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In the face of planetary problems such as climate change, does national citizenship lose its meaning?
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Does the secret to romantic sales success actually lie in an appeal to our cynicism?
Battling the discounters with Sushi bars.
EPA/ANDY RAIN
The upmarket store is reining in expansion but doubling down on value-added for its core clients.
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Financially illogical and fuelled by irrational dogma, the creation of a new tranche of private sector debt is a missed opportunity.
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It’s not all about health and wealth.
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Home owners and first time buyers are right to be confused, so how should you play expected changes to a low rates environment?
Paul Duncan/Flickr
One of David Cameron’s more tangible legacies is in danger as the UK rushes to secure trading partners around the globe.
We share a head of state, so should Australia join a Commonwealth trading bloc?
Reuters
Australia shouldn’t wade into the post-Brexit politics by supporting an idea to form a trading bloc based on the Commonwealth.
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Theresa May’s plan to boost UK competitiveness risks exposing flaws in the higher education sector.
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Ridiculed and ignored in 2016, what can the ‘dismal science’ offer us now?
In celebration of academic books.
Pro-Donald Trump bots worked to sway public opinion in the US election by secretly taking over pro-Hillary Clinton hashtags and spreading fake news stories.
Reuters/Lucas Jackson
Bots have not just been used in the US, but also in Australia, the UK, Germany, Syria and China. To what extent – and how – are they affecting political discourse?
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The foundations are shaky after the previous regime, but there are reasons to be optimistic about Theresa May’s initiative.
Softer than she seems.
EPA/Laurent Gillieron
The UK government’s inability to devise a fundamentally new economic policy is why it will likely fudge a soft Brexit.
Australia has a long history of poaching retail management from UK supermarket giants like Tesco.
Phil Noble/Reuters
Australian supermarkets businesses have relied on management talent from the UK but perhaps it’s time to look elsewhere.
Vidar Andersen/Flickr
Two High Street titans look like they are travelling different paths, but watch out for trouble in 2017.
The Malta free port, built in 1988.
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As Europe discusses the reasons behind and reaction to the Brexit thunderclap, some in the UK are already seeing business opportunities – through the free ports, a notion abandoned by the EU.
Continue cooperation is crucial.
EPA/Olivier Hoslet
London and Brussels should be constructive about Brexit – for both their financial benefit.
HKmPUA/Flickr
From Sharapova to the Brownlee brothers, 2016 has given us one step forward to one step back.
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The Team Sky boss is due to give evidence to MP’s at parliament. Here’s what they should ask him.