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Image copyright Laila Pence Image caption Laila Pence was born Laila Ibrahim in Egypt The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to US financial advisor Laila Pence. Laila Ibrahim and her family had nervously returned to their home beside Egypt’s Suez Canal when the […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhy US firms are desperate to retain ageing staff When Roger Klug told his employer he was retiring, there was a shiver of panic among the bosses. Now 70 years old, Mr Klug is in his 47th year at Alexandria Industries, an aluminium company in rural Minnesota.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption For many retirement is not the picture-perfect time of popular fantasy Search the word “retirement” on the internet and your screen is filled with images of silver-haired folk dancing in their kitchens, surfing, getting into ridiculous yoga postures and cuddling grandchildren. The reality for many can be quite different.

Image copyright Getty Images A YouTube star, famous for his reviews of chicken shops, has criticised the government’s decision to feature knife crime warnings on takeaway boxes. Elijah Quashie – better known as the Chicken Connoisseur – told BBC’s Wake Up to Money that the approach was too simplistic to solve a complex problem. “I

Image copyright Getty Images Some of the world’s biggest investors are so worried about the future of the global economy that they have taken the extraordinary step of paying for governments to look after their cash. They are nervous about a no-deal Brexit and the ongoing trade war between the US and China, as well

Image copyright AFP Investors have pumped another $325m into e-cigarette market leader maker Juul Labs despite growing health concerns and fresh legal action. The money will be used to finance the US company’s global expansion at a time of increased regulatory scrutiny on its home turf. Juul, 35%-owned by Marlboro maker Altria, has been accused

Image copyright Greene King Image caption Greene King said CKA shared many of its business philosophies Pub giant and brewer Greene King has agreed to be bought by Hong Kong operator CKA, the latest deal in a wave of consolidation in the sector. Suffolk-based Greene King owns roughly 2,700 pubs, restaurants and hotels in total

Image copyright Boresa Kotomah Image caption A model wearing clothes by Boresa Kotomah, designed by Bree Kotomah Twenty-three-year-old Bree Kotomah almost gave up on a burgeoning career in fashion design when hackers compromised her business’s Instagram account in November 2018. “Unfortunately, at the time I ran everything on Instagram, so when that was gone, that

Image caption Jamie Dimon, head of banking giant JP Morgan, chairs Business Roundtable One of the US’s most powerful business groups has abandoned the shareholder-first idea that has driven capitalism for decades. The Business Roundtable said the pursuit of shareholder interests is no longer the central purpose of corporate America. Companies should focus on social

Image copyright The School Food Plan Legal school meal nutrition standards may need to be amended, or discarded, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to internal local council planning documents seen by the BBC. The standards are designed to make sure school children are fed healthy food. Many councils say school meal costs