Plans for floating wind energy projects off UK’s coastline get millions in funding boost
This image, from 2018, shows a floating wind turbine in waters off the coast of France. SEBASTIEN SALOM GOMIS | AFP | Getty Images Eleven...
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Covid-related absences in English schools reaches record high for academic year
Covid-related absence in English schools reached a record high for the academic year last week, as one in 20 children stayed at home because of...
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Real estate billionaire Sam Zell says office space will recover ‘much faster’ than retail
Demand for office space is likely to rebound from depressed Covid pandemic levels long before retail properties, property billionaire Sam Zell told CNBC on Tuesday....
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Pubs gear up for bumper weekend as UK lifts Covid restrictions
Pub groups are gearing up for a weekend of bumper sales as the UK’s remaining Covid-19 restrictions are lifted and consumers receive their long-awaited January...
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You call that a party, Boris Johnson?
The thing is, it probably wasn’t even that good a party. This perhaps is the greatest unfairness of all. At time of writing, it is...
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Consumers accuse small retailers of price gouging on Covid tests
When Ja’Kiem Crayon tells customers the price for a single Covid-19 at-home test at the Manhattan-based pharmacy where he works, he’s often in for an...
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Why a spat with staff is the wrong battle for City watchdog
Whenever there’s a financial scandal, someone asks: “Where was the regulator?” The answer may soon be: “On strike.” On Monday, trade union Unite started balloting...
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Putin to meet Italian CEOs about ‘expanding ties’ amid increasing Ukraine tensions
The top executives of some of Italy’s largest companies including Eni, Pirelli and Generali are due to have a video meeting with Vladimir Putin on...
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Martin Gilbert’s AssetCo agrees its biggest takeover
Martin Gilbert has struck his biggest deal since leaving Standard Life Aberdeen, buying asset manager River and Mercantile in an all-share takeover that values the...
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Pfizer and BioNTech launch clinical trial of Covid vaccine targeting omicron
A ten year old child receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine for 5-11 year old kids at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on November 2, 2021....
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US and EU close in on agreeing Russian financial sanctions over Ukraine
US officials said there was growing “convergence” with the EU on financial sanctions aimed at crippling Russian banks in the event of an invasion of...
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J&J expects more than $3 billion in Covid vaccine sales this year in mixed quarterly report
The Janssen Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday projected that its...