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The recession is history if you’re a senior executive. The money is great, the perks are numerous and jobs are plenty in the C-suite universe
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A week after riots and unrest in Ferguson, small business owners with destroyed property find themselves at the center of the city’s attempts to move on
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Russia’s rouble is struggling, the euro is flirting with another recession, but the US dollar is having a great year. But can it last?
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Opec, the oil cartel, believed it could help production. Instead, it ended up hurting itself as well as the Russian rouble, energy stocks, infrastructure development and more
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In less than six months, crude oil has dropped to $72 per barrel, affecting US energy stocks, the Russian rouble, junk-bond prices – and portfolios
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Investigation by ProPublica and NPR reveals that American Red Cross spends about 26 cents per donated dollar on fundraising, not 9 cents touted by the charity
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Heaviest spending day in history as eager US shoppers flock to shop following a ‘Black November’ that stretched out holiday bargain-hunting season
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Chocolate maker looking at replacing the high-fructose corn syrup in some of its products with sugar, joining Gatorade and Yoplait
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The veterans received notice last week that the army had changed the genders statuses on their discharge documents, clearing the pair’s path to receive benefits
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Judge suspends ordinance for 30 days and orders mediation after Fort Lauderdale hit by protests and cyber attack over park feeding law
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The newspaper is offering lucrative packages to senior employees with more than 20 years of service as it looks to cut 100 jobs
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With a growing consumer interest in plant-based healthy eating, vegetarian and vegan options present a chance new business and competitive advantage
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Peggy Young, 42, sued UPS after she was told she was not allowed to avoid lifting heavy packages, as her doctor had ordered
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Protests and strikes expected at 1,600 Walmart stores across US as retailers forecast record revenues at start of holiday shopping season
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Activists around the country have been organizing for a large-scale of Black Friday – and in Ferguson, people seemed to have got the memo
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America’s job growth is a polite fiction. The fastest-growing jobs are part-time, low-paid, forcing workers to rely on food banks. We talked to some of the faces behind Black Friday
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Nearly 100,000 Detroiters are at risk of losing their homes as the city sells off its stock of tax foreclosures. Young gentrifiers are buying the properties -- but some are queasy about it
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In a world swamped with cheap, unsold crude oil, the powerful petroleum cartel needs Vladimir Putin to join it as it considers trimming production
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Suzanne McGee: The multimillionaire self-help guru gives investing advice in his new book, but anyone who listened to him in 2010 would be hurting financially now
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Settlement for $300,000 announced by US Department of Labor pays 100 workers the money employment program allegedly failed to give
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A new study shows that Amazon keeps cutting prices to take on rivals like Walmart. Is this a good strategy, or mutually assured destruction of profits?
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Cab company quietly rolled out its ‘student debt assistance program’ in DC to get more drivers to work certain shifts
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This most recent gap between executive pay and taxes is part of an alarming trend reflecting a generous corporate tax code
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The 28-29 October meeting of the Federal Reserve board of governors gave the economy a clean bill of healthy, but noted market concern about Ebola
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A ring of scam artists from Georgia face criminal charges for alleged harassment of 6,000 Americans into making payments on debt that sometimes did not exist
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The portable showers will be set up in a church parking lot and cost $30,000 a month, after wells in the Central Valley town started running dry early this year
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Like Mark Zuckerberg, these new CEOs tend to be socially aware and willing to write big checks for welfare programs. But don’t look to them to end elitism
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Cleveland could use a boost. But don’t look to the LeBronomy, which would require every man, woman and child in the city to spend $240 on gear every year
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A coalition of the biggest names in consumer technology have backed a US bill that would limit surveillance and prevent bulk email collection. By Samuel Gibbs
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Former fund manager Bill Gross ‘received $290m in 2013’ but Pimco says figures in Bloomberg report ‘are not correct’
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Officials say 23 men and women were arrested after they blocked traffic at an intersection in Pico Rivera in California
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Unions managed to pass the minimum wage in four states, but failed to unseat lawmakers hostile to the labor movement
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Tom Bollich founded Zynga in 2007 and left before it went public. Now he’s reinventing himself as a marijuana entrepreneur, devising sustainable agriculture for the pot industry
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New study from Pew Charitable Trusts imagines an America without social welfare programs
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An unpaid internship can run to $1,463 a month in living costs, locking qualified young people out. Has an internship thrown you into financial hardship? Tell us
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The entrepreneur and immigrant is a woman in her 40s in a business that favors young men, but she shrugs it off: ‘Anything with power, guys are there first’
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Peggy Young took her employer to court for placing her on unpaid leave when she was pregnant, but what about women who suffer in silence? We want to hear your stories.
