Finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Japan this weekend will try to make headway on longstanding issues such as how much global giants like Facebook and Amazon should pay in taxes. They’re likely to end up focusing a large share of their attention, however, on how to keep global growth on track when […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Along with the pomp, protests and politics, President Trump’s visit to the UK brought renewed debate about whether a post-Brexit trade deal between the two countries could involve opening up the NHS to US companies. Mr Trump told a press conference: “When you’re dealing with trade, everything’s on the table –
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Image copyright Netflix Image caption Laura Linley (left) and Olympia Dukakis have starred in all four series of Tales of the City More than 20 years since Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City books were first made into a series for UK TV, a new adaptation for global audiences begins this week with a 10-part
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SAN FRANCISCO — A month after Uber’s rocky initial public offering, its chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, is taking tighter control over the company. Mr. Khosrowshahi pushed out two members of his executive team: Barney Harford, the company’s chief operating officer, and Rebecca Messina, the chief marketing officer, the company told employees on Friday. Since Mr.
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The Latest from Friday night’s Game 4 of the NBA Finals (all times local): 4:25 p.m. Kevon Looney got a second opinion and a second chance to play in these NBA Finals. After Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Looney would miss the remainder of the series against Toronto with a displaced first costal cartilage fracture,
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — In back-to-back speeches at an investment conference Friday, the leaders of Russia and China cast themselves as the champions of free markets and global trade, an overt show of opposition to what they portrayed as the United States’ retreat into protectionism with sanctions and tariffs. President Xi Jinping of China spoke
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Robert Herr blames himself for what was his worst real estate investment. As a mortgage broker and real estate agent, he said, he should have known better than to buy a quarter-share in a beachfront condo. But like many others before him, he could not resist the siren call of sea air and an ocean
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The European Union agency that monitors illicit drug use says cocaine is becoming more widely available on the continent. The European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction said in a report on Thursday that social media, the darknet and encryption are helping small gangs and individuals to sell drugs undetected. The agency says authorities
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After California detectives used a popular online DNA database to track down a suspect in the decades-old Golden State Killer slayings, other police agencies quickly adopted the same technique. Since that case was cracked last year, at least 50 other killings and rapes have been solved nationwide by using partial DNA matches to find suspects’
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Cole Hamels threw eight innings of three-hit shutout ball, Javier Báez hit a two-run homer and the Chicago Cubs topped the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 on Friday. The Cubs have won four of five since being swept in a three-game series at St. Louis last weekend. The Cardinals opened a season-high 10 game road trip
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