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Could electric tattoos be the next step in body art?

Researchers are experimenting with thin, flexible circuits that can be transferred to the skin.

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How product placements may soon be added to classic films

Getting consumer goods in shot is big business for movies and TV series, and items can now be added digitally.

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Amazon: How one cancer patient’s story helps explain the Alabama union vote

Carla Jonson’s story helps explain how Amazon won last week’s union vote in Alabama.

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Reopening verdict: ‘It was ‘buzzing, chaotic and crazy’

Business owners tell how their first week of trading has gone after lockdown rules eased in England and Wales.

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Archegos collapse costs Morgan Stanley $911m

US investment bank Morgan Stanley’s lending to the collapsed hedge fund cost it nearly $1bn.

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Ocado in self-driving vans push with £10m stake in Oxbotica

The online grocery retailer has teamed up with Oxford self-driving firm Oxbotica.

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China’s economy grows 18.3% in post-Covid comeback

The record figures for the first quarter of the year are skewed due to last year’s nationwide lockdown

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Hammerson: Shopping centre giant slashes rents in revival bid

Hammerson, whose centres include the Bullring and Brent Cross, is “resetting rents to more affordable levels”.

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Citigroup to exit consumer banking in 13 markets

The US banking group will shut down its retail operations in countries including China and India.

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TUI says summer holiday season can be saved

The boss of Europe’s biggest holiday company thinks successful vaccine programmes can prevent another washout.