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Visitors to a mall walk past the Audemars Piguet store in Beijing (Ng Han Guan/AP)

Chinese singer ends deal with Swiss luxury watch brand over Taiwan dispute

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Accounting watchdog unveils latest list of best fund managers

Cabinet Meeting

Social care funding talks ongoing as Tory grandees blast National Insurance hike

Covid-19 pregnancy research

Firms urged to sign pledge to support staff affected by miscarriage

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Millions of married people ‘not discussing retirement plans with spouses’

A man looks at job vacancies in a recruitment agency window

Staff shortages could last two years, warns CBI

Summer weather

More than 11,000 properties flipped to holiday homes amid staycation boom

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Wagamama reveals chef recruitment struggles amid UK worker shortage

Lord Hammond

National Insurance increase will provoke backlash, former chancellor warns

A quiet high street in West Bridgford, Nottingham

Nearly 50 shops closed per day in first half of year, research shows

Electric car charger

Ofgem to slash costs for building electric car charging stations

A British Airways plane at Gatwick

BA insists its Gatwick subsidiary will offer the ‘same service’

Manufacturing

FTSE turns after disappointing US jobs figures

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Major PCR testing company under investigation by competition chiefs

Asda sign

Asda confirms convenience store rollout as two more executives quit

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Only 37% of married scam victims tell spouse, survey finds

A woman holding coins

Government urged to announce decision soon on triple lock

Sajid Javid

Ministers debate national insurance hike to fund social care reforms