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Fuel prices depress Delta earnings

Apr 12, 2018
High fuel costs and a 6 percent raise for most of its employees are likely to take a toll on Delta Air Line’s earnings. After years of low fuel prices, Delta’s revenue is not what it used to be. Yet the air line is expanding and offering new trans-Atlantic flights — including direct flights between Atlanta and Lisbon. Click […]

EU signals a hard line on post-Brexit trade

Mar 7, 2018
A key European Union body tells Britain trade with the bloc will be tougher once it leaves
Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, said any new trade deal with Britain would be “more complicated and costly than today for all of us.”
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U.S. business ponder effects of Brexit breakthrough deal

Dec 8, 2017
Today, after weeks of often bitter wrangling, the Brits struck a last-minute, breakthrough deal on Brexit with their European Union partners. They agreed to some of the key terms of their departure from the EU. The United Kingdom will likely be told next week that it can now move on to talk about a future […]

Northern Ireland-Irish Republic border is a hurdle for Brexit

Dec 5, 2017
The Irish Republic wants a guarantee that the border will remain open after Britain leaves the European Union. ...will stay as open as it is today.
Demonstrators wave EU flags outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London, today.
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Brexit threatens ancient tongue in Britain's southwest

Nov 28, 2017
Speakers of the Cornish language fear EU funding for learning it won't be replaced.
Loveday Jenkin, a leading Cornish language campaigner – standing next to the winding gear from a traditional Cornish tin mine.
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Cornwall's fishermen face up to post-Brexit realities

Nov 16, 2017
People working out of Britain's largest fishing port wonder what lies ahead.
“There are more foreign boats working in our waters than U.K. boats at the moment,” says Dave Stevens, skipper of the Crystal Sea trawler.
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Brexit worries some UK businesses, excites others

Nov 8, 2017
Negotiations are sluggish as the nation moves toward leaving the European Union.
Protesters march against Brexit in Brighton, England, on Sept. 24. 
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Brexit: Let's call the whole thing off?

Nov 2, 2017
As economic fears mount, some Brits wonder if the decision to leave the European Union can be reversed.
Protesters demonstrate against the referendum to quit the EU outside the Houses of Parliament on June 28, 2016, in London.
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The UK's cheese industry is wary of Brexit

Oct 19, 2017
Cheesemakers, importers and exporters fear that leaving the European Union will be bad for business.
A cheesemaker mills curds in Dymock, Gloucestershire, in southwest England in February.
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