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Why it’s so difficult to buy your first house in London
The number of 20-34 year-olds living with their parents in the U.K. has risen by nearly 50% since the turn of the century. So why are young people, particularly in London, struggling to get on the property ladder? The number of 20- to 34-year-olds living with their parents in the United Kingdom has risen by […]
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Twitter shares fall after Elon Musk abandons plan to join board
Musk would have been appointed to Twitter’s board on Saturday, but the world’s richest man informed the company on the day that he would not, in fact, be taking the board seat. Andrew Burton | Getty Images News | Getty Images Twitter shares fell in premarket trading Monday after CEO Parag Agrawal revealed that Elon […]
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Chinese electric car company Nio hikes prices, suspends production
Nio said it has suspended production due to Covid-related restrictions in the last several weeks that halted production at suppliers’ factories. Long Wei | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese electric car company Nio said over the weekend it is raising prices and suspending production as the latest Covid wave added to […]
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UK growth slows more than expected in February: ONS
A pedestrian carrying a Union Jack umbrella walks past a winter sale sign outside a John Lewis store along Oxford street in London, England. Hollie Adams | Getty Images News | Getty Images Growth in Britain’s economy slowed more sharply than expected in February as gross domestic product rose by 0.1%, official figures showed on […]
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Russia could use phosphorus bombs in Mariupol, UK warns; Austrian leader to meet Putin. Follow our live updates
France’s Societe Generale to withdraw from Russia with sale of Rosbank stake; shares jump 5% French bank Societe Generale has announced plans to exit Russia. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images French bank Societe Generale has agreed to sell its stake in Rosbank and the Russian lender’s insurance subsidiaries to Interros Capital, an investment firm […]
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This isn’t a recession – it’s a ‘war-cession,’ top strategist says. Here’s why it’s different
LONDON — The global economy is likely entering a “war-cession,” according to veteran investment strategist David Roche, and markets are underestimating its duration. It comes as markets attempt to navigate a flurry of concurrent economic hurdles, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, soaring inflation, rising interest rates and supply disruption from China’s efforts to contain a […]
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China Covid outbreak: Guangzhou closes schools, Shanghai’s new cases soar to a record
All 11 districts of Guangzhou city began another round of mass Covid testing late last week, while elementary and middle schools shifted to online learning as of Monday. Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Another major Chinese city has tightened Covid restrictions as the country struggles to contain a nationwide outbreak stretching […]
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U.S. doubts new Russian war chief can end Moscow’s floundering
A Ukrainian soldier stands watch by a building severely damaged in attacks by Russian forces in the Makariv region near Kyiv on April 10, 2022. Russia has tapped a new Ukraine war commander to take centralized control of the next phase of battle. Cem Tekkesinoglu | Dia Images | Getty Images News Russia has tapped […]
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Elon Musk decides not to join Twitter board, says CEO Parag Agrawal
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, shown here in March, proposed a series of changes to Twitter’s subscription service, including price changes and the option to pay in dogecoin. Patrick Pleul | AFP | Getty Images Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has abandoned his plans to join the board of Twitter, his social network of choice. […]
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China’s producer and consumer inflation rose faster than expected in March
A worker works on a bread production line in Zaozhuang, East China’s Shandong Province, April 7, 2022. China’s factory inflation slowed but beat expectations in March, official data showed on Monday. Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s factory inflation slowed but beat expectations in March, official data showed on Monday, as the country […]
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