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Climate change: will insurers pick up the bill?

Floods were once considered too irregular to insure against. But global warming has changed the calculation

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Kristalina Georgieva

IMF chief: we are rethinking our advice to emerging markets

We need to understand better how various policy options interact

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Donald Trump’s erratic diplomacy has a price

The UK’s decision on Huawei should give the US cause for reflection as much as reproach

Smartwatches call time on the Swiss industry

It is hard now for any traditional industry to predict where their deadliest rivals will emerge

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How to rewrite the rules for UK public finances

New chancellor should review but not scrap borrowing guidelines

Francine McKenna

Weakening US audit oversight is a very bad idea

Folding the regulator into the SEC would make it much harder to scrutinise how audits are performed

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India: is Modi’s BJP introducing Big Brother?

Privacy data bill provides chance to follow the European model or China’s approach

Labour’s new leader must be free to reinvent party

Pledges that win rank-and-file support make it hard to manoeuvre back within the bounds of electability

Myles McCormick

A bit of perspective on Ireland’s election upset

For most Irish, it’s not that Brexit is a small problem, it’s just far away

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Unspeakable, by John Bercow

An instant history of the Brexit saga

New CEO of Sonatrach is an opportunity for Algeria

The state oil and gas company needs radical reform to attract foreign investment

Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg: Big Tech needs more regulation

New rules might hurt Facebook’s bottom line in the short term but will help long term

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Monday, 17 February, 2020

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Monday, 17 February, 2020

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Sunday, 16 February, 2020

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Sunday, 16 February, 2020

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Sunday, 16 February, 2020

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