Picture by Simon Dawson/No 10 Downing Street, CC BY-NC-NDIn the long line of UK government budgets, this first one from Labour in 14 years will be remembered as one of the more significant. Perhaps not like those of Geoffrey Howe in 1981, which controversially cut spending in the middle of a recession, or Hugh Dalton in 1946, which heralded the massive expansion of the welfare state.
For the past four years, President Joe Biden has been the man with his finger on the economic trigger. Win McNamee/Getty ImagesThe U.S.
A new rule set to go into effect in 2025 will make canceling subscriptions much easier. violetkaipa/iStock via Getty Images PlusSigning up for a subscription to a streaming service or newspaper has never been easier.
Canceling it, on the other hand, can be a cumbersome journey involving phone calls, letters or finding the option to cancel buried in a remote menu on an app.
And that’s if you remember to cancel in the first place.
Members of the French union CGT Martinique perform a go-slow protest on the ring road leading to the airport in Fort-de-France, on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, on Oct. 15, 2024.
Workers install battery packs in a BMW X5 in South Carolina. A new battery plant under construction nearby will supply BMW factories.
Communities that suffered the worst of plant closings in recent decades are now gaining an outsize share of fresh investment and new jobs.
The aerospace manufacturer’s largest union said it would put the contract to a vote on Monday by its 33,000 members, who rejected two earlier agreements.
Economists expect the October data to show unusually weak job creation. But hurricanes and strikes may account for much of the shortfall.
Overall inflation slowed in September from a year earlier, though some signs of stubbornness lingered under the surface.
Mohamed Al Fayed owned the luxury goods department store Harrods from 1985 to 2010. Fred Duval/ShutterstockOn the first anniversary of former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed’s death, more than 20 women accused the billionaire of rape, sexual assault or harassment while they worked at his luxury department store. Many had been in their late teens and early twenties at the time.
