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Is Facebook’s ‘Zee Town’ more than just a Mark Zuckerberg vanity project?

The Facebook mogul is following a long line of entrepreneurs from Walt Disney to George Cadbury in creating a 200-acre, 10,000-strong private municipality for his staff. Adam Greenfield asks whether company towns are ever a good idea

Hotel wars: the battle for Claridge’s, the Connaught and the Berkeley

Paddy McKillen owns three of London's best-known hotels, and is fighting a bitter battle to keep them: the billionaire Barclay brothers are hot on his heels. The developer (and art collector) tells Jon Henley why the fight goes on

Norman Foster’s architectural practice takes £130m writedown

Foster + Partners blames tough economic environment for wiping millions off value of worldwide business

Gehry downsizes as bad shape of economy hits pet projects

Famous US architect's firm, Gehry Partners, has lost half its staff over the past year
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  • US adds 147,000 jobs in June, surpassing expectations amid Trump trade war
  • Reeves’s fearsome challenge: to balance backbenchers and bond markets
  • Pound and UK bonds recovering after Starmer backs Reeves; US economy adds 147,000 jobs in June – business live
  • UK government bond markets rally after Starmer backs Reeves
  • Smaller firms to escape ‘burdensome’ Companies House filing rules
  • P&O Ferries boss got pay rise of at least 55% after firing almost 800 workers
  • Australia’s privacy watchdog warns ‘vishing’ on the rise as Qantas strengthens security after cyber-attack
  • EU closing in on ‘framework’ trade deal with US to avoid Trump’s 50% tariffs
  • UK rail regulator rejects Virgin’s bid for west coast mainline route
  • ‘It’s harsh. It’s mean, brutal’: Trump bill to cause most harm to America’s poorest
  • Currys boss urges government not to raise taxes on retailers
  • In an age of failing economies and a populist backlash, I’ll tell you what we need – Marxism
  • Nearly 1,000 Britons will keep shorter working week after trial
  • Capital gains for the rich and persistent gender pay gaps: what we can learn from the ATO’s annual tax statistics
  • London is leaving the door wide open to private equity raiders
  • UK watchdog threatens Ticketmaster with legal action over way Oasis tickets were sold
  • UK financial watchdog expands bullying rules to 37,000 City firms
  • If AstraZeneca goes to the US, it will be a major blow for London and Labour
  • Santander takeover of TSB is boost to Reeves as she fights to keep City’s trust
  • UK bond yields rise sharply amid speculation over future of Rachel Reeves
  • How Trump’s bill will supercharge mass deportations by funneling $170bn to Ice
  • Heathrow fire caused by preventable fault, report finds, as Ofgem launches investigation into incident – as it happened
  • Heathrow substation fire ‘caused by fault first identified seven years ago’
  • Former UK civil service chief calls Xi Jinping a ‘dictator’ over Taiwan threats
  • Where does the welfare bill climbdown leave UK public finances?
  • EU targets 90% cut in emissions by 2040 as green groups cry foul
  • Tell us: what would you like to see on a redesigned bank note?
  • Google undercounts its carbon emissions, report finds
  • Greggs feels the heat as shoppers shun pastries in hot June

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