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How Taylor Rooks Interviews Big-Name Athletes

In this episode of The Deal, Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly talk with the sports broadcaster Taylor Rooks about the art of the interview. (Source: Bloomberg)

Artificial Intelligence Is No Substitute for the Art of Receiving

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Artificial Intelligence Is No Substitute for the Art of Receiving

I started working in the restaurant industry at the age of 13. At that time, no one talked about artificial intelligence, algorithms or digital transformation. We learned the profession by observing the most experienced, understanding the…

The Portugal News

Shell profits double to $10.8bn as Iran war pushes up profit margin on oil

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Shell profits double to $10.8bn as Iran war pushes up profit margin on oil

Energy firm to return $5bn to shareholders as climate campaigners criticise high profits Shell has doubled its profits in the last quarter after the Middle East conflict drove up the price of oil and gas and created shortages in the global…

If British Library reading rooms become ‘co-working spaces’, it’s all too easy to imagine what comes next | Andy Beckett

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If British Library reading rooms become ‘co-working spaces’, it’s all too easy to imagine what comes next | Andy Beckett

The plan to generate revenue from areas currently used by the public is causing bitter dispute, and raises fundamental questions In a crowded country that is short of public money, any expansive public building that seems underused in any…

Reader Q&A: Our money and economics correspondents answer your Budget 2026 questions

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Reader Q&A: Our money and economics correspondents answer your Budget 2026 questions

The 2026 budget has been revealed; how will it affect you personally, will it change the country and has chancellor John Healey done enough to prepare for the challenges ahead? Our money and economics editors Hilary Osborne and Heather…

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What Wall Street Really Thanks About the AI Trade (Podcast)

It has been a big week for the AI trade — we've seen wobbles in the market, many of them in response to headlines like the Anthropic S-1 and earnings from the hyperscalers (Oracle, Microsoft, etc.). So what does Wall Street make of all the…

Ontario to provide fiscal update as tariff fight bites into budget

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Ontario to provide fiscal update as tariff fight bites into budget

Ontario will provide a key economic update today after repeated warnings from the province’s treasurer that its mini-budget will be awash in red ink.

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Dollar exchange rate below 80 rubles on interbank market for second day

As of 9:42 a.m. Moscow time, the dollar exchange rate was down by 50.01 kopecks at 79.995 rubles

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Healey’s £4.4bn cost living support package ‘badly targeted,’ says Resolution Foundation – business live

Even families receiving help face higher energy bills than during the last energy price shock, analysis finds Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. The £4.4bn cost of…

We don’t want China decoupling – but we must defend our interests, German president warns

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We don’t want China decoupling – but we must defend our interests, German president warns

Germany is not seeking to decouple from China, but must defend its economic interests, visiting German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in Beijing on Thursday, echoing the line taken by Chancellor Friedrich Merz during his tour of…

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Yuan exchange rate down below 12 rubles on Moscow Exchange first since August 2026