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Hedge funds rush to unwind bets on falling markets as stocks surge

Funds seek to cover short positions at a faster pace than height of 2021 meme stock frenzy

No signs of US slowdown in surprisingly robust jobs market

Corporate America is divided on odds of US recession

The Big Read. The Adani affair: the fallout for Modi’s India

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Top stories

Indian authorities seek to calm investors after Adani sell-off

Market regulator says it will examine ‘any information’ and take ‘appropriate’ action

US-China relations

Blinken cancels China trip following discovery of spy balloon

US secretary of state calls it ‘irresponsible act’ as Beijing denies espionage claims and insists it is ‘civilian airship’

Explainer. How much of a threat are Chinese spy balloons?

Musk wins investor lawsuit over Tesla ‘funding secured’ tweet

Verdict is a victory for billionaire chief executive of electric-vehicle maker

Twitter makes first $300mn interest payment after Musk buyout

Google invests $300mn in AI start-up Anthropic

Cash-for-computing deal shows how large tech groups are investing in companies at the vanguard of generative AI

Big Tech groups disclose $10bn in charges from job culls and cost cutting

Spotlight

How to Lead. Barclays chief: the life lessons I have discovered during cancer treatment

CS Venkatakrishnan gives his personal account of leading the bank while undergoing care for non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Toyota Motor Corp

Toyota has a tragic flaw in the electric vehicle drama

The world’s largest carmaker makes reliable hybrids but lags far behind in zero emissions technology

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The Weekend Essay. Germany grapples with the limits of pacifism

As an adaptation of ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ is tipped for Oscars, the country’s long antiwar tradition is being tested by Russian aggression

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EU agrees price caps on Russian oil products

Ambassadors to impose a $100-a-barrel cap on diesel and a $45 cap on low-end products

Ukraine warns against complacency in face of Russian threat

Credit Suisse Group AG

Swiss authorities open criminal probe into bank data breaches

Authorities launch investigation into last year’s leak of the details of 18,000 accounts at Credit Suisse

A woman’s place is in the home? Why Ireland will vote on outdated law

Dublin seeks to modify constitutional article stipulating that domestic chores are a woman’s ‘life and duties’

Electric vehicles

BMW plans €800mn Mexican EV and battery investment amid subsidies row

German carmaker’s expansion in San Luis Potosí is among largest announced since US Inflation Reduction Act

Barnes & Noble Inc

Lex. US bookstores: a novel resurgence

Industry reliant on blockbusters to drive sales, leaving publishers and booksellers exposed to feast or famine sales volatility

Activision Blizzard Inc

Activision Blizzard pays $35mn SEC settlement over workplace complaints

US regulator says video game group did not properly collect and address allegations of harassment and discrimination

Obituary. Barrett Strong, songwriter and musician, 1941-2023

The Motown legend wrote many hits and was credited with making his label more socially aware

Medical science

First heart patients diagnosed using new fibre optic technology

Researchers say device developed in London could help thousands suffering from vascular disease

Opinion

Marie Kondo’s epiphany proves there is no magic in clinical tidiness

There is wonder in a dusky corner — no one would believe a door to Narnia existed in the back of a colour-coded wardrobe

Cordelia Jenkins

Tempting back older workers means ditching business as usual

Stereotypes about curmudgeons have to go, along with dreary jobs and the expectation of a work-free retirement

Camilla Cavendish

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The editorial board

The Top Line. Picking sides proves too hard for CEOs in a fragmenting world

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The Long View. Robust jobs data delivers a swerve to markets

Britain should not accept its status as the ‘sick man of Europe’

Nicholas Macpherson

Data Points. What chimpanzees tell us about how humans see data

The battle for the Colorado River is a water warning to us all

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US News

US jobs total surges by over half a million in January

Labour market’s resilience leads to bond sell-off as investors reassess Fed’s interest rate stance

Billionaire Disney insider becomes pivotal figure in Peltz’s proxy fight

Madison Square Garden owner battles outcry over ‘dystopian’ blacklisting

EY considers handing retired US partners cut of proceeds from spin-off

Ford to return to Formula 1 with Red Bull deal after two-decade absence

Carlyle courts ex-Goldman executive Harvey Schwartz for CEO

Apple posts first revenue fall in three and a half years

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