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Image copyright EPA Image caption The union has warned that further strikes could come “at any time” Lufthansa has cancelled 1,300 flights after it lost a last-minute legal bid to halt a strike by cabin crew. The two-day action over pay and conditions began at midnight local time. About 180,000 passengers are set to face […]

Image caption Wetherspoon’s founder Tim Martin has extolled Brexit on a tour of his own pubs Investors in UK pub chain JD Wetherspoon are being urged to reject the firm’s annual report over its failure to clear pro-Brexit spending. The call comes from influential shareholder group Pirc, which says the promotion broke company law. It

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Bank says customs checks will hit trade flows following Brexit The Bank of England has warned that the government’s Brexit deal will drag down growth over the next three years as extra trade barriers raise costs. It came as two Bank policymakers called for an immediate interest rate

Image copyright Getty Images The UK’s competition watchdog has raised concerns train ticket prices could rise under the new operators of the West Coast Rail franchise. FirstGroup and Trenitalia won the contract to run the rail route between London Euston and Glasgow or Edinburgh. The Competition and Markets Authority said that on 21 routes, passengers

Image copyright Getty Images Labour has promised an “irreversible shift” of power and investment to working people outside the south-east of England, if they win the election. John McDonnell will pledge £150bn for schools, hospitals and housing on top of existing spending plans to be paid for through borrowing. The shadow chancellor says he will

BEIJING, Nov 7 (Reuters) – China and the United States have agreed to cancel in phases the tariffs imposed during their months-long trade war, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday, without specifying a timetable. An interim U.S.-China trade deal is widely expected to include a U.S. pledge to scrap tariffs scheduled for Dec. 15

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Google workers around the world staged walkouts in November over the firm’s handling of misconduct claims Google’s parent company Alphabet is investigating how executives handled sexual harassment and misconduct charges. It follows shareholder lawsuits filed earlier this year over the way Google allegedly dealt with misconduct claims. The firm’s

Image copyright Getty Images Two former employees of Twitter have been charged in the US for spying for Saudi Arabia. The charges, unsealed on Wednesday in San Francisco, allege that Saudi agents sought personal information about known Saudi critics and other Twitter users. Court documents published by the Washington Post named the two as Ahmad

Image copyright Getty Images Trader associations have called on European markets to cut trading hours to encourage more diversity. Stock market trading has traditionally been male dominated, and still lags behind other areas of financial services in terms of attracting women into roles, one association said. Shorter trading hours would also cut pressure on traders,

Airbnb says it will verify every single property on its platform after a news website found a series of scams. In October, Vice News uncovered a pattern of false or misleading property listings posted on the rentals site. Airbnb said it would review every property by December 2020, and also promised to refund customers if