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Friday newspaper round-up: Working from home, tech giants, Hinkley Point
A slew of England’s biggest businesses are set to defy the government’s push to get workers back into offices in August, a Guardian analysis shows, with many big businesses sticking to home working arrangements or delaying a partial return until September at the earliest. Law firms, insurers, energy providers and tech firms are among those reacting cautiously to the change in government advice, which means from Saturday employers can decide whether staff can safely come back to offices.
Official China factory PMI edges past forecasts in June
Chinese manufacturing sector activity recorded a fifth consecutive month of recovery, the results of a key survey showed.
US close: Stocks finish lower after mammoth plunge in GDP
Wall Street closed mostly lower on Thursday, after an epic plunge in second-quarter gross domestic product and another week's worth of jobless claims figures.