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...We also get data on the construction of new homes in January from the US Census Bureau and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development....
...The result has been an overall decline in competitiveness and capacity in US shipbuilding yards, according to navy and union officials, as well as some labour economists....
...US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm told reporters that as US LNG exports surged it was “critical” for her department to “remain a responsible actor” as it looked at whether the additional volumes were...
...Analysis of the situation for skilled migrants in Ireland, Portugal and Sweden offers a glimpse of how labour market outcomes differ as opportunities and barriers vary in host countries....
...Camille Grand, a former Nato assistant secretary-general for defence investment now with the European Council on Foreign Relations, believes that Europe has the capacity to take its share of the burden....
...In 2022, Accord provided 35 per cent of the US’s methotrexate supply as well as more than half of the US supply of other key cancer drugs: carboplatin and cisplatin....
...Read the latest from our Beijing bureau chief. For more of the FT’s best features and analysis on China, visit our China Focus hub....
...Ursula von der Leyen began her campaign for a second five-year term as European Commission president, focusing on increased defence spending, improved business competitiveness and green policies....
...And obviously you’ve got, you know, the Home Office as well wanting to be more hawkish because of security concerns....
...And there is little room for manoeuvre in Brazil’s federal budget, since some 90 per cent of it is earmarked for non-discretionary items like social security and pensions....
...“It’s a great example of the convening power of the UK, because you got all of these people under one roof,” said Jean Carberry, assistant secretary for digital policy from the Irish Department of Enterprise...
...— An analysis by Luigi Scazzieri for the Centre for European Reform Tony’s picks of the week The crypto industry’s quest for legitimacy is hitting more hurdles as US politicians and authorities intensify...
...On an intensive poultry farm in North Herefordshire, farmer Jo Hilditch is walking through one of her 22 chicken sheds, picking up flapping birds and checking for signs of illness and injury....
...I’m not sure whether the atmosphere in the country can provide for that or whether it can just provide clones of what we have.” Her analysis is simple....
...And as you might expect, investors did not take any of this well. Arm’s share price dropped as much as 8 per cent in after-hours trading. The company launched its initial public offering in September....
...Across the mineral belt, coal royalties account for as much as 12 per cent of state revenues and some 25mn livelihoods depend on the industry, according to Rohit Chandra, an assistant professor at the Indian...
...US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen said the impact of China’s slowdown on her country would be small and that Beijing had “quite a bit of policy space” to address the challenges....
...But it leaves less for non-military sectors such as healthcare, education, infrastructure and civilian industry, as suggested by this Reuters analysis of Russia’s 2023 budget....
...Granholm sent senior department officials to a closed-door dinner where the biggest players in the US shale patch dined on steak with the Opec secretary-general; her assistant secretary held “candid and...
...And it could be in terms of security guarantees or paying money into the Erasmus student exchange scheme....
...He is the secretary-general of the Syria Trust, her NGO and prime source of patronage....
...For Xi, he adds, most important is hitting the overarching strategic objectives of technological self-sufficiency and security as rivalry with the US picks up....
...and could prompt an exodus of industry....
...Kate Forbes, Scotland’s finance and economy secretary, joined health secretary Humza Yousaf and former community safety minister Ash Regan in announcing her candidacy to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as leader...
...As the UK’s business secretary during the global financial crisis, I know full well the political temptation to try to “go it alone”....
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