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UK car sales fall for third year on Brexit concern, diesel hit 06 Jan 2020 - 07:21 pm
An urban fox sits in the middle of a south London road in the early hours of September 17, 2008. Reuters / Dylan Martinez
German car production drops to 23-year low on waning exports 06 Jan 2020 - 07:21 pm
The Porsche Taycan electric car is presented to the public as a world premiere on September 4, 2019 in a hall of the airfield of Neuhardenberg, eastern Germany. AFP / DPA / Patrick Pleul
Alphabet hits new record as its new CEO earns an analyst upgrade 06 Jan 2020 - 06:38 pm
Sundar Pichai delivers his keynote address during the Google IO developers conference in San Francisco on May 28, 2015. Reuters / Robert Galbraith
Air France plans to run flight schedule on Jan 6-7 despite strikes 05 Jan 2020 - 08:53 pm
The Air France logo is seen on the Air France headquarters building at the Charles de Gaulle International Airport, October 18, 2015  in Roissy. (Reuters / Jacky Naegelen)
Ghosn’s escape escorts included green beret with rap sheet 05 Jan 2020 - 08:53 pm
Former Nissan Motor Chariman Carlos Ghosn leaves the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo, Japan April 25, 2019. Reuters / Issei Kato
Ousted Tata chairman Cyrus Mistry says he doesn’t want his old job back 05 Jan 2020 - 06:41 pm
Cyrus Mistry smiles during the Tata Consultancy Services Ltd annual general meeting in Mumbai, June 27. 2014. Reuters
German designer Zobel quits fashion label Courreges 03 Jan 2020 - 07:42 pm
Yolanda Zobel acknowledges the audience at the end of the Courregs Women's Fall-Winter 2019/2020 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show in Paris on February 27, 2019.  AFP / Thomas Samson
French govt meets as unions vow to harden pension strike 03 Jan 2020 - 07:30 pm
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire talks in a cafe as he visits shopkeepers, restaurateurs and hotel operators to assess the economic impact of nationwide strikes on pensions reform in Paris, France, January 3, 2020. Reuters/Charles Platiau
US farmers see another bleak year despite Phase 1 trade deal 03 Jan 2020 - 06:50 pm
Raymond Schexnayder Jr, a soybean farmer, closes a bag of soybeans from his farm outside Baton Rouge in Erwinville, Louisiana, July 9, 2018. Reuters / Aleksandra Michalska
UK manufacturing shrinks again: data 02 Jan 2020 - 07:53 pm
Nissan manufacturing staff works in the Trim and Chassis section of their Sunderland Plant in north east England on November 12, 2014. AFP / Oli Scarff
Your money or your life: Can nations prosper by putting well-being before GDP in 2020? 02 Jan 2020 - 07:16 pm
Syrian refugee children queue as they head towards their classroom at a school in Mount Lebanon, October 7, 2016. Reuters / Mohamed Azakir
Chile's economy contracts 3.3% in November after unrest 02 Jan 2020 - 06:14 pm
A demonstrator reacts as she is detained by riot policemen during a protest against Chile government in Santiago, Chile, November 30, 2019. Reuters / Pablo Sanhueza
Bosch to cut thousands of jobs in India as auto sales slump 02 Jan 2020 - 10:26 am
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Ghosn met Lebanese president after fleeing Japan: sources 01 Jan 2020 - 06:03 pm
This December 6, 2018 photo shows a portrait of ousted Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn on a publicity billboard on a street in Beirut. AFP / Joseph Eid
Carlos Ghosn has tales to tell and scores to settle 01 Jan 2020 - 06:03 pm
Carlos Ghosn
How did Carlos Ghosn escape? Internet sleuths have some ideas 31 Dec 2019 - 10:47 pm
File photo: Carlos Ghosn sits inside a car as he leaves his lawyers office after being released on bail from Tokyo Detention House, March 6, 2019. Reuters / Issei Kato
Scapegoats to supply chains: Five aims for the anti-slavery fight in 2020 31 Dec 2019 - 09:30 pm
Migrant workers prepare to unload their catch at a port in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, January 22, 2018. Reuters / Athit Perawongmetha
Rising homelessness to ageing population: Five challenges facing cities in 2020 31 Dec 2019 - 09:29 pm
A woman balances a load on her head as she crosses a street near India Gate in heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi on December 6, 2019. AFP / Jewel Samad