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Image copyright Getty Images Travel company Thomas Cook has received approaches for parts of its business and the company as a whole, according to reports. The business put its airline up for sale in February and it said last month it would close 21 stores across the country and cut more than 300 jobs. Chinese […]

More than 30,000 Stop & Shop grocery store workers have been on strike in New England since last week in the largest private-sector U.S. work stoppage in three years. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union says the company wants to increase employees’ share of health care costs while reducing benefits for new hires, including

Image copyright Getty Images Nearly 1,000 UK pubs shut last year, although the rate of closures is slowing, new research claims. About 76 pubs a month “vanished” from the communities they served in 2018, as people spent less on going out and pubs faced cost pressures, said property firm Altus Group. But this was down

By Katica Roy, CEO and founder, Pipeline Last month, people around the world celebrated the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women for International Women’s Day. While March 8 serves as a meaningful moment in time for highlighting women’s contributions, it’s critical that we carry this passion and enthusiasm into continuing gender equity progress

Image copyright Getty Images People who do not have access to a bank account pay an extra £485 a year for everyday bills and services, research from a challenger bank suggests. More than 1.2 million Britons do not have a bank account, so miss out on discounts reserved for those who pay bills by direct

LOS ANGELES ― Yoojin Park, a junior at the University of Southern California, is a biology major and a tutor for a program that matches undergraduates with local elementary schools. And as of November of last semester, 21-year-old Park is also a sex worker. Since escaping an abusive home three years ago, Park has bounced

Image copyright Getty Images Tesla said it is investigating a video on Chinese social media that appears to show one of its vehicles bursting into flames in Shanghai. In a statement, the carmaker said it had sent a team to investigate the matter, and that there were no reported casualties. The video, which has not

The largest private-sector strike by U.S. workers in three years came to an apparent end Sunday, with the grocery chain Stop & Shop announcing it had reached a tentative agreement with the United Food and Commercial Workers union. The union said in a statement that the new contract includes pay increases and “preserves health care

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The two presidents preside over markedly different national economic models A US-China trade deal – if it happens – is unlikely to end the rivalry between the two economic giants. Both sides have fought a trade war over the past year with damaging consequences for the global economy. But