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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption China claims to have culled more than one million pigs, but analysts believe the figure may be under-reported Global pandemics that impact on food supplies are scary things. The latest threat comes from African swine fever, a highly contagious virus with no known cure, and a near zero survival […]

When UPS workers in western Pennsylvania held a vote on their new collective bargaining agreement earlier this year, 96 percent of them voted against it and told their union, the Teamsters, to go back to the bargaining table to get a better deal. But it appears union leadership plans to implement the contract anyway. “Everybody’s

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionEdinburgh Properties available to book on Airbnb have rocketed in a number in major UK cities, leading to fears of “hollowed out communities” as tourists flock in. Data analysed by the BBC suggests that listings in Edinburgh doubled in three years, and shows a fourfold increase in

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook said it could face a fine of up to $5 billion as the result of an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. The agency has been investigating Facebook for possible privacy violations, but has not announced any findings yet. The company set aside $3 billion in its quarterly earnings report

Image copyright Reuters Facebook has said it will set aside $3bn (£2.3bn) to cover the potential costs of an investigation by US authorities into its privacy practices. The social media giant also said sales for the first three months of the year leapt 26% to $15.08bn, narrowly beating market expectations. While it has provided for

Since mid-February, managers at Anchor Brewing Co., the San Francisco icon that industry insiders consider the birthplace of American craft beer, have promised to remain neutral as 70 workers decide whether to unionize with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. But in that time, the company has conducted an escalating campaign of anti-union tactics, from

Image copyright Getty Images The government has launched the recruitment process for a new governor for the Bank of England. The current governor Mark Carney will step down on 31 January 2020 after more than six years in the post. For the first time the government has hired a recruitment firm – Sapphire Partners –

Fossil fuel and other corporate trade groups paid public relations and advertising firms at least $1.4 billion from 2008 to 2017 to help them win over the American public. The total is drawn from new data that the nonprofit Climate Investigations Center compiled, which build on a 2015 Center for Public Integrity investigation that found

Image copyright Getty Images Easyjet has banned the sale of nuts on flights to help protect passengers with allergies. The airline will also ban passengers from eating nut products if somebody on board has an allergy to them. Nut policy among airlines differs. British Airways and Ryanair, ask passengers to refrain from eating peanuts if

A safety analysis of a new software program that was installed on Boeing’s 737 MAX aircraft reportedly had crucial flaws. Boeing is facing scrutiny over the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), a software program that was created to help its new planes avoid stalling in mid-air. The 737 MAX was developed to be more fuel