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Over the past six years, Gerry Cottle Jr has built up a $6m (£4.4m) a year business, showing films on the city rooftops. He was born into a famous circus, and while he left the business he puts down his success to watching how his father promoted his circus.Video

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Citizens Advice received an average of six complaints each day about gyms and fitness clubs during 2017, the charity has revealed.It is advising consumers to think carefully before signing up for membership in 2018.In the year to the end of November it said it helped

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Apple has apologised after facing criticism for admitting it deliberately slows down some ageing iPhone models.The company now says it will replace batteries for less and will issue software in 2018 so customers can monitor their phone’s battery health.Some

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American Airlines has apologised to two professional basketball players who were kicked off a flight after being wrongly accused of theft. Marquis Teague and Trahson Burrell boarded a plane on Christmas Eve, en route to a game. But before take off, a flight attendant

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The UK has achieved its greenest year ever in terms of how the nation’s electricity is generated, National Grid figures reveal.The rise of renewable energy helped break 13 clean energy records in 2017.In June, for the first time, wind, nuclear and solar power

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The government must intervene to stop automation driving up wage inequality, a think tank has warned. The Institute for Public Policy Research said robots would not necessarily be bad for the economy.However, it warned lower-skilled jobs were much more likely to be

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Would you pay more for your coffee if you knew exactly where it came from and how it got to you? An increasing number of Western “millennial” consumers would, and it’s benefiting everyone from the farmers who grow the beans to the artisan cafes

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Retailers are warning that a sharp rise in shoplifting is being fuelled partly by police forces not investigating the theft of items worth less than £200. The Daily Telegraph says persistent offenders are exploiting a change in the law that allows for more minor cases

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A group of Labour MPs are trying to keep pressure on the government to publish reports about how Brexit will affect the economy.The 25 pro-Remain politicians have written to Chancellor Philip Hammond saying people “have a right to know what the impact of Brexit

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Tesla’s chief has pledged to make a pick-up truck as part of future plans for the electric vehicle-maker.Elon Musk made the promise on Twitter after asking his followers for suggestions about how the firm could improve.He said the open-backed truck would follow

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