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Calls to ban the bots – or make them pay
Technology

Calls to ban the bots – or make them pay

‘Crawlers’ sucking up info are hammering sites with costs they can’t bear.  

In Japan, you can hire someone to quit your job for you
Work

In Japan, you can hire someone to quit your job for you

The rigidity of age-old Japanese workplace practices is being challenged.

Pentagon pizza index: slice of the action or cheesy story?
The Life

Pentagon pizza index: slice of the action or cheesy story?

US armed forces supremo among social media site's 200,000-plus followers.

JPMorgan is revamping Its bank for the superrich
Finance

JPMorgan is revamping Its bank for the superrich

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