2020

Businesses struggle to fix supply chains disrupted by virus

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WASHINGTON — Chinese authorities are struggling to strike a delicate balance between containing a viral outbreak and restarting the world’s second-biggest economy after weeks of paralysis. As the death toll from the newly named COVID-19 illness topped 1,000, global supply chains remained widely disrupted for the businesses across the world that have built deep connections […]

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Lady Gaga designer to create Blackpool Illuminations installation

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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Lady Gaga wore Jack Irving’s designs during her ArtRave tour A designer whose outfits have been worn by Lady Gaga will create a new deep sea-themed installation for Blackpool Illuminations after winning a contest. Blackpool’s Jack Irving has been awarded £100,000 to create his design, after artists were asked

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UK trade will thrive despite border checks, says chancellor

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionChancellor: ‘UK trade will be better outside EU’ UK trade will thrive despite the introduction of UK border checks after the Brexit transition period, the chancellor has said. Sajid Javid admitted frictionless trade with the EU would be “over” but said that Britain would have a “better

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House approves plan to create US women’s history museum

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Three years after the opening of the Smithsonian’s landmark Museum of African American History and Culture, momentum is building toward the creation of a museum dedicated to American women’s history By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press February 11, 2020, 8:00 PM 2 min read WASHINGTON — Three years after the opening of the Smithsonian’s landmark Museum

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