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US shutdown bites as federal workers miss payday

Unpaid federal employees are going to food banks, with no end in sight to the political impasse.

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Chinese consumers are taking sides in the trade war and that’s bad news for US companies: Cramer

Jim Cramer flags some pain points in the U.S.-China trade war and tells investors how to gauge progress in the ongoing dispute.

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China powers up electric car market

New rules could help some manufacturers in the world’s biggest market for electric cars.

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Mary Poppins Returns: Can tuppence really save the day?

The latest Mary Poppins film has been a hit at the box office but what money lessons can we take from the film franchise?

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Greggs: How its vegan sausage roll stormed social media

Shares in the bakery chain Greggs bucked the retail gloom this week thanks to good numbers and marketing.

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Winter likely to finish off some energy firms, analysts say

Customers could see their tariffs rise if they are bounced to a new energy supplier.

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Ford: Almost 1,000 Bridgend job losses by 2021 outlined to unions

About 370 jobs could go at Ford in Bridgend in a first phase of cuts, the BBC understands.

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For Huawei, another week of bad headlines means the company is facing trouble on a global scale

A Huawei executive was arrested in Poland on allegations of spying this week, and exports of telecom equipment out of California have been halted.

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Trevor Stuurman: The street photographer setting the trends

The South African multi-media artist causing a stir in the global world of fashion as he turns his passion into a profit.

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Earnings season may turn up some stock market winners after December’s battering

After the market’s December meltdown, earnings season could turn up some winners among the rubble, analysts said