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| Why US firms are desperate to retain ageing workers |
| Elderly people are forecast to be the fastest growing sector of the US labour force. |
| Would you accept a loss to keep your money safe? |
| Some pension fund investors are paying to hold government bonds due to fears over the global economy. |
| Lightning strike 'partly to blame' for power cut |
| Regulator Ofgem publishes National Grid report into outage that hit homes and transport in England and Wales. |
| US delays Huawei trade ban for another 90 days |
| The reprieve allows US companies to do business with Huawei for a further 90 days |
| Greene King pub giant snapped up by Hong Kong firm CKA |
| The Suffolk-based pub chain and brewer is the latest to be bought in a wave of consolidation in the sector. |
| Corporate leaders scrap shareholder-first ideology |
| Companies need a fresh direction because capitalism is "fraying", says a powerful US business group. |
| Trump calls for big rate cut and economic stimulus |
| The US president tells the Fed to consider a one percentage point cut and return to QE money printing. |
| Juul: Vaping attracts fresh funding despite new lawsuits |
| Investors pump another $325m into e-cigarette market leader Juul as health concerns increase. |
| 'My Instagram got hacked and I lost my business' |
| Micro businesses say Instagram hackers are costing them money by compromising their accounts. |
| No-deal papers reveal council fears over food supply |
| Councils' no-deal Brexit plans warn of more expensive school meals and lower nutritional standards. |
| Why we lie about being retired |
| When we retire we often pretend that we're still working according to one Harvard academic. |
| 'The bomb actually landed in the room I had been in' |
| Laila Pence fled war in Egypt to go on and become a multimillionaire US businesswoman. |
| Can big investors save the world? |
| Will the big polluters clean up their acts if the people who actually own them say they must? |
| 'How I lost £25,000 when my cryptocurrency was stolen' |
| Investing in digital currencies is fraught with danger, not just because the prices are so volatile. |
| The farmers who worry about our phone batteries |
| Lithium is being mined in Chile to make batteries, but at what cost to the local environment? |
| Six things that affect your chance of a pay rise |
| Being a skilled negotiator may help, but other factors play a much bigger part. |
| The plight of a US dairy farm |
| It's a family business which has been around since 1942 - but now the last remaining cows are being sold off. |
| The Penny Post revolutionary who transformed how we send letters |
| Despite having no direct experience of the postal service, Rowland Hill invented the Penny Post. |
| Libra: Could Facebook’s new currency be stopped in its tracks? |
| How Facebook’s Libra could be stopped in its tracks |
| Is this the end of Macri's vision for Argentina? |
| President Macri has pledged to revive the south American country's economy, but are his hopes now over? |
| BBC World News business headlines |
| The latest international business headlines from BBC World News. |
| The floating farm for cows |
| The cows on this floating farm in the Netherlands are helping find ways of making food sustainably |
| 'Fall in love with the problem not the solution' |
| "Love the problem", advises Sean Petterson whose firm makes monitors to curb workplace injuries. |
| How the plastic bag became a million dollar idea |
| The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst explains how the plastic bag became a million dollar idea. |
| 'Treat your customers as all-knowing' |
| Treat your customers as "all knowing", says beauty and fashion firm boss Michael Broukhim. |
| Why young Indians are live streaming on social media |
| Hoping to be social media stars, young Indians are joining a live streaming app called Bigo Live |
| China tariffs devastating, says soybean farmer |
| The trade war between the US and China has escalated, and US farmer John Boyd Jr says he is feeling the pain. |
| Would you watch someone eat on the Internet? |
| American 'Meokbang' YouTuber Blove became a millionaire by having people watch her eat. |