The British wine industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. Some predict that Brexit will boost sales of home grown wine as supplies from the continent are squeezed. But other UK vineyard owners say EU suppliers of corks, bottles and equipment have already put prices up by between 10-15%. Father and daughter, […]
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Facebook said on Wednesday that it had agreed to pay $550 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology in Illinois, giving privacy groups a major victory that again raised questions about the social network’s data-mining practices. The case stemmed from Facebook’s photo-labeling service, Tag Suggestions, which uses face-matching software
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Bickering over Major League Baseball’s proposal to cut 42 farm teams escalated with the exchange of acrimonious letters by the commissioner’s office and the governing body of the minor leagues By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer January 30, 2020, 1:34 AM 5 min read NEW YORK — Bickering over Major League Baseball’s proposal to cut
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WASHINGTON — In the end, the impeachment calculation nearly all Senate Republicans are making is fairly simple: They would rather look like they ignored relevant evidence than plunge the Senate into an unpredictable, open-ended inquiry that would anger President Trump and court political peril. As Republicans on Wednesday lined up behind blocking witnesses in the
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Interest rates have fallen to historic lows, leaving policymakers with limited room to control the economy by cutting borrowing costs. The problem demands pre-emptive solutions, which officials are expected to announce in mid-2020. For example, the Fed could formally embrace periods of slightly higher inflation. But inflation remains a dirty word in much of America,
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HuffPost may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Prices and availability subject to change. HuffPost Barbie just dropped its latest line of inclusive dolls, and the doll with vitiligo is already available. The doll aisles that you might have grown up seeing, with rows of blonde, blue-eyed Barbies, are a-changing. While
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Image copyright Ricardo Gomes Image caption Madonna has cancelled 10 of the 93 shows on her world tour due to injury Madonna has resumed her Madame X world tour in London, after cancelling dates in Portugal and the UK due to injury. The star took to the stage wearing knee supports but otherwise refused to
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Image copyright Alamy People who were mis-sold loans by the payday lender Wonga have been told that they will receive just 4.3% of the compensation they are owed. Administrators have begun informing around 400,000 claimants by letter, some of whom have reacted in dismay. Before its collapse, Wonga was vilified for its high-cost, short-term loans,
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Microsoft has given another solid quarterly report card to Wall Street, as it plows ahead in selling its cloud computing services to big businesses and the government By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer January 29, 2020, 11:14 PM 4 min read Microsoft on Wednesday gave another solid quarterly report card to Wall Street, as it
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Michael Wright, a former University of Minnesota football star who led grocery wholesaler Supervalu for 20 years, has died January 30, 2020, 12:14 AM 2 min read MINNEAPOLIS — Michael Wright, a former University of Minnesota star who led grocery wholesaler Supervalu Inc. for 20 years, has died. He was 81. Wright died Monday at
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