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Vodafone tests new network tech in UK in challenge to 'big three' suppliers 06 Oct 2019 - 07:55 pm
Vodafone UK CEO Nick Jeffery and Formula One racing car driver Lewis Hamilton attend the launch of Vodafone UK 5G mobile data network in London on July 3, 2019. AFP / Tolga Akmen
US-China trade war a significant headwind for global GDP growth 06 Oct 2019 - 08:03 am
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EU girds for trade riposte after US ups ante on tariffs 05 Oct 2019 - 12:35 am
French Finance and Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire (L) and French online advertising company Criteo Co-founder and CEO Jean-Baptiste Rudelle (R) take part in a symposium on the theme
Flyers will pay more for carbon offsets but not tax, study finds 04 Oct 2019 - 09:39 pm
A Brazilian soldier patrols past travelers in the Galeao international airport in Rio de Janeiro, July 24, 2016. Reuters/Ricardo Moraes
Agri-foodtech female leaders struggle to attract investment 04 Oct 2019 - 01:44 am
A spice-grinding machine provided to a group of women farmers by the Cameroon government is pictured in Mbalmayo, January 22, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation / Elias Ntungwe Ngalame
'Empty promises' could pop bubble of investing for good 04 Oct 2019 - 01:44 am
A man talks on his phone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 27, 2019. AFP / Pau Barrena
Flight shaming hits air travel as 'Greta effect' takes off 04 Oct 2019 - 01:44 am
This December 9, 2013 photo shows American Airlines and US Airways signs stand next to each others at Denver International Airport, Colorado. AFP / Emmanuel Dunand
US blocks import of goods from five nations in rare anti-slavery crackdown 04 Oct 2019 - 01:44 am
A US Customs and Border Protection officer inspects a package arriving at the International Mail Facility at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 29, 2017. Reuters/Joshua Lott
Kept awake by worries, Melinda Gates pledges $1 billion to women's rights 03 Oct 2019 - 10:27 pm
Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at the IMF WB Spring meetings in Washington DC, April 20, 2017.  AFP / Nicholas Kamm
Brexit raises stakes for Britain in aircraft trade war 03 Oct 2019 - 09:59 pm
Part of the unpainted fuselage of a 737 Max aircraft at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, March 27, 2019. Reuters / Lindsey Wasson
Behind a record $1.6 billion Philippine IPO, a plan to tame debt 03 Oct 2019 - 09:59 pm
Manuel V. Pangilinan Reuters/Ezra Acayan
Successor for ECB’s Lautenschlaeger to be picked in November 03 Oct 2019 - 08:30 pm
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Drop in US service sector activity raises economic concerns 03 Oct 2019 - 08:30 pm
FILE PHOTO: A US five dollar note is seen in this illustration photo, June 1, 2017. Reuters / Thomas White
France weathering economic storms better than neighbors in 2019 03 Oct 2019 - 08:30 pm
An employee works on the automobile assembly line of Bluecar electric city cars at Renault car maker factory in Dieppe, western France, September 1, 2015. Reuters / Philippe Wojazer
Kerby Jean-Raymond slams influential fashion publication 02 Oct 2019 - 11:44 pm
Kerby Jean-Raymond in a Reebok promo shot. Credit: Reebok
Counting the human cost of Germany's massive tax heist 02 Oct 2019 - 11:44 pm
A cyclist passes a street near the village of Pflaumdorf, southern Germany, during sunset on February 28, 2019. AFP/Christof Stache
Congo mine deploys digital weapons in fight against conflict minerals 02 Oct 2019 - 11:44 pm
Labourers work at an open shaft of the SMB coltan mine near the town of Rubaya in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 13, 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Bolsonaro-backed highway targets heart of Brazil's Amazon 02 Oct 2019 - 11:44 pm
An aerial view of logs cut from Amazon rainforest near of the road BR-319 highway in city of Realidade, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 22, 2019. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino