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...Take a break from the news V-necks have been verboten for as long as most of us can remember, writes Teo van den Broeke....
...Fetterman added: “Send me to the US Senate, and I’d proudly vote to codify Roe v Wade into law.” Republican leaders largely embraced the ruling on Friday....
...“The bumper sticker would say, we’re past the V,” says Michael Gapen, chief US economist at Barclays, referring to the shape of the recovery since the shocking collapse last year....
...Washington is doing this due to concerns that London might change Brexit trading rules....
...Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has an efficacy rate of 97.6 per cent, its developers said, based on data from almost 4m people....
...Vladimir Putin said he would be vaccinated with the Sputnik V jab on Tuesday....
...Russia is seeking to manufacture its Sputnik V vaccine in Italy to meet a surge in overseas contracts....
...Russia’s Sputnik V jab has shown 91.6 per cent efficacy against symptomatic Covid-19 in clinical trials, a Lancet peer review confirmed....
...(FT) Coronavirus digest Russia will supply 300m doses of its Sputnik V vaccine to the African Union....
...The White House said the two leaders spoke on Wednesday evening Washington time....
...(FT) Recovery, brought to you by the letter V, or maybe W Mapping economic output to familiar shapes makes a good deal of sense....
...“We have seen a V-shaped recovery in equity markets, but we are far from that in the real economy,” she said, as US stocks closed out their best quarter since 1998....
...“What you’re seeing is an expectation of a V-shaped recovery and that may prove to be too optimistic,” said one equity analyst....
...Follow Mamta Badkar, James Politi and Colby Smith on Twitter: @mamtabadkar @JamesPoliti @colbyLsmith...
...Our US banking editor Laura Noonan and Washington correspondent Lauren Fedor will be answering questions throughout the day on the rescue fund for business. Submit your questions below this story....
...Kingston Polymath 1,011: Dr S Bailey, Swindon Crossword 16,099: Suzanne P Wilson, Windermere; D Barter, Cumbria; Jean-Marc Sellier, California Polymath 1,010: Robert Jelly, Warwickshire Crossword 16,093: V...
...(FT) Coaching v commanding Andrew Hill recounts how industrial group Linde won over sceptical staff in 2017 with a safety drive based on “active listening”....
...(FT) Walmart v Amazon Few retailers are coping better with the relentless rise of Amazon than the country’s largest retailer Walmart....
...“Mark’s deal with Trump is highly utilitarian,” Smith quotes an insider as having said. “It’s basically about getting free rein and protection from regulation....
...Now he is facing criticism for planning to host the Taliban in the same week as the anniversary of the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington....
...(FT) Boomers v millennials investing challenge The millennials have come of age, but their impact on stock market returns is only beginning....
...The other quarter-final matchups on Saturday pit Italy v the Netherlands and Germany v Sweden. The tournament has revealed which countries are most welcoming to women’s sport....
...Chinese officials have been under pressure from the US to liberalise markets as part of the trade deal between Beijing and Washington....
...Washington renewed the tit-for-tat tariff clash on Friday, raising levies on $200bn of Chinese imports....
...Edward Luce, our Washington commentator, also delivers his verdict: “His . . . attempt at conjuring national unity deceived no one.”...
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