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Shared publicly -The war on drugs has been a failure. Now, some nations are thinking again. This is the story of the breaking of a global policy taboo
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Shared publicly -British Airways crew walk out over "poverty" pay http://econ.st/2ibiGx4
With low costs and high profits, the airline has few excuses for not paying staff better
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Incentive for the poor is to starve them (no work, no food), incentive for the rich is to give them more money.
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Shared publicly -MasterCard might estimate passengers' weight for airlines based on what they buy http://econ.st/2iaGl0P
A new innovation from a credit card company could open the next chapter in the battle over how overweight passengers are treated on flights
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Yes ofcourse.
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Shared publicly -Why the “WTO option” for Brexit will prove tricky http://econ.st/2i9v154
Setting new, independent tariffs and quotas will be a tortuous process
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Shared publicly -The strong dollar has given Abenomics another chance http://econ.st/2hWCXX9
But a bottleneck of corporate timidity remains a big problem
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Shared publicly -Intelligence report says Putin ordered a campaign to help Trump http://econ.st/2i3PGax
The aim, says the assessment, was to denigrate Hillary Clinton and undermine public faith in the democratic process
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+Malcolm Schosha You're telling me that two average German citizens - one in Munich and one in Cologne - have more less common than two average American citizens - one in Queens, NY and one in Macon, GA?
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Shared publicly -Texas unveils its “bathroom bill” http://econ.st/2iaaMAN
The law would restrict the use of lavatories to those whose “biological sex” matched the pictogram on the door
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Shared publicly -Singing the praises of a musical at the Golden Globes http://econ.st/2ibiKgk
The Golden Globe awards are a good indicator for the Oscars, except where musicals are concerned
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Shared publicly -The death of a former president tilts the balance of power in Iran http://econ.st/2i9ItCL
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani suffered heart failure on 8th January
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Shared publicly -Berlin’s unique new music academy http://econ.st/2ia5B7q
The Barenboim-Said Academy fulfils its namesakes' dream of bringing people from enemy countries together in music
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Shared publicly -Fighting climate change may need stories, not just data http://econ.st/2i5jAYV
An intriguing argument that spiritual stories might save the planet
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Shared publicly -Theresa Maybe, Britain’s indecisive premier http://econ.st/2hVc2YE
After six months, what the new prime minister stands for is still unclear—perhaps even to her
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Have polls yet told her what she stands for? Maybe it's the polls that are indecisive.
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