Yellen Warns of Significant Economic Costs of Climate Change

Inc. - Business

How Small Businesses Can Cut Costs Without Sacrificing Employee Engagement

Effective strategies for reducing expenses while maintaining productivity and morale.

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Financial Times - Business

UK regulator demands changes to £16.5bn Vodafone-Three merger

Competition and Markets Authority says deal could lead to higher bills for tens of millions of customers

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Financial Times - World

UK regulator orders changes to £16.5bn Vodafone-Three merger

Competition and Markets Authority says deal could lead to higher bills for tens of millions of customers

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The Wall Street Journal - World

Microsoft is laying off approximately 650 employees from its videogame business, in a move to cut costs.

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Financial Times - World

Russian attacks are breaking EU electricity market, Greece warns

Premier raises alarm over ‘extreme’ prices in southern Europe from under-capacity and Ukrainian demand

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Financial Times - World

Oil-rich nations are slowing progress on UN climate pact, say negotiators

EU bloc among countries putting pressure on COP29 hosts Azerbaijan to prioritise end to fossil fuel use

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Financial Times - World

And the Budget changes most feared by FT readers are . . .

Attendees of the FT Weekend Festival are selling assets and passing on inheritances ahead of October’s Budget

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Financial Times - World

Why is Rachel Reeves considering changes to the UK’s government debt target?

Chancellor is exploring tinkering with Bank of England bond accounting

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Financial Times - Business

PwC spin-off to restructure $1.5bn in debt after cost overruns

Tax and immigration adviser Vialto in talks with creditors two years after sale to private equity

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The Wall Street Journal - World

Selling in Jacksonville Is Rough Going---Unless Your Home Costs Millions

Mortgage rates have created a ‘Jekyll and Hyde market,’ where sales of nonluxury properties have declined while the high end thrives.

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ESPN - Sports

How Tua's infectious leadership is changing the Dolphins

If Miami fails to meet expectations in 2024, it likely won't be for a lack of accountability -- especially from Tagovailoa.

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The Hill - Politics

GOP senators warn against House-driven government shutdown

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BBC News - Top stories

'Citizens' jury' on assisted dying law backs change to give option to end life

The panel of 28 felt it was important to give people choice, but only if they were terminally ill.

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BBC News - Top stories

Russia can end war now, says PM as Putin warns West

Keir Starmer made the comments as he travelled to Washington for talks with US President Joe Biden.

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The New York Times - Top stories

Garland Warns Against Politicizing Justice Department as Trump Makes Threats

Merrick Garland told the department’s staff that there “is not one rule for friends and another for foes,” amid threats from former President Donald Trump to go after enemies if he is elected.

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The Wall Street Journal - World

A Warning to Business in Hong Kong

A major accounting firm is accused of abetting repression.

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The Hill - Politics

Democrats seek to tax fossil fuel companies over climate change

A large group of Democrats is looking to force the fossil fuel industry to pay for climate change. Lawmakers unveiled a bill Thursday that would allow the Treasury Department to impose fees on ...

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Financial Times - Business

US and UK to discuss allowing Ukraine to use long-range missiles against Russia

Biden and Starmer to meet in Washington as Putin warns of risk of war with Nato

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Inc. - Business

Health Care Cost Could Rise 6 Percent in 2025, Report Says

This marks the third consecutive year wherein healthcare costs for employers increase more than 5 percent.

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CNBC - Business

How one climate startup aims to use AI to protect the power grid

As fires intensify in the western U.S., utility companies are on the front lines to protect power lines, and AI is a big part of the process.

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CBS Sports - Sports

Will Warriors' Jonathan Kuminga, Moses Moody sign contract extensions? No significant progress yet, per report

Golden State has until Oct. 21 to agree to rookie extensions with both players

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The New York Times - Top stories

Is Inequality the Key to the Climate Change Debate?

In his new book, the economist Thomas Piketty argues that the world can’t stop climate change without addressing issues of inequality.

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The Guardian - World

Entire Earth vibrated for nine days after climate-triggered mega-tsunami

Landslide in Greenland caused unprecedented seismic event that shows impact of global heating, say scientists. A landslide and mega-tsunami in Greenland in September 2023, triggered by the climate ...

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The Guardian - World

AI can change belief in conspiracy theories, study finds

Research challenges conventional wisdom that evidence and arguments rarely help to change believers’ minds. Whether it is the mistaken idea that the moon landings never happened or the false claim ...

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CNBC - Business

U.S. median household income rose to $80,610, the first significant increase since 2019—but it's not good news for everyone

Overall, U.S. households saw a 4% boost in wages in 2023. But some groups didn't see a big change from the year before.

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Inc. - Business

Trump Tariff Plan Would Hike Shipping Costs, Much Like 2018

A return to and expansion of the GOP candidate's tariff regime would boost inflation and increase prices for consumers, experts say.

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The Guardian - World

Natural History Museum plans revamp to become climate ‘catalyst for change’

Four galleries to be overhauled and two more spaces to reopen, including Fixing Our Broken Planet exhibition. The Natural History Museum in London has announced a major programme of transformation ...

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Yahoo News - World

China warns on overseas car plants

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The Guardian - World

ECB cuts interest rate to 3.5% and warns of weak eurozone growth

European Central Bank makes 0.25-point cut as expected after eurozone inflation fell to 2.2% in August. The European Central Bank has lowered interest rates for the second time this year, as it ...

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