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Samsung Electronics has named its new leadership team following the resignation of CEO Kwon Oh-hyun.Three executives have been promoted to joint chief executives of the firm as part of the management overhaul.The shake-up came hours after the firm reported quarterly

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Netflix has pulled the plug on House of Cards, a day after its lead actor Kevin Spacey was accused of sexually harassing a teenage boy. The media streaming company said it was “deeply troubled” by the allegation, made by the actor Anthony Rapp.In an

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Singapore’s Changi Airport launches operations at its new Terminal 4 this week. A key feature, say airports bosses, is its automated check-in system, which allows passengers to check in and board without having to talk to counter staff. Karishma Vaswani gives us a

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Hari Sunar is a 24 year-old mum whose second child is due in a few days. She walked from her home in the remote Nepalese village Pandavkhani for her final antenatal check up at her local birthing centre through shuddering

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When Saed Mohamed, a young entrepreneur from Somalia, pitched his online shopping business Muraadso as part of an East African start-up competition in 2015, he was prepared for rejection. And rejection is what he got.Abdigani Diriye, head of the Somalia-based

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Advanced digital technology could give UK manufacturing a huge boost and create hundreds of thousands of jobs, a new report claims.The independent review, chaired by the head of Siemens UK, highlights the benefits of robotics, 3D printing and artificial

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EasyJet has confirmed a €40m (£35m) deal with Air Berlin to buy part of the insolvent German airline’s operations, in a move that will secure 1,000 jobs.EasyJet will buy some of the company’s assets at Berlin Tegel Airport, including landing slots as well

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Banking giant HSBC has reported pre-tax quarterly profits of $4.6bn (£3.5bn) for the three months to the end of September.The result marks a huge 448% increase from $843m posted in the same period a year ago.At that time, earnings were hit by a one-off loss of $1.7bn

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The chancellor is between “a rock and a hard place” for his forthcoming Budget on 22 November, a think tank says.Philip Hammond may have to abandon his target for getting rid of the deficit if he wants to increase spending on public services, the Institute

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