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Uber drivers win key employment case

UK employment tribunal rules that Uber drivers are workers rather than self-employed contractors.

TV series are making unlikely presidential candidates electable, one analyst told CNBC.

A new crop of female Muslim entrepreneurs is catering to the growing demand for Muslim-focused consumer goods.

A noted political scientist predicting Trump will win talks about how that contrarianism comes with the perks of publicity.

With the help of Hollywood, collectors have been buying up back issue comics and driving up prices. CNBC’s Phil Han reports from London’s Comic Con.

Up to a fifth of new cars in the UK are estimated to be “pre-registered” to dealers – potentially skewing sales figures and leaving drivers confused.

“We think even without an OPEC deal, prices are headed higher and that’s purely because of fundamentals,” Miswin Mahesh told CNBC.

As an employment tribunal makes its decision about the status of Uber drivers, we speak to two who have opposing views of their jobs.

Uber should no longer treat its drivers as self-employed, a British tribunal ruled, in a decision which threatens the taxi app’s business model.

The US economy grew at the fastest pace in two years in the third quarter, initial figures indicate.