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    Starbucks is planning to extend free refills of hot or iced coffee to all paying customers who buy a drink. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters

    Starbucks says people using its coffee shops must buy something

    Coffee chain reverses policy introduced in North America in 2018 that let anyone use its facilities

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    Amazon is ending remote work.

    The tech giant and online retailer is requiring workers to return to the office full time

    Amazon workers in the Vancouver office in March 2024. Staff were allowed to work a hybrid schedule, but as of Jan. 2, that in-office requirement for the company's global workforce changed to five days per week. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

    Tech is coming to Washington. Prepare for a clash of cultures

    Out of Trumpian chaos and contradiction, something good might just emerge

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    Biden rejects Nippon Steel's proposed deal to acquire US Steel

    President Joe Biden rejected the nearly $15 billion proposed deal, which he and President-elect Donald Trump had both expressed opposition to.

    The US Steel Mon Valley Works Edgar Thomson Plant along the Monongahela River in Braddock, Pennsylvania, as seen from North Braddock, Pennsylvania, on June 4, 2024. REBECCA DROKE / AFP

    Euro falls to two-year low against dollar

    Economic and political instability has battered the Eurozone currency

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    Honda and Nissan announce plans to merge, creating world's third-largest automaker

    Merger talks come as Japanese automakers play catch-up in EV market

    Nissan Motor CEO Makoto Uchida, left, and Honda Motor CEO Toshihiro Mibe attend a joint news conference on March 15, in Tokyo, Japan. The automakers announced their partnership on electric vehicles Monday. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

    Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal over ‘ridiculous’ fees

    Trump also warns he would not let a ‘vital national asset’ for the US fall into the ‘wrong hands’

    A container ship transits the expanded canal through Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City. Photograph: Enea Lebrun/Reuters

    The China Shock Behind the Honda-Nissan Merger Talks

    Potential combination of Japanese carmakers and a $5 billion GM charge show companies dealing with fallout from new rivals

    New cars, including BYD electric vehicles, parked at the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, in October. Photo: yves herman/Reuters

    Trump Organization plans a Trump Tower in Saudi Arabia, Eric Trump says

    "I have no interaction with Washington, D.C. I want no interaction with Washington, D.C.," Eric Trump said when asked about potential conficts of interest.

    Eric Trump, son of President-elect Donald Trump, speaks during an interview with Reuters, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2024. The Trump Organization is planning a new Trump Tower in Saudi Arabia.Abdel Hadi Ramahi, REUTERS

    Judge blocks The Onion’s purchase of Alex Jones’ Infowars

    Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks to the media after arriving at the federal courthouse for a hearing in front of a bankruptcy judge on June 14, 2024, in Houston. David J. Phillip/AP

    The PayPal Mafia is taking over America’s government

    America’s right-wing tech bros are celebrating Donald Trump’s victory

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    Federal judge blocks largest supermarket merger in history

    A Kroger store in Dallas, Texas, this year. Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg/Getty Images

    Rupert Murdoch loses battle to control succession to his media empire

    Rupert Murdoch at his annual party at Spencer House, St James’s Place, in London on 22 June 2023. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

    Elon Musk’s massive, multi-billion-dollar Tesla pay package was blocked by a judge again

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Allison Robbert/Pool/Reuters/File

    Musk’s Multibillion-Dollar Pay Package Rejected Again by Judge

    Tesla’s board had argued that a shareholder vote earlier this year addressed the court’s previous criticismsa

    Elon Musk oversees five other companies besides Tesla. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

    Shoppers Fight Back as Retailers Crack Down on Returns

    Consumers are reading the fine print of policies, and some have stopped buying from retailers that charge for returns.

    Photo: Emil Lendof/WSJ, iStock

    ‘People forget their manners’: US retail workers brace for Black Friday shopping rush

    A shopper pushes a shopping cart at a Costco store ahead of Black Friday in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/Reuters
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