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High Speed Two is ‘grand folly’ – IoD
The Institute of Directors says the government should scrap its plans for a £50bn high-speed rail link between London, Birmingham and the north of England.
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Is whisky the key to economic recovery?
It is a tough job but someone has to do it – to find out why Britain is not exporting more manufactured goods, I volunteered to travel around Scotland for #c4newspopup and visit whisky producers.
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Death of a City intern: overstressed and overworked?
The death of a young intern at banking firm Merrill Lynch is blamed on overwork. But why is the culture of long hours so endemic? Is it ambition – or pressure from the top?
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Detroit: bankrupt, but not without hope?
Detroit: the US city turned failed state, where even the priceless art collection could be up for sale. But there is hope too, with signs of new development and jobs – a contrast to talk of despair.
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Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years
US soldier Bradley Manning has been sentenced to 35 years in prison by a military judge after being convicted of the country’s biggest breach of classified data.
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HS2 cost ‘will double to £80bn’
Twice the cost and disruptive to half a million people. Two blows to the government’s flagship High Speed 2 rail link between Birmingham and London.
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Lloyds Bank back in the black with £2.1bn profit
Lloyds Banking Group is “back in the black” as it posts profits of £2.1bn for the first half of 2013 – sparking a surge in share price and expectations of a government sale of its stake in the bank.
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Burger that: as fast food workers strike across America
Fast food workers in cities across America have walked off the job to demand better pay, saying they are fed up with earning less than $10 an hour while top executives’ bonuses soar.
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Digital economy ’40 per cent bigger than we thought’
There are 80,000 more digital businesses in the UK than government statistics would have us believe, according to a new report commissioned by Google.
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Osborne’s ‘most generous’ tax break for fracking firms
In a move branded a “disgrace” by Friends of the Earth, Chancellor George Osborne unveils tax breaks for fracking in a bid to create the “most generous” regime for shale gas in the world.
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Have Olympics and Paralympics really boosted trade?
The London Games delivered a £9.9bn trade and investment boost, according to the government – but some small businesses say there was little benefit to the country outside the capital.
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Portugal health crisis: ‘We do not even have scrubs’
Portuguese medical student Francisco Ribeiro Mourao tells Channel 4 News’s Austerity Kids project that cuts to his country’s health system are hurting patients – and threatening future care.
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Woman accuses Thames Valley police of harassment
A 24-year-old forensic science graduate says she was wrongly stopped in her car on numerous occasions for suspected driving offences after breaking up with a police officer.
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The taste of success: is food the key to economic growth?
Unemployment down, job vacancies up: good news for some, especially the food industry which is now Britain’s biggest private sector employer. So why is it so hard to get businesses off the ground?
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No Go Britain: what the UN can do for you
UN treaties can be seen in the UK as nice things to sign but with little impact on the day-to-day lives of disabled people – but that’s not the case, says Zara Todd, who went to Jordan to prove it.