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BBC Business
Energy bill help, minimum wage rise and bank taxes - what could be in the Budget?
Chancellor John Healey will set out his plans for UK taxes on 28 October.
BBC Business
Luxury cruise passengers stranded in Cambodia due to soaring fuel costs
The Villa Vie Odyssey suspended its voyage and is working with passengers on "temporary living arrangements".
Fortune
Airbnb guests no longer have to wash dishes or strip beds. Furious hosts are threatening to boycott and raise cleaning fees
A new policy bars hosts from making guests do work “typically performed by a cleaner.” Guests are thrilled, more than 10,000 hosts have signed a petition against it, and som...
BBC Business
What is in the iconic red box?
UK Chancellor John Healey will be carrying a red box as he delivers his Budget today - but what's in the box?
Fortune
Trump’s farmworker pay cut moved $2.5 billion a year from workers to growers. A judge says it’s illegal, and back pay could follow
The Labor Department has until Dec. 30 to replace the rule covering nearly 400,000 seasonal farm jobs. If it misses the deadline, pay snaps back to Biden-era rates.
Fortune
Don Kohn’s infamous ‘death march’ hikes were referenced in Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech—now the Fed veteran is weighing the chairman’s path ahead
"The hiking ... was an important chance to trade ideas, find out what's going on inside another central bank, what they're thinking about."
Fortune
Trump’s immigration policy is so harmful to talent that Anthropic mentioned it as a risk factor in its historic IPO
The company said its revenue per employee jumped about 371% in one year.
BBC Business
Pre-loved clothes project sells items for 50p
The Echo project was partly set up in response to the cost of living crisis, say organisers.
BBC Business
I get £4,062 a year and am trying my best - here's what I want from the Budget
People on a range of incomes from £4,062 to £150,000 a year tell the BBC what they want to see in this year's Budget.
BBC Business
'An annoying buzz': The search for stealthier drones
As drone deliveries become more commonplace, their makers are looking for ways to make them quieter.
BBC Business
Landline switchover could cut people off in emergency, minister warned
Plans to switch to digital landlines by January could leave remote areas of the UK vulnerable, MPs say.
Forbes Business
Federal Election Commission Takes Down Filings Website After Reported Hacking Attempt
The agency took its electronic filings system down on Tuesday to deal with the reported hacking attempt.
BBC Business
Why this British plumber prefers working in Poland
Poland is now achieving formidable economic growth rates and fast rising living standards
BBC Business
Minimum wage set to rise but 18-20 year-olds will not get bigger increase
Chancellor John Healey will reveal the new pay rates in the Budget, and has also announced measures to help households with the cost of living.
BBC Business
Mbappé sorry for 'ill-judged' Mao remark after backlash in China
The France star had referred to the former Chinese leader as a "dictator" during an interview about memes.
BBC Business
Donald Trump's biggest economic problem looks strangely familiar
Donald Trump heads into the US midterm elections with an issue similar to his political foe Joe Biden.
BBC Business
Healey to shield low-income pensioners from income tax in the Budget
Changes are needed to prevent the full, flat-rate state pension becoming liable for income tax after it rises in April.
BBC Business
The grads ditching the UK for a fresh start abroad
With graduate jobs hard to come by, more young adults are reported to be considering emigrating.
BBC Business
As Christmas rush looms, how do China-made toys find their way to the US?
With the festive season on the horizon, we trace toys from factories in China to US shelves.
BBC Business
Why are more roofs not made of solar tiles?
Solar tiles were touted as an attractive alternative to solar panels - why have they not taken off?
BBC Business
How oil-rich Alberta's economy might fare if it broke away from Canada
Albertans vote this month on staying in Canada or moving ahead to a binding independence referendum.
BBC Business
My hometown shows that high streets have to change or die
Aberdeen is launching an ambitious bid to revive its struggling centre. Could it offer lessons for other high streets?
BBC Business
Aviation faces hotter, stormier skies – and passengers might have to accept more disruption
Are people going to have to increasingly accept more delays and diversions as the effects of climate change intensify?
BBC Business
Why the UK is dithering over what to do about e-scooters
Why is it taking so long for the government to regulate them, and what are the consequences of delay?
BBC Business
Why Gen Z are planning for life without a state pension
Many younger people do not believe the state pension will exist when they are older
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