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Downward Mobility 'Being homeless is better than working for Amazon'
Nichole Gracely has a master’s degree and was one of Amazon’s best order-pickers. Now, after protesting the company, she’s homeless -
Amazon CEO admits that failures have cost the company dear but experimentation like the Fire Phone is key to survival
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As Americans struggle with day-to-day expenses, holiday shopping takes a hit
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Thanksgiving Day is being cannibalized by Black Friday — and that means more retail workers than ever will have to cut their Thanksgiving dinners short
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The US isn’t moving to the gold standard any time soon – but in Switzerland, where it reigned as recently as 1996, an immiment vote is raising the future of the shiny metal all over again
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Spain has offered citizenship to Sephardic Jews, who were expelled from the country in 1492. But is this about welcoming diversity again, or Spain’s attempt to draw new investment into a struggling economy?
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Move suggests authorities are closer to filing criminal charges in long-running investigation into whether banks have been colluding to move currency rates
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From the turkeys on our tables to the parades on our TVs, here are the people who work behind the scenes to bring us Thanksgiving
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Nothing says Thanksgiving like a new gun, apparently, and the FBI’s dedicated team is braced for a repeat of last year’s surge to 145,000 calls in one day
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Work advice: Soon after joining I had the unpleasant task of sacking my team, and I don’t want to lie about it in interviews
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Pointed questions and plenty of ire were put to William Dudley regarding alleged coziness between his investigators and the banks they supervise
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China takes a historic step in its embrace of western-style capitalism – just as its economy is slowing. ‘If even John Paulson can get hosed in China, what hope does the individual investor have?’ ask experts. Caveat emptor
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In a rare phenomenon, the prices of completely unrelated commodities are falling. Is another global recession coming? Not quite
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‘I’ll need Steven and Brian’s help to turn this into a real game!’ laughs computer programmer Barbie in new book
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Equality Challenge Unit figures reveal a dismal picture for female academics with the continued dominance of men in the sector
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New tool means tweets are no longer gone forever when they drop off users’ timelines. By Samuel Gibbs
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Co-founder Travis Kalanick may have apologised for the ‘terrible’ comments from a top Uber executive , but anger swirls at tech firm over allegations of sexism and misogyny
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Is financial expertise overrated? A new study from the ‘Yelp of investing’ shows that finance professionals make less money in the stock markets than people in other industries – perhaps because banking experts know it pays to be wary
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Federal plan permits drilling in George Washington forest in Virginia overriding opposition from Virginia’s governor and campaigners
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Five countries including India, China and Russia account for 61% of all slavery, says Australia-based Walk Free Foundation
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As students round the country prepare for a national anti-austerity protest, we look at the way government cost-cutting is targeting the young
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How a middle-aged mum, and modest Facebook user, faced an identity crisis when she tried to book through Airbnb
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An old form of borrowing and saving is getting a new lease of life with everyone from Camilla to Imelda May getting an account
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The whistleblowers who made allegations about the 2022 World Cup have complained to Fifa saying their anonymity has been compromised
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Like Putin, can you get by on four hours’ sleep?
