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China overtakes US as EU’s biggest trading partner
China is now the EU’s biggest trading partner, overtaking the US in 2020. Read more at…
Pound hits three-year high on vaccination hopes
The pound has hit its highest level against the dollar in nearly three years, amid rising…
Jaguar car brand to be all-electric by 2025
Jaguar Land Rover’s Jaguar brand will be all-electric by 2025, the carmaker has said. Read more…
Coca-Cola company trials first paper bottle
Coca-Cola is to test a paper bottle as part of a longer-term bid to eliminate plastic…
Japan’s economy shrinks 4.8% in 2020 due to Covid
Japan’s economy surged in the fourth quarter of 2020, but it was not enough to keep…
Brexit: London loses out as Europe’s top share trading hub
Amsterdam ousted London as the largest financial trading centre in Europe last month as Brexit-related changes…
Bumble: Female-founded dating app tops $13bn in market debut
No bumbling here: Dating app Bumble, which made its name by putting women in charge of…
Heineken cuts 8,000 jobs after Covid hits sales
Beer giant Heineken has announced plans to cut nearly 10% of its workforce after a sharp…
Shift to green energy ‘could cost oil states $13 trillion’ by 2040
A new report says that oil and gas producing countries face a multi-trillion-dollar hole in their…
Barbie has best sales in more than five years in lockdown boost
Sales of Barbie hit $1.35bn (£940m) last year – the most since at least 2014 –…