The Week in Business: Labor Actions Sweep Britain
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The Week in Business: Labor Actions Sweep Britain

The national average gasoline price has fallen to where it was a year ago. China’s economy is not expected to bounce back quickly, as it rolls back “zero Covid” policies. And the Fed meets.
China’s Youths, Stung by Years of Covid Rules, Fear Grim Job Future
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China’s Youths, Stung by Years of Covid Rules, Fear Grim Job Future

A sluggish economy continues to leave many young people unemployed, with few job prospects or hopes to tap into the rising incomes their parents enjoyed during boom times.
An Activist Investor Takes on BlackRock Over E.S.G.
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An Activist Investor Takes on BlackRock Over E.S.G.

A hedge fund sees BlackRock’s embrace of E.S.G. principles as a distraction, and it wants the money-management giant’s C.E.O., Laurence Fink, to step down.