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Louis Vuitton to close Hong Kong shop as protests bite: report

PARIS/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Louis Vuitton, the world’s biggest luxury goods brand by sales, is preparing to shut one of its shops in Hong Kong where protests have hit demand as high rental costs bite, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported on Friday. The handbag firm plans to close its store in the Times […]

Brookfield a potential suitor for Trans Mountain, analyst says

(Reuters) – Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP could be a potential buyer of the Canadian government-owned Trans Mountain oil pipeline, a Stifel FirstEnergy analyst said, as the project expansion struggles with increasing costs arising from regulatory delays. In 2018, Ottawa bought the 67-year-old pipeline for C$4.5 billion to ensure expansion proceeded, but has faced opposition by […]

After The Pandemic: Britons want a ‘significantly’ different post-virus economy

The majority of Britons want the economy to be “significantly” different after the pandemic passes, according to a new poll for Sky News. A survey carried out by YouGov for Sky News underlines that most people in the UK see the crisis as an opportunity to change the nature of the economy, with many calling […]