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The IMF chief delays a trip to the Middle East after the disappearance of a prominent journalist.

The US wants to negotiate three separate trade deals, but talks with the UK would start after Brexit.

Dumping rubbish is a waste of valuable resources, says Arthur Huang - and his company is showing why.

Tired of corruption, business people in Brazil come together to forge a new generation of lawmakers.

Harvard has been accused of racial bias in picking students. Should universities really consider ethnic backgrounds?

The advert mimicked a horror movie and was likely to scare youngsters, the ad authority says.

The majority of those tricked out of money after meeting people on dating sites lost more than £2,000.

A TV ad showing young women with breast implants feeling "amazing" is banned by advertising watchdog.

In privacy law, marijuana and minimum wage, California is shaping national debate.

The US president has escalated his war of words against America's central bank.

The firm added nearly seven million subscribers in the quarter against a forecast of five million.

The US retailer is battling to retain its place as world's largest retailer.

The move safeguards more than 200 jobs at the viral publisher, which collapsed with debts of £6.5m.

The growth of Aldi and Lidl will be considered in a review of the planned supermarket merger.

Sacha Romanovitch, the first woman to run a big City accounting firm, is leaving Grant Thornton.

The credit-card-sized device is designed to help people take a break from their main phone.

The withdrawals follow tensions between the US and Saudi Arabia over Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance.

The Volkswagen division "admits responsibility" for selling cars that broke pollution regulations.

An estimated seven million people have lost savings and pensions, but there is help to track them down.

UK unemployment fell by 47,000 to 1.36 million in the three months to August, official figures show.