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Sunak faces crunch decision on post-Brexit Northern Ireland

Deal taking shape on trading arrangements but unionists and Eurosceptics still need to be brought on board

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UK review of EU laws expanded after 1,000 pieces of legislation added

UK mobilises top officials as progress made in N Ireland protocol talks

‘Extreme leverage’? Adani’s debt-driven expansion under scrutiny

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Is the IMF right about the UK economy?

The corporate world is losing its grip on cyber risk

Top stories

Live news: Russia denies US allegations of New Start treaty violation

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Markets Briefing. European stocks hold steady as investors await Fed meeting clues

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Eurozone inflation

Eurozone inflation slows to 8.5% on back of lower energy costs

Consumer prices fall to lowest level since May as ECB prepares to impose another interest rate rise

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US Fed poised to shift to quarter-point rate rise as inflation eases

UK labour disputes

UK rail industry makes fresh push to end protracted strikes

Infrastructure operator Network Rail makes revised offer on pay and working practices

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Inside Politics. Chain of problems cramps Tories’ bid to win back younger voters

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Adani called on India’s top tycoons to shore up $2.4bn stock sale

Family offices approached after short seller Hindenburg targeted industrial group

Jupiter at odds with rivals over involvement in Adani share sale

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The Big Read. Can the EU keep up with the US on green subsidies?

The huge incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act are provoking a debate in Europe with ramifications for the entire single market

First Abu Dhabi Bank

How First Abu Dhabi Bank pursued Standard Chartered and ‘opened Pandora’s box’

UAE’s biggest lender could yet revive the deal and its interest might flush out other suitors

News

Italy to join forces with France in supplying air defences to Ukraine

Defence minister Guido Crosetto says ‘Ukraine and our allies will be happy’

US says Russia is not complying with New Start nuclear arms treaty

McDonald's Corp

McDonald’s court ruling turns up heat on corporate executives

Decision allowing lawsuits against company’s officers for ‘oversight’ failures could open new front in litigation

Darktrace announces £75mn share buyback after short seller attack

Move to boost stock comes after hedge fund publishes report alleging accounting irregularities at UK cyber group

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Chelsea FC’s transfers splurge pushes Premier League to new spending record

English top-tier clubs spent almost €830mn in January window

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Abrdn recreates chief investment role to boost performance

Edinburgh-based group hires Peter Branner after difficult year in equity and bond markets

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UK house prices

UK house prices fall for fifth consecutive month

Drop of 0.6% in Nationwide survey comes as higher mortgage rates squeeze prospective buyers

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Mortgage overpayments surge as borrowers fend off rising interest bills

Pope uses Africa visit to call for peace and end to ‘economic colonialism’

‘Lay down your arms’ pontiff tells warring sides in DR Congo

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Saudi Arabia seeks place on tourist map with ambitious foreign visitor push

Kingdom hopes to welcome 100mn visitors a year as it seeks to diversify economy away from oil revenues

Buyout group Greybull emerges as potential late bidder for Britishvolt

Executives from private equity group met battery start-up’s leaders on Monday

Capital markets

Liquidity loses top slot as investors’ biggest concern after six years

Traders’ confidence was bolstered after retaining their ability to buy and sell during last year’s ructions

Opinion

When good economic news may not be good news

The dilemma for central banks is whether today’s optimism is consistent with returning inflation rates to 2 per cent

Conservatives are too keen on money to win the culture war

The likes of Boris Johnson and Nadhim Zahawi don’t enter the careers that shape a society’s norms and values

Keeping New Start alive is vital for the world’s nuclear future

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Markets Insight. End the Fed ‘put’

Richard Bernstein

Inside Business. Maritime divorce puts Maersk’s strategy to the test

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Global Insight. Blame the billionaires? French left protests against Macron’s pension reform

Dead as a dodo? The unsettling bid to bring back extinct species

Tougher reinsurance market leaves more risk for everyone else

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UK News

Vodafone ‘can do better’, admits chief

UK is the only large market where group had growth in the most recent quarter

GSK bullish on 2023 as earnings surpass expectations

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Etc Venues bought by US rival to tap into remote working shift

Hunt faces down Tory tax critics as IMF predicts UK recession

Thousands of offshore companies miss UK property register deadline

Police apologise for ‘profound failings’ over Hillsborough disaster

UK companies fail at fastest rate since financial crisis

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