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Italy latest to slap Internet giants with 'digital tax' 16 Oct 2019 - 07:14 pm
A smartphone being operated in front of GAFA logos,  acronym for Google Apple Facebook and Amazon, as background in Hédé-Bazouges, western France, on September 28, 2017. AFP / Damien Meyer
China's Huawei reports sales gain despite US sanctions 16 Oct 2019 - 12:08 pm
The Huawei logo is pictured at the IFA consumer tech fair in Berlin, Germany, September 6, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
EU and UK close in on possible Brexit text 16 Oct 2019 - 09:43 am
Britain's House of Parliament are pictured across the River Thames in London, on October 15, 2019. AFP / ISABEL INFANTES
Lululemon investigates Bangladesh factory over workers' treatment 15 Oct 2019 - 08:26 pm
A woman walks into a store of yogawear retailer Lululemon Athletica in downtown Vancouver June 11, 2014. Reuters/Ben Nelms
IMF’s peacemaker role tested as tariffs pummel the global economy 15 Oct 2019 - 07:34 pm
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How Amazon.com moved into the business of US elections 15 Oct 2019 - 07:34 pm
The Amazon fulfillment center is seen in Robbinsville, New Jersey, November 26, 2018. Reuters / Shannon Stapleton
London retains global finance throne amid Brexit chaos 15 Oct 2019 - 07:34 pm
Commuters cross the River Thames' Waterloo Bridge into the City of London on March 21, 2018, backdropped by the dome of St Pauls Cathedral. AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas
IMF warns global outlook 'precarious,' no room for policy mistakes 15 Oct 2019 - 04:12 pm
IMF Chief Economist and Director of the Research Department Gita Gopinath speaks during a IMF and World Bank Fall Meetings on October 15, 2019 in Washington. AFP / Olivier Douliery
America’s ‘green economy’ is now worth $1.4 trillion 15 Oct 2019 - 04:12 pm
Windmills turn in the breeze at Horns Rev 2, the world largest wind farm 30 km off the west coast of Denmark near Esbjerg, September 15, 2009. Reuters / Bob Strong
Renewables overtake hydrocarbons in UK electricity generation 14 Oct 2019 - 10:11 pm
A solar power plant is seen past wind turbines in Canino central Italy, April 27, 2016. Reuters / Max Rossi
Climate change activists target BlackRock in London 14 Oct 2019 - 10:11 pm
Protesters hold a banner outside the BlackRock office during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in the City of London, Britain October 14, 2019. Reuters/Henry Nicholls
Are US-Chinese tariffs on almost everything the 'new normal'? 14 Oct 2019 - 10:11 pm
In this file photo taken on March 04, 2019 the US flag flies over shipping cranes  in Long Beach, California. AFP / Mark Ralston
How a dumbed down calculation helped Boeing certify 737 Max jet 14 Oct 2019 - 10:11 pm
A Boeing 737 MAX 8 sits outside the hangar during a media tour of the Boeing 737 MAX at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington, December 8, 2015. Reuters / Matt Mills McKnight
UN urges action as finds farmers losing up to a fifth of produce 14 Oct 2019 - 08:21 pm
Farmers sort potatoes at a field in Badi Gohari village near Allahabad, April 1, 2010. reuters / Jitendra Prakash
Do California power shutoffs work? Hard to know, experts say 14 Oct 2019 - 08:21 pm
 The front page of the San Francisco Chronicle alerts the community about power outages on October 10, 2019 in Sausalito, California. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images/AFP
Javid plans first post-brexit budget on Nov 6 14 Oct 2019 - 10:17 am
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Singapore's central bankers may know something we don't 14 Oct 2019 - 08:26 am
People walk past buildings in the financial business district of Raffles Place in Singapore on October 14, 2019. AFP / Roslan RAHMAN
British city launches innovative fund to tackle climate change, poverty 13 Oct 2019 - 10:13 pm
A pedestrian walks past graffiti street art on the side of a building in Bristol on May 8, 2019. AFP / Geoff Caddick