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No one will be stranded, UK minister says on Thomas Cook future

No one will be stranded, UK minister says on Thomas Cook future

British foreign minister Dominic Raab said the government had contingency plans in case talks to rescue travel company Thomas Cook fail, and sought to reassure holidaymakers that they will not end up stuck overseas.



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Travel group Thomas Cook battles for survival with final creditor meeting

Travel group Thomas Cook battles for survival with final creditor meeting

Bosses at Britain's Thomas Cook were meeting lenders and creditors on Sunday to decide whether the world's oldest travel company could survive until Monday, or face a chaotic collapse that would be felt around the world.



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Factbox: Key dates in the history of tour company Thomas Cook

Factbox: Key dates in the history of tour company Thomas Cook

The bosses of Thomas Cook , the world's oldest travel company, were meeting lenders and creditors in London on Sunday to seek a last-ditch deal to save the company.



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Thomas Cook customers say hotel in Tunisia stopped them leaving

Thomas Cook customers say hotel in Tunisia stopped them leaving

British tourists in Tunisia said their hotel stopped them leaving for several hours on Saturday night over concerns about payment by their holiday operator Thomas Cook, though the Tunisian government said the incident was a misunderstanding.



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Some WeWork directors considering removal of Adam Neumann as CEO: WSJ

Some WeWork directors considering removal of Adam Neumann as CEO: WSJ

Some WeWork board members, including officials tied to SoftBank Group Corp , are planning to try to push Adam Neumann to step down as chief executive, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.



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Banks worth $47 trillion adopt new U.N.-backed climate principles

Banks worth $47 trillion adopt new U.N.-backed climate principles

Banks with more than $47 trillion in assets, or a third of the global industry, adopted new U.N.-backed "responsible banking" principles to fight climate change on Sunday that would shift their loan books away from fossil fuels.



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SoftBank turns against WeWork's parent CEO Neumann: sources

SoftBank turns against WeWork's parent CEO Neumann: sources

Japan's SoftBank Group Corp , the biggest investor in WeWork owner The We Company, is exploring ways to replace Adam Neumann as chief executive of the U.S. office-sharing start-up, four people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.



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Key dates in the history of tour company Thomas Cook

Key dates in the history of tour company Thomas Cook

The bosses of Thomas Cook , the world's oldest travel company, were meeting lenders and creditors in London on Sunday to seek a last-ditch deal to save the company.



7 years ago
Factbox: Fleet of over 100 jets operated by troubled Thomas Cook

Factbox: Fleet of over 100 jets operated by troubled Thomas Cook

The fate of over 100 passenger jets and contracts with almost 40 leasing companies are tied up in last-minute talks to prevent a collapse of British travel group Thomas Cook .



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Ask Alexa (and an anonymous crowd answers?)

Ask Alexa (and an anonymous crowd answers?)

Mind Matters | Denyse O'Leary | Sep 22, 2019 Amazon is testing a crowd sourcing approach to difficult questions. How did that work out at Wikipedia? So far, the crowd will answer them in a private beta test where answers to questions are crowdsourced: It’s not hard to see why Amazon might want to call

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Thomas Cook customers say Tunisia hotel stopped them leaving

Thomas Cook customers say Tunisia hotel stopped them leaving

British tourists in Tunisia said their hotel stopped them leaving for several hours on Saturday night over concerns about payment by their holiday operator Thomas Cook, though the Tunisian government said the incident was a misunderstanding.



7 years ago
Republican casino magnate Adelson cautioned Trump on trade war with China: WSJ

Republican casino magnate Adelson cautioned Trump on trade war with China: WSJ

A top Republican donor warned President Donald Trump in a phone call last month that his escalating trade war with China could hurt his re-election prospects, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the call.



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Indonesia finds design flaw, oversight lapses in 737 MAX crash: WSJ

Indonesia finds design flaw, oversight lapses in 737 MAX crash: WSJ

Indonesian investigators have found that design and oversight lapses played a key role in the October crash of Boeing Co's 737 MAX jet that killed all 189 aboard, the Wall Street Journal said on Sunday.



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U.S. stock futures gain on better trade tone, oil climbs

U.S. stock futures gain on better trade tone, oil climbs

Wall Street stock futures edged up in early trade on Monday, setting an upbeat tone for Asian markets on hopes of an interim Sino-U.S. tariff deal after the U.S. Trade Representative characterized their two days of talks as "productive".



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British travel firm Thomas Cook collapses, stranding hundreds of thousands

British travel firm Thomas Cook collapses, stranding hundreds of thousands

Thomas Cook , the world's oldest travel firm, collapsed on Monday, stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history.



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