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New means of getting from A to B are disrupting carmaking

The business of “mobility” in its many forms is huge, and legacy metal-bashers are racing to adapt

International

India has proved to be a popular—and clever—investor in poor countries

It cannot match China’s heft in foreign investment, but offers lessons for other investors

Britain

Britain, the covid-19 laboratory

Having led the way with vaccines, the country is now figuring out a new era of the pandemic

International

Covid-19 is fuelling a Zoom-boom in cosmetic surgery

Depressed by your appearance on video calls? Men and women alike are splashing out on face-lifts, lip-plumping and more

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Joe Biden hopes to stop American multinationals booking huge profits abroad

Given their love of tax havens, reform could be valuable

Business

Bartleby: A leaked memo from a chief impact officer

The newest addition to the C-suite talks climate change and hot tubs

United States

Vermont’s race-based vaccine policy raises legal questions

The move to give priority to vulnerable non-white groups aims to address persistent inequities, but is risky

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House prices are going ballistic

Policymakers need to keep their heads

United States

America’s boom has begun. Can it last?

High-frequency economic data suggest it’s full steam ahead

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is dead

The husband of Queen Elizabeth II was 99

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Our house-price forecast expects the global rally to lose steam

It predicts France and Germany to be the best-performing markets during the next three years

Vaccinating the world

Science & technology

With millions vaccinated, rare side-effects of jabs are emerging

The challenge is to sort them from the medical emergencies that happen every day

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Bhutan vaccinated almost all its adults against covid-19 in a week

Only Israel and the Seychelles have inoculated a higher share of the population

Science & technology

Are vaccine passports a good idea?

They are likely to make the biggest difference to international travel

The Americas

Cuba may become the smallest country to make covid-19 vaccines

Whether they will be approved elsewhere remains to be seen

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Special report: The future of work

A bright future for the world of work

Workers the world over have had a torrid year. But the future is bright, argues Callum Williams

Labour markets are working, but also changing

Labour markets have coped with covid-19 better than expected. But they have changed

The biggest losers from covid-19

Covid-19 is a disease of the poor and the powerless

The rise of working from home

The shift to a hybrid world of work will have a big impact on managers

Robots threaten jobs less than fearmongers claim

Recessions and pandemics accelerate automation. Yet warnings of a jobless future are overblown

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