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Trump is not getting the Brexit he wanted

The UK’s 2016 vote to leave the European Union represented a moment of vindication and hope for Donald Trump. No wonder he sounded worried, as he arrived in the UK for his visit. It was not the protestors waiting at every stop, or even the giant orange Trump Baby balloon floating over London that was likely to irk the thin-skinned ...

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IPO bargain basement ‘just the place to be’

Swathes of shuttered stores. Customers slamming their wallets shut. Amazon.com Inc lurking in the background. It doesn’t look like the ideal time for a retailer to go public. But that’s what TheWorks.co.uk Plc is planning to do. It’s a brave decision given the crisis engulfing bricks-and-mortar retailers, but TheWorks is right to press ahead. That’s because the company, which was ...

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Beijing loves Xiaomi, just in its own special way

Xiaomi Corp has caught a lot of breaks from Hong Kong and its stock exchange. China isn’t playing ball. Yet. The Hong Kong-Xiaomi relationship is crucial, and symbiotic. For one, Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd ended a ban on dual-class listings that allowed founder Lei Jun to keep control of the smartphone maker and have his IPO too. It ...

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