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(Sharecast News) - The US will not back out of tariff deals it has already sealed with countries around the world, including the UK, the EU, Japan, Switzerland and others, Donald Trump's trade representative Jamieson Greer said on Sunday. The US supreme court ruled on Friday that many of the tariffs imposed by the US president were illegal, leading Trump to announce a new 15% global tariff on all imports the next day. - Guardian
The number of job vacancies in the UK has tumbled to the lowest level in five years, research suggests, falling to levels not seen since the pandemic. The number of jobs being advertised slid by 3% in January to 695,000, according to the job search site Adzuna, marking the first time advertised vacancies have dropped below 700,000 since January 2021. Graduate jobs fell below 10,000 for the first time since Adzuna began tracking this in 2016. - Guardian
Half of parents would ignore a ban on social media for under-16-year-olds and allow their children on to services such as Instagram or Snapchat, the Government has been warned. A survey from Public First, shared with ministers, reported that 50pc of parents would still allow their children to access social apps even if they were nominally barred from them. - Telegraph
Wild swings in the valuations of companies caught up in the "AI scare" have created the most exciting investment opportunities since the pandemic, according to one of London's top fund managers. Alex Wright, who manages almost 6 billion of investors' money for Fidelity International, revealed he was buying up some UK stocks caught up in the sell-off triggered by fears about the disruptive effect of artificial intelligence. - The Times
A new Middle Eastern fund that plans to invest more than 1 billion in two luxury hotels in London's Mayfair has appointed Nadhim Zahawi, a former chancellor, as a director. Evolution Investment Fund has acquired a leasehold interest in both London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square and a development site with full consent near New Bond Street. It has made a total capital commitment of approximately 1.1 billion including development costs. - The Times
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