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Starbucks to test reusable cups at London airport

Bloomberg Starbucks Corp this month will begin a first-of-its kind trial of reusable cups at London’s Gatwick airport. People drink a lot of coffee at airports. Gatwick says it already recycles a majority of the 7 million disposable coffee cups that travellers use each year. The airport wants to improve on that, and reusable cups potentially have a lower carbon ...

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Boeing in talks for 100-jet China deal amid trade tensions

Bloomberg Boeing Co has been negotiating one of the largest orders ever of wide-body jetliners with Chinese airlines even as tensions between Washington and Beijing escalate, say people familiar with the talks. The discussions centre on about 100 twin-aisle jets: 787 Dreamliners as well as 777X planes, the newest long-range aircraft in Boeing’s lineup, said one of the people, who ...

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Trade, geopolitical issues pose biggest risk to world economy

Bloomberg After days of wrangling over the wording of a communique, finance chiefs from the world’s largest economies warned that escalating trade and geopolitical tensions pose the biggest risk to global growth. Officials said that although growth appears to be stabilising, it “remains low and risks remain tilted to the downside,” according to the statement. “Most importantly, trade and geopolitical ...

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