Last year was the year the return to the office ended. Whether you look at surveys of working from home levels or swipes into offices, the trend was flat through the year. Before the pandemic in the US, the average office worker spent less than one in ten days at home. That has now stabilised at...
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Technology
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The Fund Manager
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The Fund Manager
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Investor's Notebook
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The Fund Manager
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The Analyst
Subleases in the time of covid
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Technology
1-800-NO-YIELD
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The Fund Manager
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