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Snapchat to add in-app Amazon shopping
Snapchat to add in-app Amazon shopping
by  AFP

Amazon on Tuesday confirmed it is partnering with Snapchat-parent Snap to let users of the ephemeral messaging service buy things from the online retail titan without leaving the app.

A shirt for rice: bartering to survive in inflation-battered Argentina
A shirt for rice: bartering to survive in inflation-battered Argentina
by  AFP

An old T-shirt for a handful of rice or some eggs: ever more Argentines are relying on barter to survive in a fast-worsening economy dominating the debate ahead of presidential elections Sunday. In and around the teeming Argentine capital, it is an increasingly common sight for people to knock on doors asking for second-hand clothes to wear, barter or sell.

Japanese economy shrinks 0.5 percent in third quarter
Japanese economy shrinks 0.5 percent in third quarter
by  AFP

Japan's economy contracted by a worse-than-expected 0.5 percent in the third quarter, government data showed Wednesday, in a further blow to struggling Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The shrinking of the world's number three economy, following two consecutive quarters of growth, was worse than the market consensus of a 0.1 percent contraction.

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