Open threadOpen thread: Tough leaders such as Vladimir Putin or Margaret Thatcher boast about being able to operate on only a few hours shuteye. Tell us about your sleep routines -
Publishing giant to pay more than 7,000 interns between $700 and $1,900 after lawsuit said some had been paid less than a dollar an hour
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Satirical website and ‘America’s finest news source’ hires investment bank to drum up sale after print edition’s decline
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Not since the Great Depression has wealth inequality in the US been so acute, new in-depth study finds
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Union stages walkout during contract talks, citing insufficient safety measures, but hospitals’ operator says it is well prepared
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Despite criticism of the coffee giant over tax and fairtrade coffee, Schultz has used his platform to call for social and political change in the US including working to honour veterans
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Entrepreneur and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel suggests his success comes from skill rather than luck. Here, he talks about investing in people and university education, as well as ageing and longevity
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Chocolate maker looking at replacing the high-fructose corn syrup in some of its products with sugar, joining Gatorade and Yoplait
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Preliminary results of retail survey see 11% decline in spending at retail stores
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Thanksgiving is not just about feasting; it’s a day of charity. Yet 22 US cities have blocked nonprofits from offering food to the homeless in public spaces. Why?
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Obama pays for everything from toothpaste to dry cleaning
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The president also pays for other basics – everything from toothpaste to dry cleaning
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Walmart workers sometimes rely on food banks and welfare to afford their own meals, a fact highlighted in the new “Walmart Hunger Games” Tumblr
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Cab company quietly rolled out its ‘student debt assistance program’ in DC to get more drivers to work certain shifts
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Public Eye, a counter-event to the World Economic Forum, nominated the brand for a lifetime award as workers around the world protest Walmart’s wages and treatment of workers
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A new study finds that programs and monetary rewards designed to encourage whisteblowers can be a windfall for the government
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A ring of scam artists from Georgia face criminal charges for alleged harassment of 6,000 Americans into making payments on debt that sometimes did not exist
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Is financial expertise overrated? A new study from the ‘Yelp of investing’ shows that finance professionals make less money in the stock markets than people in other industries – perhaps because banking experts know it pays to be wary
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Officials say 23 men and women were arrested after they blocked traffic at an intersection in Pico Rivera in California
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Federal contract workers push the president to raise wages for the people who serve breakfast at the Capitol
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New study from Pew Charitable Trusts imagines an America without social welfare programs
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In retail, there will always be a need for human workers, as a succession of major companies have found out
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The Guardian and the Women’s Information Service, Wise, tackle your questions on everything from how you can help to the often forgotten male victims of domestic violence
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In California, fracking is taking the water that farmers need – and it’s no anomaly. There is a water conflict looming between industry and agriculture
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One of the hottest issues in the midterm elections is lighting up – a joint – and the innovation shown by pot-related businesses could teach Silicon Valley a lesson
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‘There is a lot we can learn from the Americans,’ says the president, as he quashes plans to limit US blockbusters at the Russian box office. By Ben Child
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The president also pays for other basics – everything from toothpaste to dry cleaning
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The Office of National Statistics has released its Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2014 – we take a look at the top 10 jobs
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From Barneys’ Baz Lurhmann spectacular to Let it Go live at Bloomingdale’s, Manhattan’s stores have pulled out all the stops to make shoppers spend, spend, spend
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A new study finds that programs and monetary rewards designed to encourage whisteblowers can be a windfall for the government
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Move over Alan Sugar, Diane von Furstenberg is the new boss to please
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Lawrence Lessig: It may have taken six years, but does the president’s sudden willingness to do the right thing finally signal a liberal, liberated, post-political Obama?
