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Britain’s Royal Mint to build plant that will extract gold from electronic waste
Smith Collection/Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images LONDON — Britain’s Royal Mint plans to build a facility that will extract gold from electronic waste, with the plant set to be fully up and running in 2023. In a statement Monday, the government-owned company which manufactures precious metal products and coins said it would use […]
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The ‘Great Resignation’ has gone global – and it’s shaking up the labor market for good
Millions of workers worldwide have quit their jobs without something else lined up. So, what is the Big Quit, and how will it change our workforce? Chloe Loh, like many other workers across the world, epitomizes the “Great Resignation.” “I left my job in December,” Loh told CNBC. “I was looking for a role that […]
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UK Covid cases are back on the rise as government scraps travel restrictions
Shoppers walking along Oxford Street in London on Dec. 21, 2021. Tolga Akmen | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — Cases of Covid-19 are rising once again in the U.K., according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, just as the government lifts its remaining travel restrictions. ONS figures published Friday showed […]
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