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• The new robot revolution will take the boss's job, not the gardener's

  22-01-2017 14:38
  
  Advances in artificial intelligence mean a second wave of change is approaching – and it is not the low-paid service sector where jobs are most at riskGuy Ryder is an old hand at Davos. The director general of the International Labour Organisation has seen it all: the years when the global business elite is brimful of confidence and the years, such as 2017, when the top 1% of the top 1% is fretful.Ryder detected parallels with 2009, when the global economy seemed to be heading for a second
  
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• Why the secret to productivity isn’t longer hours

  22-01-2017 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Alex Soojung-Kim Pang noticed that he got more done on sabbatical than at work. His latest book is about the benefits of rest and shorter working daysAlex Soojung-Kim Pang is a consultant in Silicon Valley and a visiting scholar at Stanford University. He writes about technology and its cultural impact. His latest book, Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less, is an empirical argument in favour of more limited working hours and greater understanding of the benefits of activ
  
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• Seeing red when Green Motion took £2,500 for a refuelling ‘mix-up’

  22-01-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  It claimed we had used petrol instead if diesel but won’t provide any evidenceCan you help me recover the £2,500 that car hire firm Green Motion has taken from my bank account? In January 2016 I hired a small car from the firm, but when I arrived at East Midlands airport I was told the one I had booked was not available. Instead, I was offered a Mercedes. It was delivered with half a tank of diesel and I was told to return it half full. I refuelled once during the week-long rental, a
  
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• ‘Barclays took my £440,000 and put me through hell’

  22-01-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Customers are getting caught up as banks de-risk due to money laundering laws, and the consequences can be disastrousLast September Mohammad Rahman won a four-year battle for compensation for disabilities caused by clinical negligence. A court awarded him £500,000, which was paid into the current and savings accounts he held with Barclays. The victory was short-lived: when he withdrew £60,000 of the payout, Barclays froze both accounts.In vain did Rahman (not his real name) supply ev
  
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• An eco home with a real buzz about it – in pictures

  22-01-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This property in France is just the ticket for the environmentally conscious buyerContinue reading...
  
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• Men and women struggle to get on at work and find time for their families

  22-01-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Once only women got penalised for taking time out to look after childrenOnce it was simple. Men worked and most women stayed at home to raise the children. But as more women entered employment, balancing family and work life became a prime aspiration of modern mothers. An entire publishing industry sprang up, seemingly overnight, telling women how they could strike that balance.The reality, though, was very different. Inflexible employers, rising living costs and a society that penalised women f
  
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• Your money: Hidden costs behind your financial products

  22-01-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WHEN IT comes to financial products, nothing is quite what it seems as banks, building societies and credit card companies are adept at making their offerings appear far more attractive than they really are.
  
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• Supermarket giant Asda’s ratings slip in customer service poll

  22-01-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ASDA has the lowest satisfaction rating from shoppers out of all the Big Four grocers, according to research from the Institute of Customer Service.
  
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• Inflation expected ‘to soar over 3pc by April

  22-01-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  INFLATION will smash past the Government’s limit and hit 3.1 per cent by the end of March, according to the respected EY ITEM Club think tank.
  
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• Five-minute guide to haggling your way to a better deal

  22-01-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IF HAGGLING is an art, it is one for which the British have yet to fully get the hang.
  
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• Delivering on his economic and trade promises will be Trump's toughest challenge yet

  22-01-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DONALD Trump confounded the pollsters, experts and sceptics to win the White House but now he faces an even tougher battle – delivering on his economic and trade promises.
  
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• City news: EU property, Zeek, BHS and Santander

  22-01-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BREXIT fears are turning Britons in the market for holiday homes away from Europe in favour of the US, according to currency dealer Moneycorp.
  
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