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Starbucks Profit Drops, but Leaders Say Turnaround Is Working

Faster coffee. More baristas. More seating. Despite headwinds from higher coffee prices and tariffs on certain products, Starbucks is seeing progress on its turnaround strategy, its chief executive, Brian Niccol, told investors and Wall Street analysts on a quarterly earnings call on Tuesday. “We’re not just building back our business,” he said. “We’re building back […]

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Union says driver pay could fall by £8,000

Shyamantha Asokan BBC News, West Midlands Rob Mayor Political reporter, Birmingham BBC Bin workers belonging to the Unite union started an all-out strike on 11 March and held a rally outside the council house earlier this month Bin lorry drivers in Birmingham could have their pay cut by up to £8,000 under new proposals, their […]

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Days After Trump Commits to Seabed Mining, Two Sides Face Off

Less than a week after President Trump signed an executive order to accelerate seabed mining, the U.S. government received its first permit application from the Metals Company, one of the most ardent proponents of the as yet unproven practice. On Tuesday, the company’s chief executive, Gerard Barron, was also on hand in Washington, D.C., for […]

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Trump to Sign Executive Order Walking Back Some Auto Tariffs

President Trump plans to sign an executive order Tuesday that will walk back some tariffs for carmakers, administration officials said, removing some levies that Ford, General Motors and others have complained would backfire on U.S. manufacturing by raising the cost of production and squeezing their profits. The changes will modify Mr. Trump’s tariffs so that […]

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How Trump May Unintentionally Cut Carbon Emissions

President Trump has expressed little interest in fighting climate change. One of his key cabinet officials has even sought to evaluate whether humanity benefits from a warming climate, in a bid to undermine environmental rules. Yet even as he works to accelerate oil and gas production, Mr. Trump’s economic approach may inadvertently reduce greenhouse gas […]

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What we know about power outage in Spain, Portugal | Energy News

Spain and Portugal have regained access to electricity after one of Europe’s worst blackouts paralysed transport systems, disrupted mobile communications and postponed medical procedures. For almost a day from Monday to early on Tuesday, tens of millions of people were plunged into darkness. In major cities like Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon, people were trapped in […]

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Trump Administration to Use Federal Lands for Affordable Housing

Follow live updates on the Trump administration. During his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump pledged to quickly bring down prices for American households, including making housing more affordable. “We’re going to open up tracts of federal land for housing construction,” Mr. Trump said in August. “We desperately need housing for people who can’t afford what’s […]

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