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US jobs figures fall far short of expectations

Employers hired 266,000 people last month, figures show, despite a $1.9tn stimulus package.

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Furlough: Pair arrested over £3.4m job scheme fraud

Officials freeze more than £6m held in bank accounts controlled by the man and woman from Bradford.

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Virgin Media customers left waiting longest on phone

Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile had the longest average customer call waiting times, Ofcom has found.

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Twitter adds ‘tip jar’ to pay for good tweeting

Twitter launches a new payment feature for good tweets – but it comes with privacy concerns.

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Holiday costs to jump in summer, warns travel boss

Travel will be more expensive as airlines cannot afford to bring many planes back into service.

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Tui to subsidise Covid tests for package holiday customers

The travel firm is offering discounted tests with its holidays but there are concerns over testing capacity.

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British Airways owner IAG calls for action to restart flights

The airline group says there is a “high level” of pent-up demand from passengers.

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China’s exports soar as US recovers and India stalls

Export growth soared 32% in April as demand jumped for goods from the world’s second largest economy.

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Juukan Gorge: Rio Tinto investors in pay revolt over sacred cave blast

Shareholders voted against outgoing boss’s $10m bonus after sacred Aboriginal shelters were destroyed.

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Taking an invention from idea to the marketplace

Lockdown spurred many people to invent new products, but how did they get to market?