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US charges seven Iranian hackers over cyber-attacks on banksDepartment of Justice indicts hackers linked to Iran government for disrupting computer systems in first shift in US-Iranian relations since nuclear treaty
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US businesses attack new labor rule aimed at curbing union-busting tacticsNew rule announced by US Department of Labor requires companies to reveal arrangements with outside consultants to persuade workers not to unionize -
Volkswagen recalls Touaregs and Porsches in latest hit to reputationGerman car manufacturer’s reputation takes yet more battering as 800,000 VW vehicles and Cayenne SUV units feared to have defects in pedals -
Welcome to Shenzhen, home to the planet's fastest rising house pricesPrices in the southern Chinese tech hub topped the global property league in 2015, rising almost 50%, with London at 16th
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Microsoft scrambles to limit PR damage over abusive AI bot Tay‘Millennial’ chatbot was shut down just 16 hours after she was turned on due to her becoming a genocide-supporting racist
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US telecom businesses struggling to make connections as Cuba opens upPresident Obama has made the sector a priority but distrust about the security of US systems, foreign rivals and other priorities are making the going tough
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How South America's lithium triangle is gearing up to feed our battery addiction‘White petroleum’ powers everything from electric cars to mobile phones, and half the earth’s resources come from the salt flats of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia
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This long-isolated country has lost a lot, but it is in danger of being spoilt in countless ways – the golden arches includedCuba needs modernising – but it can manage without McDonald's
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Oregon grapples with consequences of landmark minimum wage lawSmall businesses have expressed alarm at the state’s pledge to raise its rate over six years to the highest in the country but advocates say the move falls short
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Co-living – the companies reinventing the idea of roommatesShared housing is nothing new but the number of young people living with roommates has doubled since 1980 and some entrepreneurs see an opportunity
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Aged Great Lakes lock could cripple US steel industry and hit manufacturing jobsMost of the iron ore used to feed America’s hunger for steel passes through the 50-year-old Soo Locks in Michigan. A failure could put millions of jobs at risk
around the world
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Australians paying half a billion dollars a year in 'unnecessary' ATM feesAbout 40% of transactions done at third-party machines, costing $548m in avoidable charges
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Australian shares tipped to move higher as rally continuesThe prospect of fewer US rate hikes this year than expected along with higher commodity prices has kept the ASX climbing
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By rejecting $1bn for a pipeline, a First Nation has put Trudeau's climate plan on trial
Environment By rejecting $1bn for a pipeline, a First Nation has put Trudeau's climate plan on trial
Canada’s Lax Kw’alaams show us how we can be saved: by loving the natural world and local living economies more than mere money and profit -
China’s woes take sheen off amber as traders fear risky times aheadIt is believed to bring luck and good health, but prices that have soared by 1,000% in past five years could go into reverse
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Millennial financeMillennial financeSocial injustice on an unprecedented scale, massive inequities and loss of trust in elites define our political moment – and rightly soYoung people are right to be angry about their financial insecurity
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Money and feminismMoney and feminism'Pink taxes': higher expenses for women add insult to gender pay gap injuryMy cotton shirt costs $7 to dry-clean, but the same shirt paid for by a man costs only $3.25. It’s time for women to demand not just pay equality, but equity
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Yahoo shareholder says board should be fired over 'atrocious' financial handling