Business news live: Unemployment at four-year high with firms ‘feeling the heat’

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The FTSE 100 rose yesterday but all investors’ eyes remain on the US, with Donald Trump extending a trade deal deadline once more with China, while also seeming to allow chipmakers to export to the Asian nation - soon after having blocked shipments heading there.

Business news live: Unemployment at four-year high with firms ‘feeling the heat’

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