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China’s Xi Jinping speaks to entrepreneurs in a rare high-profile meeting

BEIJING, CHINA – FEBRUARY 6: Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) speaks during a bilateral meeting with Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People on February 6, 2025 in Beijing, China.   Andres Martinez Casares | Getty Images News | Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at a symposium with prominent entrepreneurs on …

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Manchester United’s Casemiro is costing far too much on and off pitch as changes and creativity are needed

LONDON — When Manchester United conclude their next round of redundancies, the second of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s brief tenure as a majority shareholder plus human shield for the Glazers, you will not see Casemiro’s name among the soon-to-be unemployed. The scouting department might be scoured, the back offices bulldozed in the name of cost savings.  If the return is anything …

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Japan’s GDP expands 0.7% in fourth quarter

Commercial and residential buildings at dusk in the Minato district of Tokyo, Japan. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s economic expansion in the fourth quarter beat analysts’ expectations for quarter-on-quarter and annualized growth, boosted by a jump in exports. Preliminary government data showed Monday that GDP grew 0.7% quarter on quarter, more than the 0.3% rise expected by economists …

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