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Six women accuse Roger Ailes, raising speculation of ouster at Fox NewsThe executive has been accused of sustained and brutal sexual harassment – but in the past, he has not been one to bow to external pressure
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Bank of England considers interest rate cut to tackle Brexit crisisMonetary policy committee discussing a range of options, which include keeping rates on hold or slashing them to zero -
Use of police robot to kill Dallas shooting suspect believed to be first in US historyPolice’s lethal use of bomb-disposal robot in Thursday’s ambush worries legal experts who say it creates gray area in use of deadly force by law enforcement -
US economy exceeds expectations to add 287,000 jobsFigure comes after two months of disappointing job growth, as unemployment climbs to 4.9%, labor department says
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Furry companions luxuriate at D Pet HotelsPet owners turn their noses up at boarding kennels and opt for the luxury dog hotel, which has has three US locations with a fourth set to open soon
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How Pokémon Go can take over your lifeClem Bastow finds the augmented reality created by Nintendo and Niantic Labs absorbing, occasionally embarrassing, and above all, addictive
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Dallas, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile: should Facebook show violent videos?Facebook’s live streaming video allows people to broadcast life – and death – for the world to see, raising a new and complex set of ethical questions
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Blue-collar states in limbo after recessionIn the fourth in a series of election year discussions, Ohioans who have watched the rise and fall of manufacturing are disillusioned by politics as usual – but have no love for Trump
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Student debt still weighing down people over 30It’s not just younger millennials facing astronomical college costs, as a group of thirty- and fortysomethings make clear in Albany
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Squeezed middle class tell tales of struggleAs Voices of America highlights issues that matter to voters, in North Carolina, talk of helping the middle class feels like an empty promise without a plan
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Sterling’s down, sales are falling, shoppers anxiousThe Bank of England governor calmed nerves with a £150bn lifeline, but there are many more post-referendum challenges
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Berlin is beckoning to Britain’s startups. But will they leave London?A bold ad campaign by Germany’s FDP party has already tackled business’s fears in the wake of Brexit head-on
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'How can a girl become a taxi driver?': defying India's caste and gender taboosYoung women are challenging traditional roles to train as taxi drivers, part of a programme to empower children from marginalised families
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How hot Chinese money is making Vancouver unlivableAfter Canada’s ugly episode of racism in the early 20th century, Vancouverites feel uneasy talking about how this beautiful but unassuming city became one of the world’s least affordable: an unprecedented flood of capital from China
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Millennial financeMillennial financeWhat millennial millionaires are getting wrong about personal financeYoung, rich people are reportedly keeping a third of their wealth in cash – but it’s not a strategy peers with decades of potential compound interest should mimic
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Money and feminismMoney and feminismWomen have better chances of getting hired when competing against womenA female candidate’s chances of being hired are statistically zero if she is the only woman in a pool of finalists, a recent report on job hiring practices found
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A good job if you can get it: America's solar workforce is heating upThe national solar industry is expected to add 30,000 jobs in 2016, a 14.7% jump from last year. Who are the workers building this new market?
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#Nevernotworking: why are Americans spending too much time at work?Employers should be doing more to protect staff from the psychological and physical effects of overwork, argue the authors of a new study
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What do Apple and Patagonia have in common? Making money from solarBusinesses typically put solar panels on their roofs to support clean energy and cut emissions, but a small group of them are branching out to earn profits from selling solar electricity
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Here comes the sun: US solar power market hits all-time highAfter a rocky start, the US solar market is taking off. What will it take to make it go truly mainstream?
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