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Stephen Ryan

Senior Producer, BBC World Service/Marketplace (in London)

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  • An Amazon logo is seen inside the Amazon corporate headquarters on June 16, 2017 in Seattle, Washington.  
    David Ryder/Getty Images

    Banks can thank regular consumers for their booming business. Seattle cuts Amazon out of city politics. Democrats are spending big to remain in the presidential race.

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  • China currency jumps after manipulator label dropped
    ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

    China is no longer branded a currency manipulator. A U.K. airline could be saved by a cut in airport tax for all. The controversy of phosphate mining in northwest Africa. 

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  • How will you be celebrating Oscar night?
    RALF HIRSCHBERGER / Staff

    What will put the brakes on booming financial markets? Wireless providers aren’t always talking about the same 5G. Is Hollywood still #sowhite?

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  • Jan 13, 2020

    IP mandate

    IP mandate
    Mark Schiefelbein/AFP via Getty Images

    What does the so-called Phase One deal between the U.S. and China mean for intellectual property rules? Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan meet over a Nile dam dispute. CFOs see an economic slowdown on the horizon.

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  • Customers shop at a Walmart India"s Best Price Modern Wholesale store in Jammu
    Reuters

    Walmart lays off executives in India. Ministers from Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt meet in Washington amid tensions over the new dam on the Nile. How a divide between China and the rest of the world is creating a “splinternet”.

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  • Jan 10, 2020

    New loan, who dis?

    New loan, who dis?
    ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

    What the positive trend in new jobs doesn’t tell us about stagnant wages. Boeing’s incoming CEO faces an uphill battle. Kelly Peeler is helping tackle the student debt crisis, one text at a time.

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  • The NFL’s betting Hail Mary
    Ethan Miller / Getty Images

    Hackers hit airport currency exchanges. Unemployment is way down, so why are wages still so low? The NFL gets into live, legal betting.

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  • Prince Charles, Prince of Wales tastes a biscuit during a reception to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Duchy originals products at Clarence House on September 11, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

    Iran invites officials and Boeing to investigate a Ukrainian plane crash near Tehran. Why China is a crucial economic issue in Taiwan’s Saturday presidential elections. Can Prince Charles’ Duchy Originals be a blueprint for Harry and Meghan’s corporate future?

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  • The new all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E.
    Sue Carpenter

    Jobs numbers continue be strong. How can one be “financially independent” when your gran is the queen? The EV industry could be helped by creating a lot more charging stations.

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  • Barley making a dent into food waste

    Mack Trucks announces layoffs. Holiday sales were not anything to write home about. Bertha Jimenez tackles food waste by making food out of spent brewery ingredients.

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