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Business

Markets, companies and the economics of everyday life.

2 reporters on this desk

Business · Economy

What a rate cut actually means for your rent

Cheaper borrowing should help tenants eventually. Here is why ‘eventually’ is doing a lot of work.

Felix Brandt5h ago7 min

Business · Retail

Daniel Mensah8h ago5 min

World · Transport

Amara Osei2h ago9 min

World · Urban life

Inès Laurent4h ago7 min

World · Transport

Sleeper routes that closed a decade ago are selling out again. Behind the revival: cheap beds, slow travel and a bet on the weekend traveller.

Amara Osei2h ago9 min

World · Urban life

From car-free school roads to kerbside cafés, the fight over who owns the pavement is getting local.

Inès Laurent4h ago7 min

Tech · Hardware

A handful of start-ups think specialised silicon can beat general-purpose scale. Investors are listening.

Tomás Rivera1h ago8 min

Tech · Privacy

Adaptive audio needs microphones that never switch off. What happens to that data is murkier than the marketing.

Tomás Rivera6h ago6 min