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President Trump is set to deliver the 2026 State of the Union address

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President Donald Trump is delivering the 2026 State of the Union address to the nation. We examine how this might affect the state of the US economy. Also what does the business community want to hear in the coming year ? A Florida based business shares his thoughts with us.

Four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. What impact is the war having on the economies of the two countries?

And Novo Nordisk is halving the US list price of its most popular weight-loss drug. This comes after the Danish company announced that the trial of its latest weight loss medication CagriSema had under performed.
24 Feb 6PM English United Kingdom Business

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