Image copyright Getty Images Following Brexit, the UK is free to strike new deals for selling goods and services around the world. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is on a tour of Australia and Asia, to try to secure some of these deals. The government will also have to negotiate a new trade agreement with the […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Airbnb spent millions last year fighting new rules in Jersey City, just across the Hudson River from New York Corey Klein would like to believe Airbnb’s recent promise that it will make a “positive contribution to society”. But the 37-year-old lawyer, who lives directly below one of the platform’s
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Image copyright Global Fibreglass Solutions Image caption Turbines from the 1990s are reaching the end of their working lives Welcome to the wind turbine graveyard. It stretches a hundred metres from a bend in the North Platte River in Casper, Wyoming. Between last September and this March, it will become the final resting place for
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Image copyright Getty Images One in three board positions at the UK’s biggest companies is now held by a woman, a government-backed review has found. The Hampton-Alexander Review latest report found 349 women currently sit on boards at FTSE 100 firms. The government said the review’s “fantastic work” had seen it hit the target almost
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Image copyright Getty Images Apple has been fined 25 million euros (£21m, $27m) for deliberately slowing down older iPhone models without making it clear to consumers. The fine was imposed by France’s competition and fraud watchdog DGCCRF, which said consumers were not warned. In 2017, Apple confirmed that it did slow down some iPhones, but
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Image copyright Supplied Enjoying the luxury of business class seats on an 11-hour flight back to Auckland was meant to be a treat for Renell and Tere after undergoing weight-loss surgery in the city of Bangkok. Instead, the sisters and their mother, Huhana, were left ”traumatised” by Thai Airways staff who came at them with
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Image copyright Getty Images Companies around the world are waiting for China to re-open its factories and plants on Monday. If this does not happen, major brands from car makers to tech giants will struggle to make their products. Inventories are already running low following widespread shutdowns at Chinese factories forced to close to prevent
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Image copyright PA Media Department store chain Beales is to close 12 of its shops in a bid to sell the rest. Efforts to sell all 23 together have failed, administrators KPMG said. The dozen being closed will trade for a few weeks to sell remaining stock, and staff will keep their jobs until then.
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Image copyright Adam Cobb Image caption Adam Cobb has been quoted £700 to re-route his flight The coronavirus is now spreading well beyond China. Travellers returning from nine Asian countries and destinations are being advised by Public Health England to avoid contact with other people if they show certain symptoms. In addition to China, the
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Image copyright Getty Images The US economy added 225,000 jobs in January, beating forecasts. Hiring at construction firms helped drive the gains, as milder weather allowed for more building. Economists polled by the Reuters news agency had forecast that payrolls, excluding farm workers, would rise by 160,000. However, the unemployment rate edged up to 3.6%
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