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(06-10) 05:08 PDT LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) -- Britain's Treasury chief says that uncertainty over the future of Europe's single currency is threatening to keep Britain from returning to economic growth.  In an article...

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Facebook is on top.  No other tech company is executing so well across so many areas at once — from product development to business management to public relations.  Take a look: Users are addicted.  Facebook has more than 968 million active daily users, the company said on its earnings call this week. 

At the end of 2014, Mexico’s 16 billionaires were worth an average of nearly $9 billion.  That same year, the bottom 20% of Mexicans — nearly 25 million people — were worth an average of $80.  Economic hardship is widespread in Mexico, which is home to more than 120 million people, more than half of whom lived in poverty at the end 2012. 

Kazan (Russia) (AFP) - China's superstar Sun Yang successfully defended his 400m freestyle title with gold in Sunday's final as he opened his world swimming championship campaign in style.  The Olympic champion clocked three mins 42.58 seconds with Britain's James Guy taking silver at 1.17secs back and Canada's Ryan Cochrane won bronze at 2.01 secs as the first medals of these championships were decided in Kazan. 

Look around and it seems pretty obvious that technology has made daily life easier.  We can watch almost any film or listen to any song at the press of a button.  People pay their bills on their mobile phones.  Stressed parents get to dodge trolley tantrums by swapping the supermarket run for online shopping. 

A few weeks back, a group of New York City transit advocates took New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for a ride on the subway.  Not the actual governor, mind you.  He’s more likely to have his flesh-and-blood presence transported by an SUV than the IRT, and had ignored repeated invitations from the group, the Riders Alliance, to come on down into the nation’s largest public transportation system.