Lords urge tougher rules for tech firms

Technology firms and social media apps should all fall under one regulatory body, Lords report says.

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Was the millennial dream killed by QE?

Ten years on from Bank of England's first injection of money into the economy, what impact has it had?

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Cash or no cash - where do you stand?

The future of cash is at risk, according to a major report, but would we notice and are we bothered?

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US jobs shock as growth slows

The world's largest economy added just 20,000 jobs in February, but wage growth picked up.

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No-deal Brexit threat to 'billions of pounds' of chemicals

A legal loophole means chemical imports used in manufacturing may be halted, a trade body warns.

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Drinks billionaire criticised over handicapped gaffe

Nick Caporella likened managing a soft drinks brand to caring for a handicapped person.

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Norway's $1 trillion fund to cut oil and gas investments

The world's largest sovereign wealth fund has $37bn invested in oil firms such as BP and Shell.

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World champion U.S. women's soccer players sue federation for gender discrimination

The U.S. women's national soccer team sued the U.S. Soccer Federation on Friday with allegations of gender discrimination just three months before they open their World Cup title defense in France.

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Serena backs U.S. women in soccer gender discrimination lawsuit

Serena Williams and other prominent American tennis players past and present on Friday expressed support for a lawsuit filed by the U.S. women's national soccer team against their federation that alleges gender discrimination in wages and conditions.

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Trump sees 'unbelievable' tornado damage in Alabama visit

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday visited communities in eastern Alabama devastated by tornadoes that tore through homes and businesses, killing 23 people.

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Prison authorities say they are investigating 'pharma bro' Shkreli

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons said on Friday it was investigating former drug company executive Martin Shkreli's conduct in prison after the Wall Street Journal reported he was still helping run his old company using a contraband cellphone.

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Ex-NY official convicted in multimillion-dollar bribe case: prosecutors

A former top elected official on New York's Long Island was convicted on Friday of taking bribes to help a local businessman obtain millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded loans, federal prosecutors announced.

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PG&E submits safety report to California regulator

Power utility company PG&E Corp said on Friday it had submitted a report detailing how the company upgraded the safety of its gas pipelines to the California Public Utilities Commission.

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Ex-Army intelligence analyst Manning jailed for defying grand jury subpoena

Former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning was taken to jail on Friday after a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, held her in contempt for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury, representatives for Manning and the U.S. Justice Department confirmed.

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Maryland top court upholds 'Serial' murder conviction

Maryland's highest court on Friday reinstated the 1999 murder conviction of a Baltimore man who became the subject of national attention when the popular "Serial" podcast spotlighted new evidence in his case.

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Don't expect details from Mueller probe: senior U.S. Republican

President Donald Trump's Justice Department is unlikely to grant Democrats in Congress access to underlying evidence from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, a top congressional Republican said on Friday.

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Illinois shooting victim sues state police over gun buy: report

A man who was wounded in a shooting at an Illinois warehouse last month has sued the state police for wrongly allowing the shooter to buy the handgun he used to kill five co-workers and injure others, local media said.

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Wisconsin man jailed for kidnap-murder confesses in letter -report

A Wisconsin man charged with kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents has confessed to his crimes in a letter written from jail, saying "I can't believe I did this," a local TV news station reported on Friday.

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Elon Musk's SpaceX capsule splashes down off Florida coast

An unmanned capsule from Elon Musk's SpaceX splashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, successfully completing a mission crucial to NASA's long-delayed quest to resume human space flight from U.S. soil later this year.

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U.S. calls 'OneCoin' huge pyramid scheme, charges leaders

U.S. authorities on Friday announced criminal charges against the alleged leaders of an multibillion-dollar pyramid scheme involving the sale of a fraudulent cryptocurrency, OneCoin.

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