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MoviePass is officially shutting down its discount movie ticket service, the company announced Friday. Customers will no longer have access to the service beginning Saturday.  MoviePass’ parent company Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. (HMNY) said it was “interrupting” its service “because its efforts to recapitalize MoviePass have not been successful to date” in a press […]

Image copyright Getty Images One of the most hotly anticipated stock market listings of the year – the flotation of office property rental firm WeWork – is now in doubt. The uncertainty comes after the firm was reported to be facing pressure from its biggest external investor, Japanese firm SoftBank, to drop its flotation plans

The United Auto Workers’ contract with General Motors is set to expire this weekend, raising the strong possibility that thousands of workers could end up on strike. If the union and the company have made headway but can’t reach a new deal by Saturday night, they could agree to extend the current contract in hopes

Image copyright WeWork Office space company WeWork says it is changing its corporate structure in a bid to allay investor fears that have put its stock market debut in doubt. Its parent firm, the We Company, said it was reducing the voting power of founder and chief executive Adam Neumann, among other changes. The move

Image copyright Getty Images Customers of a High Street pawnbroker are being left in the dark after branches were closed and calls unanswered. A&B Pawnbrokers (Albemarle & Bond) and Herbert Brown stores have closed their doors, and its website says “this store” has ceased trading. Owner Speedloan Finance has yet to make it clear whether

Image copyright Getty Images The pound has hit its highest level against the dollar since July amid hopes a no-deal Brexit can be avoided. Sterling jumped more than 1% on Friday to over $1.24 against the dollar, its highest level in seven weeks. The pound was boosted after a report in the Times said the

The Duchess of Sussex has launched her clothing line for women’s charity Smart Works in London. Smart Works, which the duchess is patron of, provides high-quality clothes and one-to-one interview preparation to long-term unemployed women. She decided to intervene when she noticed a lack in variety of sizes and styles being donated. Speaking at the

Image copyright Getty Images Ovo is set to become the UK’s second largest energy supplier after it agreed to buy SSE’s retail business for £500m. Ovo is already the UK’s largest independent energy supplier, with 1.5 million customers and about 2,000 employees. But it will now take on SSE’s 3.5 million customers and 8,000 staff,

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionProf Justin Stebbing from Imperial College London looks at some of the cancer claims the BBC found in YouTube videos YouTube’s algorithm promotes fake cancer cures in a number of languages and the site runs adverts for major brands and universities next to misleading videos, a BBC

Image copyright GrantTree Image caption Cecilia Manduca works at a firm where each staff member gets to decide their own pay Where Cecilia Manduca works there is a “pay self-assessment process”. In other words, she gets to decide how much she should be paid. The firm, GrantTree, helps UK business get government funding. And all