Money
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Brexit battle lines drawn over trade dilemma
Is Brexit doomed to fail? Theresa May faces a revolt over her back-up plan for Britain’s future EU relations. With less than a year until Brexit day, is the whole thing crumbling down?
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Vanity rubs with poverty at £8bn World Cup
Is hosting the World Cup worth it? Russia’s tournament looks set to be the most expensive of all time. Organisers hope it will reboot the country’s economy, but many remain unconvinced.
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From a council estate to Britain’s richest man
Should we celebrate wealth? The Sunday Times has published its annual list of the UK’s 1,000 richest people. At the top is Jim Ratcliffe, a...
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England’s true football champion: Huddersfield
Do you agree? Manchester City may have won the title, but at the other end of the table, financial featherweight Huddersfield Town pulled off the greatest survival in Premier League history.
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Report: Give millennials £10k to fix generation gap
Is this a good idea? A bold new report has urged the government to give all 25-year-olds £10,000. It says the cash will help young people buy homes, learn new skills and start businesses.
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First ever alcoholic Coke to hit shelves
Is Coca-Cola on its way out? The company is constantly launching new products, including a Japanese alcopop. But its flagship drink, Coke, is struggling as the soda market shrinks.
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‘Music bible’ NME stops printing after 66 years
What killed NME? For decades, the popular music magazine had the power to make or break bands. Now it has been broken in turn: as of next week, it will no longer print its weekly edition.
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Anti-gun activists take aim at Amazon
Is Amazon evil? A huge backlash has hit the business for supporting the National Rifle Association. But some say Amazon represents far deeper dangers which put our very democracy at risk.
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May vows to fix ‘broken’ tuition fees system
Is university overrated? Tuition fee cuts could be coming as the PM launches a funding review. But some claim students need better alternatives to university — not just cheaper degrees.
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Pay, education, childbirth: boosts for women
Will gender ever be irrelevant to success? Despite recent scandals the longer-term trend points towards gender equality. And this trend is global, not simply confined to the western world.
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Extreme poverty slashed by half in 30 years
Can we end poverty forever? Despite the news that last year saw the biggest increase in billionaires in history, the proportion of the world’s poorest has tumbled to less than 10%
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World rocked by US stock market turmoil
Is the economy heading for disaster? A slump in US shares has spread uncertainty around the world. It stopped short of a full-on crash, but experts are not sure what will come next…
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The life of Ikea’s penny-pinching billionaire
Has Ikea made our lives better? Ingvar Kamprad certainly thought so. Ikea’s famously frugal founder, flat-pack furniture pioneer and former fascist has died. But his company is here to stay.
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Where billionaires go to change the world
Can global elites solve the planet’s problems? This week, billionaires and politicians will discuss economics on a snowy Swiss mountain — but trust in their message is lower than ever.
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Carillion crisis sparks privatisation storm
Should we start to renationalise key services? The Left is using the collapse of the outsourcing behemoth to attack privatisation. The Right argues that it represents “capitalism in action”.