Brexit
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Brits still waiting for full Brexit comedy dividend
Mar 16, 2017News Hour: They were the two stories that rocked the Western world last year. But while Donald Trump’s election injected new life into U.S. political comedy, the British are still waiting for Brexit to usher in... -
Juncker launches post-Brexit EU reform proposals
Mar 1, 2017News Hour: European Union chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday presented options for reforming the bloc to shore up its unity and popular support after Britain’s shock decision to withdraw. Five scenarios in a “white paper”... -
Juncker to offer EU ‘pathways’ to post-Brexit unity
Feb 27, 2017News Hour: European Union chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker will propose to national leaders next month a handful of options for shoring up unity once Britain launches a withdrawal that some fear could trigger a further unraveling... -
Ford’s earnings to be hit by a delayed currency impact of at least $600 million from Brexit
Jan 27, 2017News Hour: Ford’s 2017 earnings will be hit by a delayed currency impact of at least $600 million from Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, the U.S. carmaker told Reuters, putting last year’s record European profit... -
Britain’s car industry reached its highest production level of the 21st century in 2016, could Brexit break it?
Jan 26, 2017News Hour: Britain’s car industry reached its highest production level of the 21st century last year, but with Brexit talks imminent manufacturers are facing uncertain times ahead of the country’s EU exit. More than 1.7 million... -
UK opposition leader accuses May of acting like Henry VIII over Brexit
Dec 29, 2016News Hour: Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May is acting like Tudor King Henry VIII in refusing to commit to giving parliament a vote on the deal to leave the European Union, opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn... -
Mashup artists lampoon Britain’s leaders
Dec 28, 2016News Hour: In a satire of the 2016 Brexit vote, mashup artists lampoon Britain’s leaders in a video which re-edits their words to say the European Union referendum was dumb and Prime Minister Theresa May is... -
Brexit has a bitter taste, For London’s food and wine businesses
Dec 6, 2016News Hour: Importing fine foods from Spain has been a good trade for London firm Brindisa, but like many food and wine businesses that rely on the free movement of goods and workers within the European... -
Report warns, Brexit threatens supply of new drugs
Nov 3, 2016News Hour: British patients could end up not being able to access modern medicines if there is a “hard Brexit”, a think tank report endorsed by a former Conservative health minister warned on Wednesday. Drugmakers currently... -
Theresa May unveiled new vision for the ruling Conservatives
Oct 5, 2016News Hour: British Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled on Wednesday what she called a new “vision” for the ruling Conservatives – to serve the country by spreading wealth more evenly and becoming the party for “ordinary...
