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  • An illustration of people placing bets on a gambling table, which shows a football field with players on it

    The big bet
    ‘A target on their back’: college athletes face wave of abuse amid gambling boom

    Some states are moving to ban ‘proposition bets’, a type of side wager, but big firms are lobbying against it
  • containers spread out on deck

    Biden urges port operators to increase wages after 45,000 workers go on strike

  • Nike shoes displayed at a sporting goods store in New York City.

    Nike postpones investor meeting after hiring new boss amid falling sales

    Sportswear giant pulls financial guidance for the year to provide incoming CEO Elliott Hill ‘flexibility’
  • The link between fans and teams can be severed when Wall Street becomes involved

    Cold, ravenous and predatory, private equity is slouching towards the NFL

    The league has ended its resistance to institutional capital. The Premier League has shown the chaos and rot that the relationship can bring
    • a side-by-side image of a destroyed vehicle and a woman with a neckbrace in a hospital bed

      US couple blocked from suing Uber after crash say daughter agreed to terms while using Uber Eats

    • A Tesla Model 3 charges at a station

      Tesla misses estimates for third-quarter deliveries amid stiff competition

    • Chopped Money

      Kamala Harris’s economic policy slate more popular than Trump’s – poll

    • Illustration shows the Rightmove logo on a desktop screen and smartphone

      Murdoch-backed REA abandons attempt to take over Rightmove

In depth

  • Man in T-shirt and shorts knocks on shaded door on sunny street.

    In Las Vegas, housing could make or break the battle for the White House

  • a sign reads 'USS Edgar Thomson Works'

    Pennsylvania steel workers, wooed by Harris and Trump, remain skeptical

    The future of US Steel hangs in the balance amid a proposed sale to Japan’s Nippon, which both candidates have vowed to block
  • People standing on the sidewalk hold signs that say "Strike against Boeing"

    ‘As long as it takes’: on the frontline of the Boeing strike, workers brace for a long battle

    Union members picketing in Renton, Washington, say they won’t accept low pay offers nearly two weeks into strike

    Around the world

    • Statues overlooking a crowded St Peter's square in Vatican City

      Vatican
      Bank reportedly fires man and woman who flouted staff marriage ban

    • a daytime picture of the Harrods store in Knightsbridge taken from the opposite side of the street

      UK
      Veteran Harrods executive drops plan to head Fenwick amid Al Fayed controversy

    • Two Virgin Airlines Boeing 737-800 planes

      Australia
      Qatar Airways plan to buy 25% stake in Virgin Australia could boost competition with Qantas

    • Mohamed al-Menfi addressing the United Nations general assembly

      Libya
      Central bank deal could resolve ‘all political issues’, says head of state

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