What a great morning to start the week. I found out that I was one of 30 Asia’s Top Financial Experts.
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BBC News – Business- Would Greta Thunberg's generation play with these toys?More sustainable toys are coming on the market designed to appeal to planet-conscious consumers.
- 'We don't yet know exactly what Brexit will entail'"Get Brexit done" may have been a popular general election slogan, but what exactly does it mean?
- Fast fashion: Can it ever be ethical and cheap?Great British Sewing Bee judge Patrick Grant debates whether fashion can be sustainable and cheap.
- British Steel: Rival bidder on standby if Jingye sale failsTurkish giant Cengiz is "ready to bid" if UK government rescue talks with Jingye fall through.
- HS2: Cabinet minister has 'gut feeling' rail project will be clearedBrexit Secretary Stephen Barclay tells the BBC he believes the high-speed rail project will go ahead.
- Brexit: Zero tariff, zero quota aim for trade talks, says BarclayThe prime minister will set out trade talk details in a speech next month, says the Brexit secretary.
- Memorial benches: 'A quiet reminder of people gone, but not forgotten'Dedicated benches can be a place of solace, but may only be temporary and costs can be prohibitive.
- The rapid rise of 'Buy now, pay later'Deals allowing customers to spread payments interest-free are increasing but charities warn of building debts.
- Brexit day 50p coin unveiled by Chancellor Sajid JavidIt comes after the original batch of coins had to be melted down when the Brexit deadline was extended.
- Boeing 777X: World’s largest twin-engine jet completes first flightThe 777X test flight comes after Boeing's 737 Max plane was grounded following two fatal crashes.
- Would Greta Thunberg's generation play with these toys?
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- WeWork inks office space deal with SoftBank-backed Gympass: sourcesWeWork has signed a deal to provide space to 250 employees of gym membership app company Compass in New York, the latest example of the U.S. office-sharing start-up's majority owner, SoftBank Group Corp, using its connections to buoy its business, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
- Tesla's Musk seeks to allay water concerns at factory site after protestsTesla Chief Executive Elon Musk sought to allay environmental concerns about the electric carmaker's planned factory in Germany, saying the plant would use less water than was estimated originally.
- Renault, Nissan chief engineers to meet, revive R&D projects: sourcesRenault's engineering boss will meet his counterpart at Nissan in Japan this week, two sources close to Renault said, as the carmakers seek to revive projects crucial to an alliance left reeling by the Carlos Ghosn affair.
- Boeing's 777X jetliner successfully completes maiden flightBoeing Co successfully staged the first flight of the world's largest twin-engined jetliner on Saturday in a respite from the crisis over its smallest model, the grounded 737 MAX.
- Electric vehicle maker Rivian: expect prices lower than previously announcedElectric vehicle startup Rivian on Saturday displayed its pickup truck and SUV at an event in San Francisco's Bay Area and said that when their prices are unveiled soon they will be lower than has been previously announced.
- Boeing 777X jetliner successfully completes maiden flightBoeing Co on Saturday successfully completed the maiden flight of the world's largest twin-engined jetliner, the 777X.
- Walmart testing higher minimum wage for some employeesWalmart Inc is testing a higher starting wage for certain newly created jobs in about 500 U.S. stores, as it looks to improve in-store experience for customers amid intense competition.
- EU plans more protectionist antitrust rules, data sharing in policy shake-upThe EU plans to adopt more protectionist antitrust rules and encourage businesses to share data as part of an industrial policy overhaul aimed at giving European companies a sharper edge in global markets, a strategy document seen by Reuters shows.
- Fashion retailer H&M says data protection breaches unacceptableFashion retailer H&M said on Saturday that data security breaches found at its German unit were unacceptable and it was cooperating with the local data protection supervisory authority in its investigation into the matter.
- FAA tells U.S. airlines it could approve MAX return to service before mid-year -sourcesFederal Aviation Administrator Steve Dickson called senior U.S. airline officials on Friday and told them the agency could approve the grounded Boeing 737 MAX's return to service before mid-year - a faster time frame than the planemaker suggested this week, people briefed on the calls said.
- WeWork inks office space deal with SoftBank-backed Gympass: sources