Hargreaves Lansdown orders staff back to office
UK’s biggest DIY investment platform calls employees back to the workplace three days a week
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The bank behind China’s AI listings bonanza
CICC has become a dominant financier in Beijing’s drive to compete with US in tech race
Greg Abel finally puts Buffett’s cash pile to work
Berkshire Hathaway chief ends more than three-year selling streak as he ploughs a net $20bn into stocks
First Brands urges court to approve bankruptcy settlement
Plan would fund lawsuits to pursue billions of dollars in claims arising from alleged fraud scheme at collapsed car-parts maker
How to fix Britain’s housing crisis
We need to find ways to lift the financial and resource constraints on new homebuilding
Why AI wants you to buy more – and mindfulness could help you buy less
Roman Samborskyi/ShutterstockYou search online for a pair of trainers. Minutes later, similar shoes appear on social media feeds. A shopping site offers a limited-time discount and suggests a matching jacket. This is no longer just an advert shown to millions of people.
Edinburgh festival: how the city’s residents could benefit after the crowds leave
Edinburgh Festival image Euan CherryEdinburgh Festival Fringe includes more than 3,600 shows this year. The world’s largest arts festival, once again transforming Scotland’s capital into a global stage. But this year, something else opened first.
Smart clothes will soon be on sale. But regulations are needed to prevent a new waste mountain
When you think of advanced futuristic clothing, what comes to mind?
How wildfires and heatwaves affect your travel insurance
As wildfires blazed on the Cap Ferret peninsula in south-west France in July, some people left by boat. The roads out run through dense pine plantation, the fire had reached them, and the gendarmerie put those without cars onto ferries.
Around 44,000 people fled Cap Ferret, a stretch of oyster villages and holiday homes an hour from Bordeaux. Bordeaux airport was shut. Across France, about 250,000 were moved. Meanwhile, Spain declared a national emergency over wildfires in Madrid and Ávila.
AI-generated fashion models: innovation, illusion or a step too far?
StreetOnCamara_Comeback/ShutterstockFashion has always sold aspiration. Long before artificial intelligence (AI), it relied on carefully constructed images of beauty through styling, lighting, makeup and, more recently, digital retouching.
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