Economy
- Jun- 2023 -9 June
Match-fixing scandal echoes around China’s snooker halls
At Star Billiards, a brightly lit cue sports venue in the Workers Cultural Palace of Shanghai’s Changning District, a scandal…
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Boris Johnson calls time on parliament ‘for now’ — and that spells trouble for Sunak
When Boris Johnson said on Friday that he was quitting parliament “for now”, seldom can two words have been freighted…
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Bull market in US stocks fails to lift investors’ mood
US stocks are motoring, but investors are not ready to celebrate just yet. This week’s gains in the blue-chip S&P…
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Sunak orders inquiry into hidden fees hitting consumers in pocket
Rishi Sunak has ordered a review of “drip pricing” under which companies hide the true cost of products and services…
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The pleasure and possibility of summer
Even though it happens every year, I still find myself caught off guard in the late spring, when the day…
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Microsoft to move top AI experts from China to new lab in Canada
Microsoft is moving some of its best artificial intelligence researchers from China to Canada in a move that threatens to…
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General Atlantic says China remains strong bet despite US tensions
General Atlantic, the US private equity firm known for big bets on ByteDance and fast-fashion retailer Shein, said China remains…
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A whisky distiller’s guide to the West Highlands
I first got to know this area because my parents bought the Drimnin Estate, on the Morvern Peninsula, about 20…
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Windfall tax: tinkering will not pour oil on troubled North Sea waters
Tightrope walking over the churning North Sea is difficult — as the UK government is discovering. It seeks to tread…
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Sunak’s courting of Biden marks a crucial new realism
The writer is director of Chatham House, a think-tank It is never easy for a UK prime minister to get…
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