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Jemima Kiss: It is not technology but rather unquestioning consumerism that has undermined our citizenship
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Glu Mobile has reported a record third quarter thanks to Kim Kardashian’s licenced game, which brought in $43m. By Alex Hern
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With research showing that children copy their parents’ approach to finances, we look at how to pass on good money skills
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When it comes to the tech industry, trusting in karma won’t get you anywhere. It’s time to be proactive and challenge outdated working practices, says Sarah Wood
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From seaweed burgers to craft beer, a number of start-ups recognise protein potential of seaweed as growing demand for meat puts increasing pressure on resources
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Denton is a small Texan town with a world-class music scene, including homegrown bands like Midlake and Neon Indian. But a shadow hangs over its future as a creative hub as it votes on whether to ban fracking within city limits
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Rep Luis Gutiérrez: The reincarnation of the do-nothing Congress is going to do just that: nothing. But the American president needs to protect 5-8m undocumented Americans – now.
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A Swedish hacker has discovered software vulnerability in Apple’s desktop operating system, while a separate researcher has discovered iPhone malware. By Alex Hern
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As consumer habits change, the top chains are losing the battle for market share, but technology can help to keep shoppers happy
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Is money ruining the work of charity?
Kathy EvansCharity leader Kathy Evans argues that the sector devalues itself when tries to put a price on what it does -
The US stock market gets all the attention and all the talking heads. But the bond market is where the real fortunes are made and where the action is
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The stock market keeps hitting record highs. But be cautious: things are probably going to change
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Jack Ma saw the value of his wealth increase by $22.3bn in 2014, up to $25.9bn, to rank 49th in Bloomberg list topped by Bill Gates
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Little incentive for big banks to change the way they are organised, with size and complexity driving pay
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With full oil exploration returning in areas threatened by Isis such as Iraq and Kurdistan, a veteran oil worker talks to Rupert Neate about the risks
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Heidi Moore: The Federal Reserve has spent six years and over $3tn buying up bonds to save the economy. Now it has to figure out how to sell it all back without creating a panic
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Feral cats pose a significant threat to the environment. Could putting them to work save their image?
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The impact of quantitative easing was blunted by unconventional monetary policies and conservative fiscal policies
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When a Facebook user dies, there are two options: delete the account or memorialise it. How can people plan for their digital legacy? By Jack Schofield
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Shrimp sold in America is regularly mislabelled by origin, fishing method, or species
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Women are still frequently held to account for their appearance, rather than experience.
Francesca StavrakopoulouWomen in academia are judged on their appearance. Feminine means frivolous, and those considered scruffy are subject to sexist assumptions -
The film-maker and the comedian have begun shooting Emperor’s New Clothes, which aims to explore how social inequalities contributed to the financial crisis
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Letters: John Lydon proclaims that Brand preaches revolution from ‘a mansion’. So too did EP Thompson, Christopher Hill and Eric Hobsbawm
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Heydon Prowse: If you’re 18-35 and agree the system isn’t fit for purpose, make it work for you by doing what the 65+ demographic does: vote
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Report claims iTunes downloads have fallen by 13%-14% as Apple mulls its next move in streaming music. By Stuart Dredge
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The AI investor says that humanity risks ‘summoning a demon’ and calls for more regulatory oversight. By Samuel Gibbs
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Daisy Buchanan: Perceptions are far from the truth. Women can have children and be good bosses
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Stefanie Gray: The loan giant preyed on my poverty, hounded me, slapped me with unethical fees, took me to court ... and then lost. None of it should have happened
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In a rare phenomenon, the prices of completely unrelated commodities are falling. Is another global recession coming? Not quite
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This most recent gap between executive pay and taxes is part of an alarming trend reflecting a generous corporate tax code
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China takes a historic step in its embrace of western-style capitalism – just as its economy is slowing. ‘If even John Paulson can get hosed in China, what hope does the individual investor have?’ ask experts. Caveat emptor
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Cleveland could use a boost. But don’t look to the LeBronomy, which would require every man, woman and child in the city to spend $240 on gear every year
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Like Mark Zuckerberg, these new CEOs tend to be socially aware and willing to write big checks for welfare programs. But don’t look to them to end elitism
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Unions managed to pass the minimum wage in four states, but failed to unseat lawmakers hostile to the labor movement
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In California, fracking is taking the water that farmers need – and it’s no anomaly. There is a water conflict looming between industry and agriculture
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One of the hottest issues in the midterm elections is lighting up – a joint – and the innovation shown by pot-related businesses could teach Silicon Valley a lesson
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Jessica Valenti: At the going rate, we won’t see workplace gender justice for another 81 years. Perhaps it’s time to tip the scales
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Measure that would force food producers to reveal if they are using genetically modified ingredients is attracting record campaign funds from huge corporations
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Could ballot initiatives succeed where Congress and protests failed? A worker, a businessman and a lawmaker have their say
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Former CEO of Liz Claiborne says violence issues brought to light by the NFL extend into offices and employers need to support staff with investment and outreach
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Silicon Valley is becoming a microcosm of America’s refusal to talk about female-friendly policies, writes Suzanne McGee
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There are $26bn in auto loans. It’s not as big as the housing bubble, but it’s a growing disconnect, writes Chris Arnade
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‘There is a lot of revisionism out there,’ the former Fed chair said Wednesday. But as he and others protect their legacy, are they trying to make the economy look better than it is?
