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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.

  • Employers better start saying, “Ok zoomer.”
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    Americans are taking out more personal loans, and it’s raising concerns. Employers need to start paying attention to their Gen Z workers.

  • 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.
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    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?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Round Rock police Chief Allen Banks recently won an award at the International Association of Police Chiefs conference for Operation Front Porch, which allows residents to send their packages to the police department for safe keeping instead of having them delivered to their homes.
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    Warehouse clubs lower prices to stay competitive. Trump gives some companies a reprieve to work with Huawei. Police get creative to combat porch pirates. 

  • Do you fake sickness to escape work?
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    The OECD downgrades its 2020 global growth forecast. The mother of an anti-government student protester in Hong Kong speaks her mind. A BBC survey shows two in five British adults fake a sick day.

  • The debate stage is seen as it is prepared for the Washington Post and MSNBC fifth Democratic presidential primary debate at the from Tyler Perry Studios on November 19, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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    Will tariff exemptions come up on Trump’s visit to Apple’s Texas factory. Home Depot underperforms. Georgia Dems think they can win in 2020, but with some help.

  • Nov 20, 2019

    Toy tariff story

    Much of what Hobby Works sells is from China — and destined for a 15% tariff scheduled to start Dec. 15.
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    The World Bank has a lesson for recession. Bankruptcy leaves GM off the hook. The holidays are even more stressful at one toy store thanks to tariffs.

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