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  • Please don’t fine us, Thames Water asks regulator

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    ​Water firm boss tells MPs company’s survival depends on special treatment from the industry regulator. Water firm boss tells MPs company’s survival depends on special treatment from the industry regulator. 

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  • UK hits back at claims US tariff deal bad for China

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    ​The UK government said there was “no such thing as a veto on Chinese investment” in its tariff deal with the US. The UK government said there was “no such thing as a veto on Chinese investment” in its tariff deal with the US. 

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  • ‘I can get my Christmas tree order’ – firms give sigh of relief at tariff truce

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    ​Businesses are moving ahead with shipments, as the deal to reduce tariffs raises hopes over the economic outlook. Businesses are moving ahead with shipments, as the deal to reduce tariffs raises hopes over the economic outlook. 

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  • Burberry to cut 1,700 jobs as designer suffers heavy losses

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    ​The British designer brand – famed for its distinctive check pattern – has proposed cutting its global workforce by a fifth. The British designer brand – famed for its distinctive check pattern – has proposed cutting its global workforce by a fifth. 

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  • Inside the Chinese sofa factory left deserted by Trump tariffs

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    ​The BBC’s Laura Bicker takes us inside a Chinese sofa factory that almost ground to a halt after Trump’s tariffs. The BBC’s Laura Bicker takes us inside a Chinese sofa factory that almost ground to a halt after Trump’s tariffs. 

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