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Squid Game helps Netflix subscriptions pick up

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Evergrande share trading halt pushes HKEX suspensions to record $61bn

Hong Kong’s reputation has been hit by indebted developer’s lack of updates

The Indian women widowed by Covid-19

In India, Covid has widowed thousands of women, who are now struggling to adjust to a new life.

Brewdog's solid gold beer can ad misleading, ASA says

The advertising watchdog says three Brewdog adverts for a gold can competition were "misleading".

Average cash withdrawal climbs to £80

The average amount Britons take out of cash machines rises by over £10, but there are fewer visits.

The battle to make lighter life-saving body armour

New materials are making body armour lighter but nanotechnology could provide a breakthrough.

Latest news updates: IMF’s first woman chief economist Gopinath to return to Harvard in January

Credit Suisse fined over Mozambique tuna scandal

Bank to pay £147m fine to UK authorities as part of wider settlement over a corruption scandal.

Facebook settles US worker discrimination claims

The tech giant will pay $14.5m to settle claims it routinely hired foreign instead of US workers.

WeWork to make belated arrival on stock market after Spac merger

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The race to redefine cross-border finance

SWIFT enabled a surge in global payments over the decades. Now it faces threats from challengers—and is fighting back

Stock market indices cannot be murky

Discretion may have a role in forming benchmarks, but clarity is essential

Apple ‘unleashes’ itself from Intel

Chipmaker takes a blow after tech giant removes it from its laptops

Bitcoin ETF: regulatory arbitrage — by US regulators

Watchdogs can say they are giving retail investors access while continuing to protect them

Morrisons: Shareholders approve £7bn takeover deal

British supermarket group Morrisons says shareholders approve the US private equity group takeover.

Snap AV: demand reconfigured

A neat chart to add to the inflation debate.

Facebook launches digital currency wallet Novi

Company chooses Paxos Dollar over its own cryptocurrency project Diem for pilot launch

Government urged to make a decision on HS2 route

Supporters and opponents of the paused Birmingham-to-Leeds rail link are concerned about its future.

Amazon, Ikea and Unilever pledge zero-carbon shipping by 2040

Nine major firms say they will only use zero-carbon cargo vessels by 2040, in a bid to clean up shipping.

Wise: maverick fintech hero heads for zero fees

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