N Ireland business activity falls as political impasse takes toll
UK government hopes investment summit next month will provide ‘rocket fuel’ for expansion #press
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Pressure grows on Russia’s economy
Also in this newsletter: Panama Canal short of water, Meloni’s mea culpa on windfall tax, bidding wars for workers #press
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BBC sells London music studios used by The Beatles and David Bowie
Consortium including composer Hans Zimmer plans multimillion-pound refurbishment of Maida Vale complex #press
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Drugs tax risks inflating NHS medicines’ bill, warns industry body
Companies say system will dent market competition for new off-patent medicines in coming years #press
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Rouble weakness/oil: combat stress will force Russia to pump more
A weak currency offers an incentive to boost oil exports just when Saudi Arabia reduces supply #press
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YouGov: balance of opinion points to pollster staying put
The research group is not large enough to benefit from a US listing #press
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Russian central bank weighs rate rises to prop up floundering rouble
Policymakers at odds over how to deal with economic fallout from invasion of Ukraine #press
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Donald Trump braced for potential fourth criminal indictment
Former president predicts new charges this week as unprecedented legal woes complicate presidential campaign #press
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Electric vehicles: Tesla gives China rivals a taste of price-driven competition
Local manufacturers have little choice but to cut prices faster and deeper than the US electric-car maker #press
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Ministers warned on ‘fiddling around’ with NHS cancer targets
Demands for more care capacity come as health secretary says changes will be in line with clinicians’ requests #press
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US M&A: Goncalves wants to make Cleveland America’s steel hub
Buying US Steel would reinforce the kingpin status of Cleveland-Cliffs #press
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Time runs short for EU and US to strike green steel deal
Washington’s refusal to extend October deadline puts pressure on both parties to reconcile diverging approaches #press
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Russia sets Odesa ablaze in overnight air strikes on Ukraine
Barrage on grain-exporting port city comes as Kyiv condemns targeting of a commercial vessel #press
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Global inflation tracker: see how your country compares on rising prices
Inflationary pressures are beginning to wane #press
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Putin, de Gaulle and national greatness
Just as France in the 1960s quit Algeria, so Russia should end its disastrous colonial war in Ukraine #press
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Severe drought in Panama hits global shipping industry
Restrictions triggered by lack of rain are likely to occur ‘again and again’ as climate change worsens #press
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Chinese investors alarmed over trust company’s missed payments
Concerns over property sector mount after entities linked to Zhongzhi fail to make payouts #press
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Meloni takes ‘full responsibility’ for controversial bank tax
Italy’s prime minister admits issues with levy announcement but says she would ‘do it again’ #press
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Niger junta threatens treason charge against ousted president Bazoum
Pro-western leader remains in detention despite hint of Ecowas talks #press
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Themed weeks like ‘NHS week’ just trumpet Tory failures
Declaring that ministers have ‘virtually’ achieved one waiting list target highlights that they have fallen short of it #press
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