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Toy Story: How Buzz Lightyear keeps making millions
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Image caption Disney says Buzz "is the best selling toy of all time" in its UK storesWhen Buzz, Woody and Jessie return to our screens on Friday with the release of Toy Story 4, it's not just cinemas that will be…
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How can a company be valued at billions, but not make any profit?
Slack Technologies, a messaging service used by companies across the world, has been valued at around 16 billion dollars. It's one of several high-profile tech companies, including Uber and Lyft, going public this year.
But plenty of…
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Online porn age-checks for under-18s ‘face new delay’
Changes aimed at stopping under-18s viewing explicit content were due to come into force next month. Content provided by the BBC. Original piece can be found here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48700906
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Under-30s ‘spend less than same age group in 2001’
Image copyright Getty ImagesYoung people under 30 are spending less on non-housing items than the same age group in 2001, a new report suggests.
The Resolution Foundation think tank studied changes in pay, housing, taxes and benefits to see…
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Hydrogen trains: Are these the eco-friendly trains of the future?
Hydrogen-powered trains are said to be the greenest trains out there.
“Mini power stations on wheels”, is how a University of Birmingham researcher describes them, as they give off zero emissions and their only by-product is water.
Two…
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All aboard Britain’s first hydrogen train
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Media captionHydrogen trains: Are these the eco-friendly trains of the future?Hydrogen-powered trains are arguably the greenest trains out there.
"Mini power stations on wheels", is how Alex…
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Boohoo’s recycled clothes ‘will not solve fast fashion waste’
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Image caption Boohoo's first recycled range will be made with reclaimed plastics"If someone really cared about buying ethically sourced, green clothes then they wouldn't shop at Boohoo," shopper Camilla tells the BBC…
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Brexit: Philip Hammond to warn war chest may disappear
Image copyright Getty ImagesPhilip Hammond is set to warn that a no-deal Brexit would harm the British economy, devour a £26.6bn Brexit war chest, and risk the break-up of the UK.
The chancellor is expected to say that Conservative…
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US Fed opens door to interest rate cut after Trump criticism
Image copyright ReutersThe US central bank has opened the door to an interest rate rise, in a shift in guidance that follows criticism by President Donald Trump.
The Federal Reserve left rates on hold, but said uncertainties about the…
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Boeing crashes: Pilot ‘Sully’ knows of desperate fight for life
A pilot whose heroics became a Hollywood film says he knows the desperation that engulfed the cockpits on Boeing's two doomed 737 Max planes.
Captain Chesley Sullenberger said flight control flaws would have left the pilots in a "fight for…
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