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Why is Preet Bharara, the 'scourge of Wall Street', taking a friendly tone towards mortgage bankers?
Preet Bharara, the prosecutor with a legendary record of convicting insider trading cases, says people should lay off Wall Street for the crisis -
The government gave AIG a $180bn bailout. The company’s former CEO is suing, claiming that the bailout robbed him of the value of his shares. Chris Arnade shares what he learned about this breed of audacity during his years on Wall Street
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Soda giants pledged to market bottled water, diet drinks and push for smaller sizes. Are they just what’s good for business?
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Judge rules US Treasury has the right to claim all profits of housing giants as they march towards certain death
global view
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Post Office Future of Savings report says poorest families will spend an average £1,910 more than they earn this year
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Danny Alexander says consumers would be justifiably angry if pump prices are not reduced as much as they should be
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Our most prestigious universities are lobbying to increase fees above £9,000, but are not transparent about their finances, says Nick Hillman
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Choice asks Australia’s second largest pet insurer to stop forcing owners to pay premiums up to a year after a pet has died
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MPs requested system review after inquiry revealed ‘persistent miscalculation’ of money paid out in loans that will not be repaid
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Rolling coverage and reaction as the ECB holds its monthly press conference, after leaving interest rates unchanged again
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Landlords are abandoning people employed on zero-hours contracts. It’s an inevitability that ministers should have predicted, says Hannah Fearn
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Engineering firm says technological advances have improved output and announces veteran finance chief is stepping down
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Ernst & Young will audit Royal Bank of Scotland accounts for the financial year ending December 2016
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Top UK regulator says threat of fines is scaring banks and poses risk of cutting off financial services to emerging economies
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Bar staff and shop assistants among those most likely to live hand to mouth because of low pay, warns report
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Analysis The spectre over HSBC
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Smartphone shipments in the third quarter place Chinese rising star Xiaomi ‘China’s Apple’ ahead of South Korea’s LG, but behind Samsung and Apple. By Samuel Gibbs
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Share price fall piles pressure on Peter Sands, the London-listed bank’s boss, who will meet investors in Hong Kong next month
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Natwest receives hundreds of complaints daily from vulnerable people who have unexpectedly had money taken from accounts
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Priya Elan: Is it discreet or treacherous to Bcc? Should you vape at work? Don’t ask us – read Debrett’s new guide to the most frequently posed etiquette conundrums to find out
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Thinktank finds 35% of public has low levels of confidence in charities and warns that sector must protect itself from losing trust in the same way as MPs and bankers
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Official data shows the UK economy continuing to recover but do such figures reflect how people actually feel? We look beyond GDP for signs of gross national happiness
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Tom Clark: More than half of recent job growth nationwide reflects workers going it alone, but much ‘self-employment’ is something less benign
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Designer heads rankings based on turnover growth and job creation over the past five years for her fashion label
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Clothing stores and supermarkets perform well but hardware and DIY sector suffers, echoing signs of cooling housing market
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Buyers from Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Cameroon and Senegal snap up luxury property
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Comment Excuses why network providers don’t block fraudulent mobile phone calls sound more and more implausible
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As a teacher faces financial ruin after his mobile was stolen, a fellow traveller reveals he too is being chased – for a £4,300 bill
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Lords hears of gender imbalance in media groups
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Alex Andreou: Funding cuts, a bourgeois industry, and a glut of middle- and upper-class parts might explain why it’s harder than ever for the non-wealthy to make a career in the theatre
