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Image copyright HMV Image caption Doug Putman believes in keeping HMV’s core customers happy Since Doug Putman rescued UK music retailer HMV in February, he has thrown himself wholeheartedly into running a transatlantic retail empire. The Canadian businessman has found himself jetting back and forth between his Ontario-based Sunrise Records chain and his newer acquisition. […]

Image caption Fisherman Darryl Green welcomes the restrictions On board Darryl Green’s small fishing boat, just off the island of Praslin in the Seychelles, the water is so clear we can see the seabed. Brightly coloured fish swim around the hull. “You know at my age I’ve seen the fish size decrease dramatically,” the fisherman

Image copyright Getty Images Britain’s longest-running rail franchise came to an end on Saturday after more than 22 years. Virgin Trains, which began serving the West Coast Main Line in 1997, is being replaced by Avanti West Coast. Almost 500 million journeys have been made with Virgin Trains, which is co-owned by Sir Richard Branson’s

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The WTO’s appeal “court” will soon have only one judge left The World Trade Organization is facing a crisis in its system for resolving disputes between its members. It has an appeal “court” that is the final arbiter on such disputes and which is about to become unable to

Image copyright Getty Images The US economy added the largest number of jobs for 10 months in November, confounding economists’ expectations of a slowdown. Official data showed employers added 266,000 jobs last month, while the jobless rate dipped to 3.5% from 3.6%. The growth was helped by striking GM workers returning to work and a

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSaudi Aramco traces its history back to the 1930s State-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco has raised a record $25.6bn (£19.4bn) in its initial public offering in Riyadh. The share sale was the biggest to date, surpassing that of China’s Alibaba which raised $25bn in 2014 in New

Image copyright Alan Holmes Image caption Alan and Diane Holmes normally take a winter holiday Customers of collapsed tour operator Thomas Cook have been getting in touch with the BBC to voice their frustration at delays in processing their refunds for holidays that never took place. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) originally said all valid

Image copyright EPA Image caption Elon Musk pictured leaving the courtroom in LA Elon Musk did not defame a British caver who helped in last year’s rescue of trapped Thai schoolboys by calling him a “pedo guy”, a US jury has found. Vernon Unsworth sought $190m (£145m) in damages from the Tesla founder, arguing that

WASHINGTON — In an unprecedented move for a public company, or any business, Uber released data on Thursday revealing the number of incidents of sexual assault reported by riders and drivers on its ride-sharing platform in 2017 and 2018. The voluminous 84-page report fulfills the company’s promise last year to be transparent about safety, and publicly release information

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Ericsson is one of world’s biggest makers of mobile network equipment Sweden’s telecoms giant Ericsson has agreed to pay more than $1bn (£760m) to resolve allegations of bribery, the US Department of Justice has announced. It said the company had “admitted to a years-long campaign of corruption in five countries