Labor force participation rate: The percentage of the population 16 years and older that is either working or actively seeking work. The figure is important because it represents how many more workers are available to produce additional goods and services. It also reflects the health of the economy. When people in their prime working years […]
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Image copyright Family photograph Image caption Ben Murray was a student at Bristol University James Murray describes his son Ben as a very kind, gentle giant of a man. “He was very dynamic, and very intelligent. He had everything going for him,” he says. “He was sensitive. He used to look at the things other
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Image copyright BMG Image caption The Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan was found dead in January 2018, aged 46 Posthumous albums are a tricky business. Sometimes an artist will leave behind a great, complete record – like Notorious BIG’s Life After Death or Joy Division’s Closer. Others are cobbled together from studio scraps and incomplete demos
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Image copyright Google Image caption Cockburn Street is one of the street that will be closed to traffic on Sunday A number of Edinburgh’s city centre streets are being closed to traffic under plans to reduce air pollution. The city will make history when it becomes the first in the UK to join the Open
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Eight years after the fall of its former ruler, Muammar Gaddafi, Libya remains plagued by instability. Last month the self-styled Libyan National Army led by strongman General Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive on the capital, Tripoli. BBC Arabic’s Feras Killani has spent time embedded with fighters allied to the country’s internationally recognised Government of National
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ALGIERS — Much of the capital is boiling over with stifled anger at 20 years of police-state repression. But the Casbah, in the heart of Algiers, is strangely quiet, the ancient stone alleys empty in the glare of the sun. There is no need for demonstrations in the historic district to underscore the dead hand
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SpaceX launched a load of supplies to the International Space Station on Saturday following a pair of unusual power delays. Interested in SpaceX? Add SpaceX as an interest to stay up to date on the latest SpaceX news, video, and analysis from ABC News. A Falcon rocket raced into the pre-dawn darkness, carrying a Dragon
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Maximum Security co-owner Gary West criticized race stewards’ disqualification of his horse’s Kentucky Derby victory as “egregious” and said he was pondering his next step, including a possible appeal. “I think this is the most egregious disqualification in the history of horse racing, and not just because it’s our horse,” West told The Associated Press
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina residents gave former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. a front-runner’s welcome Saturday afternoon, when his recently announced presidential campaign made its first stop in the early primary state that will play a critical role in determining the Democratic presidential nominee. “We want Joe!” the crowd chanted, before Mr. Biden
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Tens of thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders return to Omaha every year to learn from Warren Buffett and celebrate the company he built through acquisitions and investments. But with the 88-year-old Buffett and 95-year-old Charlie Munger leading the company, it’s hard for shareholders not to wonder how much longer the revered investors will be in
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