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Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett: When it comes to food and fashion, most of us could buy better. But for many, caring costs too much
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The inventor of the web says data must be owned by its subject, rather than corporations, advertisers, and analysts. By Alex Hern
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Researchers analysed 17 football teams around Europe and the only one that came close to reaching investment grade was Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal
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At the Sibos banking conference, the ex-Microsoft CEO and chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation talked to the Guardian about Ebola and the low chance of a US epidemic
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Nikki van der Gaag: Things have certainly improved for women, but at the top of both industry and government the faces remain stubbornly male
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IMF worried about excessive risk-taking, while World Bank warns of $32.6bn hit to west Africa if Ebola spreads further
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People with direct experiences of mental healthcare react to the Lib Dem leader’s plans to end the ‘outrageous discrimination’ in the treatment of mental health illness in the NHS
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Estate agents in Clapham, south London, saw deal frenzy after higher stamp duty announced in autumn statement
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At certain price points the changes announced by George Osborne have created a new mood of optimism among buyers
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Buyers spend their savings making higher offers while estate agents see sales rise the morning after autumn statement
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Denbighshire, north Wales, found to have highest concentration of people contacting Citizens Advice over financial problems
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It may not be an important port any more, says Tom Dyckhoff, but this attractive naval town has history, boutique bistros and just enough grit
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Ian Jack: The story of low-income tenants facing 400% rent hikes thanks to a profit-hungry consortium seemed just the kind of cause Londoners would rally behind. But even with Russell Brand in the vanguard, the barricades remain unstormed
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I struggle with the idea of the value of money, especially when so much of it supposedly disappeared after the crisis in 2008
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Ticket price increase is lowest for five years but more annual season ticket holders will see costs top £5,000
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International Labour Organisation finds in three years to 2013 UK wages fared worse than most of the eurozone’s crisis hit economies
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Work advice: All the signs point to me having the syndrome. I know what my strengths are but need some advice on how to further my career
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Holly Baxter: According to a survey on ‘having it all’, most people seem to covet long driveways and Agas. I’d say there’s more to life
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Consumer advice: As a disabled, terminal cancer patient it’s vital that I can communicate with the hospital and the GP’s surgery; BT have offered a paltry £200 in compensation
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Much reviled in the past, some zippy innovations mean the e-card is not as awful as it once was
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Financial services inquiry led by David Murray will recommend limiting surcharges to 12 cents or 0.5% of the transaction value, reports say
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Investigation by ProPublica and NPR reveals that American Red Cross spends about 26 cents per donated dollar on fundraising, not 9 cents touted by the charity
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Gaby Hinsliff: It’s a warning light flashing. In a healthy society parents would be happy to let their children cope on their own
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Letters: Those with the least, those needing essential services are staring at the precipice. It’s not only the squeezed middle but the crushed bottom we need to worry about
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George Osborne plans to cut billions off tax credits bill, which could reduce income of a working-poor family with one child by £350 a year
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London estate agents deluged by wealthy purchasers beating midnight deadline before housing tax rise
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London council proposes action after revealing 30% of homes built in last six years have nobody on the electoral register
I beat Sallie Mae at the student loan game – but nobody should face financial ruin for an education