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Christine Lagarde to stand trial over Tapie affair after appeal failsSpecial court to try IMF chief over €400m payout to businessman who backed Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007 presidential race
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Most Wanted: San Francisco flyers name and shame Airbnb hostsPosters in the city’s Chinatown claim Airbnb landlords are ‘destroying affordable housing for immigrant, minority and low income families’ -
Ex-HSBC banker denies fraud charges brought in USStuart Scott and fellow Briton accused over foreign exchange transaction allegedly designed to push up the price of the pound -
Britain's economy shrinking at fastest rate since 2009, says surveyReport on confidence and manufacturing signals 0.4% reduction in GDP imminent, piling pressure on Bank of England to halt decline
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Chipotle struggles to win back customers despite free burritosThe fast food chain, which has deployed rewards program and free food in months after E coli outbreak, reported second quarter sales 23.6% lower than last year
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Donald Trump, Peter Thiel and the death of democracyThe problem with traditional conservatives is that they’re too anti-government to fulfill Thiel’s vision. Fortunately for him, Trump is no traditional conservative
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Facebook's neighbors are losing their homes. What's being done about it?As the company prepares to bring thousands of new workers to its Menlo Park campus, advocates say it must do more to help lower-income local residents
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Could vertical take-off electric planes replace cars in our cities?Nasa and a host of aviation startups are developing aircraft that could transform the way we travel, with lower emissions and runway-free landings
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Why our dark world needs escapism more than everThe wildly popular mobile game is a Pokétopian fantasy that has flooded our world with good feelings – and timing could be everything behind its success
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American farmers are struggling to feed the country's appetite for organic foodConsumer appetite for organic foods reached $13.4bn in the US last year – so why is only 1% of the country’s cropland dedicated to organic farming?
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Is YouTube wrecking the music industry – or putting new artists in the spotlight?With Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney leading the charge, it’s easy to think the entire music industry is doing battle with YouTube. But, with countless artists and enterprises using the site as a springboard to success, it’s not that simple
around the world
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Japan launch delayed by McDonald's sponsorship leakFirst commercial partnership for hit location-based game will see 3,000 fast-food restaurants become virtual Pokémon gyms, paving the way for global rollout
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Why is the World Bank backing coal power in Europe's youngest country?The World Bank is poised to support a new coal plant that would modernise Kosovo’s creaking energy infrastructure, but also lock the young nation into a future powered by a regressive fossil fuel
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WhatsApp officially un-banned in Brazil after third block in eight monthsSupreme court overturns judge’s order to mobile phone companies to block access after owner Facebook stood by refusal to intercept texts for police inquiry
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Frankfurt tries to tempt the bankers fleeing a post-Brexit BritainCity highlights its low rents, good transport links and international population for firms considering a move from London
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Millennial financeMillennial financeYoung people have once again got the short end of the political stickMillennials must demand greater say in politics or older generation will continue to excessively borrow from their future
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Money and feminismMoney and feminismStartup sexism: why won't investors give women business loans?A federal agency has started investigating ‘angel’ investors and banks from discriminating against the increasing numbers of women with small businesses
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Far from middle class: why JPMorgan's wage hike is not worth celebratingJamie Dimon announced a gradual pay increase for some of his 18,000 employees. But some argue bank tellers deserve much more
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A different kind of tea party: how US farmers are brewing up a new industryUnchon Ramos has kickstarted an American tea farming revolution right from her farm in Virginia – but growers say the industry is still in ‘the wild west’ stage of development
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How the ‘first-in-last-out’ ethic is creating a culture of overworkIn order to thrive, businesses should focus more on what is actually being produced at work rather than how long employees spend at their desk
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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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