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Boeing share price briefly plummets after president-elect claims project is costing $4bn: ‘I think Boeing is doing a little bit of a number’
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The economy shrank by 0.5% in the September quarter and economists now see the Reserve Bank being forced to cut borrowing costs twice in 2017. Follow reaction from Canberra and the markets live
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After a tax-incentive deal at the Carrier plant, the president-elect set his sights on Rexnord Corp – where ‘devastated’ workers face a similar threat to their jobs
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How Italy became this century's 'sick man of Europe'
Larry ElliottJoining the euro removed the country’s only means of overcoming economic troubles and restoring competitiveness
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Electric-car evangelist is the target of concerted negative online campaign linked to influential rightwing network
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Undercover investigation by China Labor Watch exposes low wages, hazardous chemicals and overtime beyond legal limits
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Have you found yourself checking email at dinner, or skipping from book to screen, unable to focus? The closer the world gets to our fingertips, the more we stand to lose
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Banks and oil giants should keep out of temples of culture, shouldn’t they? Andrew Dickson thought so – until he made a documentary about sponsorship and the increasingly desperate search for funding
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Brazil is in crisis. And once again, the poorest will bear the burden
Mariana Prandini AssisPresident Michel Temer is aiming to enshrine 20 years of austerity in the constitution. It amounts to a coup against the poor – and against democracy itself -
The London market has lost its shine, experts say, and even regions seeing positive growth could be hit by further political uncertainty
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‘Pharma bro’ who hiked the price of Daraprim by 5,000% goes on defensive after year 11 students make same life-saving drug in their school laboratory
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Sterling was up against euro for the fifth week in a row, as markets looked ahead to constitutional vote that is too close to call
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Millennial financeMillennial financeTriple-lock pension should be scrapped, say MPsGuaranteed rises in the state pension worsen generational inequality skewed toward baby-boomers, according to committee
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Money and feminismMoney and feminism'Eggs in the bank': how one clinic is making egg freezing less expensiveExtend Fertility cuts the $10,000 price tag in half to give women with demanding careers or chronic illnesses more accessible options in planning for their futures
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Trump wants to bring back millions of coal jobs, but a technology that could help has struggled to become affordable
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One cruise liner is offering passengers weeklong cruises centered entirely around volunteer work. But are these vacations as sustainable as they seem?
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America, stop visiting roadside zoos – they make money from the inhumane treatment of animals
Jennifer JacquetWhile conventional zoos have moved to enclosures for animals for at least part of the day, animals at some roadside zoos can spend their entire lives in a cage -
Nearly 400 companies and nonprofits signed a letter to express support for the Paris climate agreement. We asked a handful to tell us why
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