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It’s easy to miss. The words “on purpose” are printed on a small label inside the tote bag alongside the name of the woman who made it. It sits inconspicuously next to the other handbags on the shelves at high-end fashion brand Kate Spade. There is

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As a little girl growing up in rural Nova Scotia in Canada, Maggie MacDonnell was worried by locals gossiping about the Mi’kmaq indigenous people who lived on a nearby reserve. They said the Mi’kmaq were trapping on her family’s land. She recalls:

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Consumers have less than three months to spend, bank or donate round £1 coins as the new 12-sided version outnumbers the old for the first time.The Treasury says there are now more of the new £1 coins, which first entered circulation in March, than the old round

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Apple’s boss has promised to build three new manufacturing plants in the United States, according to an interview President Donald Trump has given to the Wall Street Journal.President Trump told the Journal he had a phone conversation with Apple’s chief

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McDonald’s, facing pressure from increased competition, says it has found a recipe for success in $1 drinks and a new line of high-end hamburgers.The fast food pioneer had its highest quarterly sales at established stores in five years in the three months to the

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Relations with the United States were always going to be a high priority for British trade policy post-Brexit. So no surprise that Liam Fox has gone to Washington to discuss prospects.The International Trade Secretary is pushing for a bilateral trade liberalisation

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