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Is this the high street’s last stand?
Bricks and mortar retail has shown signs of a revival but hailing the triumph of square footage over pixels would be wishful thinking
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How Apple tied its fortunes to China
The company spent two decades and billions of dollars building a supply chain of unprecedented sophistication. Now, a reckoning is coming
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Yellen to meet Chinese economic tsar in Zurich this week
Surprise talks come ahead of US Treasury secretary’s 10-day trip to Africa
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China’s population falls for first time in decades
Decline set to have long-term consequences for domestic and global economies
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China’s economy expands 3% in 2022 as zero-Covid policies hit growth
Gross domestic product misses annual target
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UK worker shortfall due to Brexit curbs estimated at 330,000
Ending free movement from EU is ‘contributing significantly’ to shortages in lower-skilled sectors, think-tanks find
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UK tax agency failing to collect billions in revenue, MPs warn
Public accounts committee blames £42bn of owed but unpaid levies on HMRC’s ‘failure to better resource compliance’
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