Airlines in scramble to deliver goods in time for Christmas

Companies struggle to find planes to move deliveries around the world at busiest time of year

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Party like it’s 2020: the corporate Christmas do goes virtual

From online DJ sets to Zoom escape rooms, Covid-friendly events replace traditional festive outings

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Robo-surveillance shifts tone of CEO earnings calls

Trading algorithms leave a mark with deeper focus on the spoken word

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Hilary Mantel: ‘I think of writing as the arena of peril’

The author of the Wolf Hall trilogy on what’s next, doctors and why writing is like fighting

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Coronavirus latest: US smashes record with more than 224,000 cases in a single day – as it happened

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Hopes for US stimulus grow as job creation slows

Congressional negotiators focus on $908bn plan offered by bipartisan group of senators

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Coronavirus latest: Ford pushes back Bronco delivery due to Covid issues at suppliers

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US states sound alarm on soaring Covid-19 hospitalisations

‘Stay at home’ order issued for San Francisco Bay Area as CDC urges widespread mask use

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Energy stocks propel S&P 500 to new record

Opec-Russia supply deal and US dollar weakness send oil prices to nine-month high

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Coronavirus latest: San Francisco to shelter-at-home as California smashes Covid case record

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