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Business

  • People in field bend to pick bell peppers

    US economy adds 206,000 June jobs as labor market cools slightly

    Number is close to what was expected, as unemployment rate creeps above 4% for first time in two years
  • Collage of shape of London in red, with dragon and skyline in foreground

    ‘We needed change’: mixed feelings in City after Labour sweeps London

  • FILE PHOTO: Logo of Paramount Pictures<br>FILE PHOTO: The logo of Paramount Pictures studios is pictured in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 24, 2023. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo

    Paramount and Skydance squeak closer to merger deal

    Shari Redstone walked away last month, but returned to the table with her National Amusements company
  • U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends the Constitutional Convention of UNITE HERE in New York<br>Members of UNITE HERE, the nation’s largest hospitality workers' labor union, react during a speech by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the union’s Constitutional Convention in New York City, U.S., June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

    After pivotal 2020 voter drive, US union braces for another fight against Trump

    Hospitality union Unite Here hopes to do the same again in 2024 election – and this time the stakes may be even higher
    • a bald man smiles

      Jeff Bezos to sell $5bn of Amazon shares after stock hits record high

    • Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves in the City of London.

      Labour landslide may boost investment and confidence in UK, say City analysts

    • Man wearing sunglasses leans out of driver's window in car

      Ford chief says Americans need to fall ‘back in love’ with smaller cars

    • yellow, green, red and blue tubes on ceiling connecting to floor in a grey room

      Google’s emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand

In depth

  • A young woman stare exasperatedly at a kitchen setup.

    ‘Buy your back brace now’: The Bear sidesteps the grueling physical costs of restaurant work

  • Rows of glass jars and dispensers filled with different foods

    ‘It needs to stay in the loop’: German reuse schemes turn shopping upside down

    After success of bottle deposit schemes, some retailers are trying to widen culture of reuse – and start tackling Europe’s waste problem
  • Jensen Huang delivers a speech in Taipei, 2 June 2024: he is seen very small in the foreground in front of a black background with huge illustrated images of a robotic figure and moving mechanical joints behind him.

    Can AI boom drive Nvidia to a $4tn valuation despite investor doubt?

    Powerful new chips are on the way but there are questions over whether tech firm’s growth can be sustained

    Around the world

    • A worker assembling a car frame that is raised above the floor of the factory

      China to hold hearing into brandy imports as tension grows with EU over tariffs on EVs

    • photo of children's legs

      Photos of Australian children used in dataset to train AI, human rights group says

    • the yellow and red shell logo atop a green petro pump nozzle

      Shell to pause construction of huge biodiesel plant in Rotterdam

    • Front facade of HM Treasury Building, Whitehall, London. The head of the IFS says a potential Labour government is more likely to soften debt rules than cut taxes.

      Twice as many Britons want tax rises as want cuts, survey finds

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