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Is Brexit working in UK’s favour 5 years after vote?

It’s been five years since UK citizens voted to exit the European Union and almost 200 days since they belatedly departed. The decision looks to be working in the UK’s favour — at least on the surface. The economy will grow 6.4% in 2021, second-best among the Group of Eight developed countries, followed by a G-8 leading 5.4% gain in ...

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Can airline bailouts help airport chaos?

The recent weekend chaos at US airports has left some wondering what the point was of bailing out the airline industry during the pandemic. But the hundreds of cancelled flights at American Airlines Group show why that aid was needed in the first place. American scrapped about 775 flights over the weekend and into June 21 as bad weather exacerbated ...

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Europe is hitting Google where it hurts the most

Forget the $9 billion of fines that came before. They barely scratched the surface. For Google, this is the big one. The European Commission announced a formal probe into the search giant’s practices in online advertising. After years of antitrust investigations, this is by a country mile the most important, because it focuses on how Google actually makes most of ...

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