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  • Llama farmer Sarah McGovern prepares one her llamas, Jasmin, for a walk. Airbnb "experiences" guests can take a llama on a hike to a nearby creek.
    Sammy Caiola

    Airline food service workers protest low pay. Will consumer confidence continue to carry through the shopping season? Ranging from pig picnics to llama walks, Airbnb adds animals to their “experiences”.

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  • A worker looks along a train tunnel at the Canary Wharf Crossrail station in London in 2017.
    Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images

    Alibaba opens big in Hong Kong. New homes are becoming affordable again. Businesses along the U.K.’s massive, delayed Crossrail project are losing their patience.

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  • Customers and partners of Alibaba Group strike a gong during the company's listing ceremony at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
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    Alibaba lists in Hong Kong. A banking CEO steps down after huge money laundering scandal. Ireland’s Limerick cashes in on TV’s renaissance.

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  • The trade war’s fruit of discontent
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    How are consumers looking on Thanksgiving week? London blocks Uber. Black Friday could be the time to buy that new car. Cherry farmers want to level the playing field.

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  • It takes a village to fight Big Tobacco
    pxhere

    Louis Vuitton buys Tiffany and Co. What do lower turkey prices mean for the average person? We look at the history of the anti-tobacco movement.

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  • Uber will not be granted a new licence to operate in London after repeated safety failures, Transport for London (TfL) has said.
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    Uber won’t be given a new license to operate in London. Louis Vuitton adds more bling to its portfolio. What the Elgin marbles mean for U.K. tourism.

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  • Employers better start saying, “Ok zoomer.”
    Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images

    Americans are taking out more personal loans, and it’s raising concerns. Employers need to start paying attention to their Gen Z workers.

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  • People take pictures of the newly unveiled all-electric battery-powered Tesla's Cybertruck with shattered windows after a failed resistance test, at Tesla Design Center in Hawthorne, California on November 21, 2019.
    FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images

    Tesla unveils its new “truck” to mixed reaction. New ECB chief Christine Lagarde urges nations to spend. Is the maker “Call of Duty” bending over backwards to get into China’s video game market?

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  • Protesters in Chile hold a flag calling for the resignation of Sebastián Piñera. (Credit: Getty Images)

    ECB boss Christine Lagarde calls for more government spending. A Chilean protester tells us why a subway fare hike sparked the biggest civil unrest in decades. British band Coldplay goes green.

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  • The state of state spending is strong
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    GM and Fiat Chrysler get caught in a union bribery scandal. Retailers are itching to unload their holiday inventory. States are spending more thanks more tax revenue.

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