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Just Eat buys US rival GrubHub
European food delivery giant Just Eat Takeaway has bought US rival GrubHub in a £5.75 billion deal.
Toilet paper and global supply chains
Markets in action - this FT clip looks at the global shortages of toilet paper and the impact of increased demand for toilet paper during the coronavirus pandemic.
Ethiopia plans to plant 5 billion trees
Ethiopia has announced plans to plant 5 billion trees this year to help fight climate change, and to counter environmental degradation.
Deglobalisation risks hurting economic growth everywhere
Kenneth Rogoff writes that deglobalisation is going to hurt growth everywhere, not least in the United States.
Economics News Quiz - 5 June 2020
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2,000 jobs have gone at one of the UK's largest sandwich making firms, Adelie Foods, which has shutdown in the wake of the pandemic.
The Guardian carries a story that suggests that the market for fossil fuels could collapse, based on a report by financial think-tank Carbon Tracker.
Coronavirus accelerates car industry restructuring
The car industry is going to undergo massive restructuring, with Renault shedding 15,000 jobs.
Economics News Quiz - 29 May 2020
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Economics News Quiz - 22 May 2020
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Huge rise in the claimant count as recession bites
The extent of the rise in unemployment as a result of coronavirus is reflected in data that in the first full month of lockdown, the claimant count measure of unemployment reached 2.1 million, a...
Economics News Quiz - 15 May 2020
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The Guardian carries an interview with Thomas Piketty about prospects for lower levels of inequality in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Economics News Quiz - 8 May 2020
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The scale of the rise in US unemployment is unprecedented - whereas seven weeks ago, unemployment was at its lowest level in 50 years, today US unemployment stands close to 20%, something not seen...
John Harris wonders here whether the time for a Universal Basic Income has come, and how it might help create a more equal and less divisive society.
Will small scale coffee growers survive the crisis?
Proof here that whilst we often simplify, and assume that primary products are homogenous, this isn't actually the case.
How to avoid a W-shaped global coronavirus recession
A Project Syndicate piece here on how to ensure that we don't have a W-shaped coronavirus recession.
The World Economic Forum highlights the effect of the coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan in this clip, that looks at the importance of providing a social safety net for people out of work, giving...
Virgin and O2 plan merger
News here that Virgin Media and O2 are apparently considering a deal to challenge the Sky/BT duopoly with a platform spanning communications and television.