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Climate is the biggest risk to business
London (CNN Business)Companies and investors are waking up to the dangers posed by climate change and extreme weather.Many now consider environmental risks, such as droughts and wildfires, to be even more dangerous than turbulent
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A humiliating Brexit defeat, but May will likely stagger on
London (CNN)Just 24 hours after incurring a historic parliamentary defeat, British Prime Minister Theresa May faces another challenge to her premiership: A vote of no confidence in her government. Anyone who doubted the degree
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Good day for Putin as turmoil grips US and UK
(CNN)The news just keeps on getting better for Vladimir Putin.On either side of the Atlantic, the United States and Britain, the two great English-speaking democracies that orchestrated Moscow's defeat in the Cold War, are
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How Zimbabwe became world’s most expensive place to fuel a car
(CNN)In the Fall of 2017, Zimbabweans took to the streets in mass protests against a regime that was presiding over a broken economy and collapsing living standards. Those protests would turn to celebrations when
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Aussie tennis wars: ‘No one likes Hewitt anymore,’ says Tomic
Melbourne, Australia (CNN)It's all kicking off in Australian men's tennis. Again. And no, it isn't Nick Kyrgios at the center of the brouhaha. Rather, it's another player who has made headlines for the wrong
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Shiffrin wins to continue march towards history
(CNN)Her domination has forced the wider sporting world to take notice, and now Mikaela Shiffrin has done it again. The 23-year-old continued her remarkable romp towards a third straight World Cup overall title with
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How Amazon Alexa got so smart
San Francisco (CNN Business)For Amazon, getting Alexa's new security-guard feature to work meant literally breaking a lot of windows.In December, the company started inviting Amazon Echo users to try out Alexa Guard, a new
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Alibaba’s ‘City Brain’ helps cut traffic jams
Hong Kong (CNN Business)Traffic used to be a frequent headache for residents in Hangzhou, the eastern Chinese city that's home to Alibaba.The metropolis of 7 million people once ranked fifth among China's most congested
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Olympic champ now owns Austria’s most infamous apres-ski bars
(CNN)Life after a glittering sports career can feel like a come down for many top athletes, but for Austrian skier Mario Matt the party is still pumping. Literally. The 39-year-old slalom specialist was one
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Snap CFO out after less than a year
San Francisco (CNN Business)Snap is losing another high-profile executive. Chief Financial Officer Tim Stone told Snap on Tuesday that he was leaving the company, just eight months after moving to Snap from Amazon. The


