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  • May 14, 2019

    Why angry shareholders are targeting Germany

    VW holds its annual investor meeting today. Shareholders have been questioning German corporate culture.
    Paulo Fridman/Corbis/Getty Images

    Volkswagen holds its annual shareholder meeting today. Why are investors demanding change across corporate Germany?

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  • May 13, 2019

    In Georgia, the storm has passed but not the impasse

    Seminole County, Georgia, Nov. 2018.
    Emma Hurt

    The president and his main economic adviser can’t seem to get on the same page regarding tariffs. India aims for 1 million new jobs a month. The future of Georgia’s farming remains uncertain because of Congress.

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  • May 13, 2019

    The street justice of “pothole vigilantes”

    In Oakland, California, two men calling themselves the Pothole Vigilantes have begun collecting donations and filling potholes at night.
    Ben Bradford/Marketplace

    States allege price-fixing collusion against drug companies. Delta floats free wifi. “Pothole vigilantes” hit the streets.

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  • May 13, 2019

    Solving India’s jobs crisis

    A man makes flags in Mumbai, India, on 23 January 2019 before Indian Republic day i.e., 26th of January 2019.
    Indranil Aditya/NurPhoto/Getty Images

    India is the world’s fastest growing major economy, so how is unemployment at its highest in more than four decades?

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  • May 10, 2019

    AI is just doing it

    An app that measures customers' feet will be available on phones and in stores in July.
    Nike

    President Trump tells everyone to relax about tariffs. AI might be the right fit for the shoe industry. Russia makes a petroleum play in the Middle East.

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  • May 10, 2019

    Moscow fuel

    Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend the G20 Leaders' Summit family photo in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018. - Global leaders gather in the Argentine capital for a two-day G20 summit beginning on Friday likely to be dominated by simmering international tensions over trade.
    SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

    China promises to hit back over U.S. tariffs. Russia makes a petroleum play in the Middle East.

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  • May 10, 2019

    China shoulders doubling of U.S. imposed tariffs

    A photo illustration shows a label inside an item of clothing reading "Made in China" in New York on May 09, 2019. - US and Chinese officials resumed crucial trade talks on thursday, trying to resolve a year-long dispute that was on the verge of escalating with new US tariffs. With US punitive tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods set to jump to 25 percent just after midnight, President Donald Trump said earlier on May 9, 2019 that an agreement remains "possible."
    JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images

    The U.S. pulls the trigger on tariffs. India’s richest man gets a new toy (store). Netflix launches in Africa. And where is Anu Anand, anyway?

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  • May 9, 2019

    Could the trade war trigger a recession?

    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo boards a plane before departing from London Stansted Airport, north of London, on May 9, 2019. - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on May 9, 2019, put off a visit to Greenland, citing pressing business in Washington -- just two days after he also ditched a trip to Germany to fly to Iraq amid soaring tensions with Iran.
    MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

    Could the trade war trigger a recession? Britain has a coal-free week. States are cutting back on unemployment benefits.

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  • May 9, 2019

    The China-Uber connection

    Uber launches its Jump electrical bike service in Brussels on April 25.
    HATIM KAGHAT/AFP/Getty Images

    What is the China-Uber connection? Trump’s budget gets graded. The key to rebuilding the Norte Dame is centuries old.

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  • May 9, 2019

    Take a pay cut to beat the robots

    A person shakes hand with a robot at the booth of IBG Automation during the Hanover Fair ('Hannover Messe') on April 23, 2018 in Hanover, northern Germany. - The Hanover technology fair runs until April 28, 2018, with Mexico as partner country.
    TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images

    Will an 11th-hour deal prevent a trade war with China? People deal with the urban-rural, ride-hailing divide. To avoid being replaced by a robot, just take a pay cut.

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