Business & Finance
Predictions: China’s record-low births will leave a global mark
A longer-term economic impact comes from a shrinking labour force.
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Financial Times
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Spain extends windfall tax on banks and energy companies
Controversial levy to be rolled over into 2025 but tax break will be introduced for green investments.
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European plans for battery supply chain face delays as US lures components producers
Materials manufacturer Novonix issues warning as region struggles to compete with US subsidies.
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Investors lose taste for top Burgundies and vintage Champagne
Higher interest rates and weak demand from China damp ‘frothy’ market.
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Investors may still be underestimating how inflation is cooling
The period of rapidly rising prices is retreating in the rear-view mirror.
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Supply squeeze helps copper prices buck tough year for base metals
Red metal known as a leading indicator on the global economy is set to be 2023’s top-performing industrial mineral.
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Telecoms: Iliad can bring Vodafone’s Italian epic to a happy ending
The deal would create a joint venture ranking as Italy’s largest mobile operator.
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Hedge fund groups sue SEC in effort to block short-selling rules
Industry says US regulator has not considered impact of its new measures on securities markets.
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Internal carbon costs: the dark arts of pricing emissions
Ministers waffling at COP summits would do better to create a cross-border trading scheme to provide those magic numbers.
