Image copyright Georgie Clarke Image caption Instagrammer Georgie Clarke says plain old endorsements mean followers lose interest Stars with legions of followers on Instagram will soon be able to sell products directly to users using the company’s apps. Facebook, which owns Instagram and Whatsapp, said this week that the future of shopping would depend on […]
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Image copyright Getty Images All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, so the old proverb goes. But does it also make Jack less productive, less efficient, unhappy and more stressed? That’s the view of a growing number of voices, including the UK’s trade union body, the TUC. They want businesses to cut
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A year ago at the UnitedHealth Group offices at 1 Penn Plaza in midtown Manhattan, Wali Omarkheil, a 43-year-old regional marketing director, gathered with five of his colleagues to meet their new supervisor, Josiane Peluso. But before Peluso even introduced herself to her new team, she complained to the group about the new strict security
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Image caption Rushden Lakes is one of M&S’s newer stores. A roomier store and free parking attract more shoppers, it says Seven more Marks & Spencer stores will close for the last time on Saturday, ending some long associations with town centres across England and Wales. The firm has now closed 47 shops out of
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Avengers cast Avengers: Endgame broke all box office records last weekend and has confirmed Disney’s dominance in global cinema. More than 90% of the value of all tickets sold in UK cinemas last weekend was for Avengers: Endgame. Within five days it had become the fastest film to
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The new £17.6bn railway across London was due to open in December 2018 Crossrail was driven over its budget and beyond its schedule after bosses clung to an unrealistic opening date, the public spending watchdog said. Decisions were driven by a desire to meet the December 2018 deadline for
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Image copyright Getty Images The voice records of five million taxpayers are being deleted by the UK’s tax authority, as the way they were collected broke privacy rules. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) failed to gain explicit consent from individuals before signing them up to the voice ID system for telephone enquiries. Campaigners accused HMRC
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Image copyright Getty Images The US unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level for more than 49 years in April, according to official figures. The jobless rate fell from 3.8% to 3.6%, the US Labor Department said, the lowest rate since December 1969. The data also showed that the world’s largest economy added a stronger-than-expected
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Image copyright Getty Images HSBC has reported a 31% jump in pre-tax profits for the first quarter as it cut costs and incomes from Asia grew. Europe’s largest bank made $6.2bn (£4.8bn) before tax in the three months to March, up from $4.8bn in the same period a year earlier. It beat the $5.58bn average
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Image copyright Getty Images The founder of Insys Therapeutics John Kapoor has become the first pharmaceutical boss to be convicted in a case linked to the US opioid crisis. A Boston jury found Kapoor and four colleagues conspired to bribe doctors to prescribe addictive painkillers, often to patients who didn’t need them. The former billionaire
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