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  • Dec 12, 2019

    Trump’s WTO KO

    A red pedestrian trafic light next to the headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on December 10, 2019 in Geneva.
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    The Fed chair explains why wages are stagnant despite low unemployment. The ECB keeps interest rates low at new head Christine Lagarde’s first meeting. The Trump Administration has choked off the World Trade Organization’s top court.

  • Stricter rules for tech giants Down Under
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    Australia sets stricter social media rules. Christine Lagarde has her first ECB rate setting meeting. An evening with an Amazon delivery driver.

  • What happens when your trucking company goes bankrupt mid-delivery?
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    Environmental and labor rules feature prominently in the “New NAFTA” deal. The unceremonious way one trucker learned his company went out of business right before the holidays.

  • Is the “splinternet” in our future?
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    Saudi Aramco becomes the most valuable publicly traded stock in the world. The new energy secretary gets sworn in today. “The Economist” gives its predictions for 2020.

  • Saudi Aramco's shares soared on their debut on the domestic stock exchange Wednesday, becoming the world's biggest listed company worth $1.88 trillion after a record-breaking IPO.  (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)

    Aramco shares jump 10% on debut. France braces for pension reform speech. A spotlight on Morocco’s economy.

  • Activists stencil a slogan reading "Flats for immigrants not for airbnb" on a wall during a demonstration outside the EU offices in central Athens on April 16, 2019 to ask for funding for the EU ESTIA emergency support package which provides urban accommodation and cash assistance to refugees and asylum-seekers in Greece.
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    The U.S. and China might agree to delay tariffs. Britons go to the polls this week… again. Airbnb is facing protests in Athens, Greece as rents go up.

  • A man in a Santa Clause costume gestures on the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on December 5, 2019 in New York.
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    The “New NAFTA” is closer to Congressional approval. Corporate diversity measures have failed black millennial professionals. Please mind your Ps and Qs during your office holiday party.

  • Workers are seen inside the Section 3 control center at Lethabo Power Station on April 3, 2019 in Sasolburg.
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    One in 10 South Africans are now without power. Nintendo launches Switch in China with Tencent’s help. What the artificial intelligence revolution means for our jobs. 

  • The American flag flies over the U.S. Capitol.
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    Sprint and T-Mobile head to court to defend their mega-merger. Why mortgage rates remain steady as interest rates go down. How one woman found the better life her parents sought in this country.

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