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Firing workers in Virtual Reality

VR is finding a surprising new use - training managers how to handle delicate situations

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The case for free trade

Does the backlash against globalisation ignore the huge benefits of world trade?

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EU farm subsidies: who's benefiting?

Is the European farm subsidy system being left vulnerable to corruption?

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A robot future and how to handle it

What will happen to our working lives when the robots take over?

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Why you should hire an ex con

Should employers simply stop asking job applicants if they have a criminal record?

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3D-printed pills

Could 3D printing have found a useful application - personalised prescription pills?

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The Airbnb rental scammers

Is the holiday lettings platform rife with bogus, unregulated and unsafe properties?

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Cognac and hip hop

How brands forge strong relationships with music

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A single West African currency

One currency for 15 nations - what difference would it make?

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Supermarket archaeology

What can soap boxes, sweet wrappers and tin cans tell us about our shopping history?

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Coronavirus: Fake news goes viral

Misinformation about the coronavirus outbreak is undermining efforts to contain it

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Firestone and Liberia

River pollution and labour rights violations on the world's biggest rubber plantation

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Trump's immigration crackdown

How fewer Latin Americans crossing the US border is affecting the economy

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Moving Uighur workers in China

New evidence of the mass-transportation of forced labour to Chinese factories

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Do stock-pickers have a future?

Research suggests they underperform robot traders, and most can't even beat the market

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Coronavirus: Global recession?

Could the disruption caused by the pandemic push the world into technical recession?

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The great face hack

Facial recognition firm Clearview scraped billions of people's photos off social media

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The superforecasters

How to predict the future and beat the wisdom of the crowds

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The psychology of panic buying

How the spread of coronavirus is changing consumer behaviour

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How to stop coronavirus crashing your economy

As much of Italy quarantines itself, what can authorities do to keep businesses afloat?

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The great North Korean crypto hack

Crypto-currency and cybercrime have helped continue fund the DPRK's nuclear programme

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Wet markets and the coronavirus

Where the coronavirus came from and why these diseases aren't a one-off

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Coronavirus: Can the risk be contained?

The US has slashed interest rates, and public life is halting across the Western world

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Can airlines survive coronavirus?

Airlines are cancelling flights and temporarily cutting staff

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Can the private sector help struggling hospitals?

Private firms are stepping in to fill the gaps in the world's coronavirus strategies

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Coronavirus: Where's the joined-up thinking?

What can be learned from East Asia's response to Covid-19, and from Ebola in West Africa?

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Life under lockdown

Some of the world’s poorest areas are suffering under tough measures to combat Covid-19

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Do we have the right data on coronavirus?

Why a cruise ship may provide some of the answers we desperately need.

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The working from home challenge

Snapshots of working from home across the world

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Are there exit strategies for coronavirus?

China is beginning to ease restrictions as they claim cases of coronavirus have fallen

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