America’s job engine has again defied jittery stock traders, bearish forecasters and blue-ribbon economists to deliver eye-catching gains and power an exceptionally resilient economy. November’s reassuring employment report, released Friday by the Labor Department, featured payroll increases of 266,000 and offered a counterpoint to recent anxieties about an escalating trade war and a weakening global
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The Netflix Highlight: “Marriage Story” What’s up: Netflix’s “Marriage Story” is a movie about divorce. Noah Baumbach directed the movie and wrote the script loosely based on his own divorce from actor Jennifer Jason Leigh. Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson play the couple. Johansson has also said that she shaped the story to reflect aspects
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This article contains potential spoilers for the Netflix series Messiah Image copyright Netflix Image caption One person said naming the protagonist Al-Masih was as obvious as calling a character “Murder McMurderson” Netflix released the first trailer for its upcoming thriller Messiah this week – and inadvertently revealed a major plot twist to many Muslim viewers.
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The chief executive officer of Away luggage company Steph Korey apologized after a damning report revealed her mistreatment of former staff and cultivation of a toxic work environment. On Thursday, The Verge published an article speaking to former employees of the popular suitcase company. The piece featured Korey’s harsh messages to workers on Slack ―
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At last year’s United Nations climate change talks, not many people knew who Greta Thunberg was. But in the last 12 months, her school strikes have inspired millions to do the same and to call for more action on climate change. Now the teenager is back, for this year’s Conference of the Parties (COP) in
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Etay Maor, chief security officer at global threat intelligence firm IntSights, travels often. In fact, he took more than 100 flights over the past year. During his trips, he noticed a troubling trend: Passengers leaving their boarding passes behind on the plane. “The problem is, people don’t realize that all your personal information is encoded
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BBC Click’s Marc Cieslak looks at some of the best technology stories of the week including: Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down from their current roles at Google’s parent company, Alphabet, but will remain on the firm’s board Transport police in Australia have rolled out artificial intelligence cameras to identify drivers using their
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American figure skater Nathan Chen has won the Grand Prix Finals for a third successive season, beating Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu into second place December 7, 2019, 2:05 PM 3 min read American figure skater Nathan Chen won the Grand Prix Finals for the third season in a row Saturday, beating Olympic gold medalist
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His grip on Republican senators has held in the lead-up to a historic impeachment trial. Members of the House have faced the prospect of retiring before going against him. And he frequently boasts about his strong approval ratings among Republican voters. Yet for a party leader who inspires fear in Washington, President Trump has been
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