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Beijing City Further Relaxes Home-Buying Rules to Boost Sales

Beijing city is relaxing home-purchase rules for non-residents in its latest effort to support a housing market that’s been in a prolonged slump.

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Canal collapse will massively affect business, says owner of narrowboat hire firm

Paul Donnelly says it will affect how many people book on to hire his canal boats.

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Instacart ends AI pricing test that charged shoppers different prices for the same items

Instacart will stop using artificial intelligence to experiment with product pricing after a report showed that customers on the platform were paying different prices for the same items.

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Trump 47 Brings a Long Awaited Spring for Businesses

The economic sun shines from Davos to Main Street. But there are a few clouds on the horizon.

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Instacart is ending its controversial price tests

Instacart has announced it will be ending price testing on its platform. This comes after a study published earlier this month revealed pricing experiments that led to some customers seeing higher prices than others and the FTC saying last week it would be investigating the grocery delivery app.
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Bet365 boss Denise Coates nets £260mn payout

UK’s richest woman received increase despite fall in profits at family-run gambling empire

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‘We’ve seen it decimate areas’: Somerset town’s traders oppose parking charges

Traders on Clevedon’s Hill Road say they fear the proposals could hasten the decline of independent retail as councils across Britain look to raise income by forcing shoppers to pay to parkThe shop windows are decked out in their festive finery, there are carols on the stereos and the tills are ring…

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Grocery stores open Christmas Eve 2025: Costco, Aldi, Publix, Albertsons, Kroger hours

Last-minute holiday shoppers will find fewer options Wednesday, as most grocery stores shorten hours on Christmas Eve and some close earlier than usual.Why it matters: Christmas Eve is one of the busiest grocery shopping days of the year — and also one of the most limited. Shoppers scrambling for Ch…

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In 2026, CFOs predict AI transformation, not just efficiency gains

More than a dozen finance chiefs predict how AI will continue to shape finance.

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BP sells stake in motor oil arm Castrol for $6bn

BP has sold a 65% stake in its motor lubricant arm Castrol to US-based investment firm Stonepeak.

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Dutch Tesla Fleet Goes Bankrupt After Betting on Musk's Self-Driving Promises

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Behind the Money: KKR, Bain and private equity’s push into Japan

The country is courting firms to help shake up moribund corporates and spur industry consolidation

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‘A gamechanger’: 200,000 UK small businesses sign up to TikTok Shop

Big brands such as Sainsbury’s and M&S also selling directly in app through links in videos and livestreamsIt is better known for its viral dances and for making hits out of forgotten songs, but the social media site TikTok is becoming a force to be reckoned with as a shopping platform.Major retaile…

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China’s Comac on Track to Miss C919 Delivery Target by Half

Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd. is set to miss a revised delivery target for its marquee C919 single-aisle jet, dealing a blow to its global ambitions after trade war-induced headwinds helped hamper production.

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Google-Backed Fleet Tracking Firm Motive Files Publicly for IPO

Motive Technologies Inc. filed publicly for an initial public offering, with the artificial intelligence-enabled fleet management software firm disclosing both growing revenue and net losses.

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Jared Kushner's firm backs out of Paramount's Warner Bros. bid

Affinity Partners, the fund tied to President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, has backed out of Paramount's bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, Axios has confirmed. Why it matters: The news comes ahead of an expected announcement from the Warner Bros. board that it plans to reject Paramount's latest $…

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China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to deal with their aging batteries.

In August 2025, Wang Lei decided it was finally time to say goodbye to his electric vehicle. Wang, who is 39, had bought the car in 2016, when EVs still felt experimental in Beijing. It was a compact Chinese brand. The subsidies were good, and the salesman talked about “supporting domestic innovatio…

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