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How to navigate workplace awkwardness
Excruciating moments are now almost expected when colleagues link up over the internet.
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IMF to chop world growth forecast
Shock after shock is buffeting the world economic outlook, forcing another big cut to IMF growth forecasts, after a big downgrade in April.
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Moving on from covid? The virus has other ideas
A new wave of covid infections is spreading in Europe, the US and Japan, forcing reassessment of what 'living with' the virus means.
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Chinese mortgage payment strike spreads
As confidence in developers' ability to complete presold homes rises, so does a new movement among Chinese mortgage-holders simply to stop making payments.