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Residential home sales are hitting peaks last seen in 2006, just before the bubble burst, but this time mortgages are stricter, down payments are higher, and a tight supply is supporting prices. 

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The eyeeglass-maker was one of the original direct-to-consumer brands, but now, its sales are split about evenly between its more than 140 bricks-and-mortar locations and its online store. WSJ’s Charity Scott explains why this split is Warby Parker’s secret sauce.

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The country, a low-tax base for many U.S. multinationals, had been one of a small number of holdouts on an agreement that aims to overhaul global taxation.

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Brevan Howard hires ex-JPMorgan heavyweight Hernandez as executive chair

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Lloyd’s of London appoints new CEO

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Baker McKenzie hires Michal Berkner after McDermott exit

Baker McKenzie’s Edward Poulton worked for a pyramid scheme at 18. Here’s how it made him a good lawyer

‘The junior lawyer wage war will heat up this year’

Baker McKenzie leapfrogs Linklaters and A&O with £110k salaries

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Pimco hires former BlackRock fund manager Rupert Harrison as senior UK adviser

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FCA snubs post-Brexit ‘poster child’ Darlington in blow to government

MPs accuse Treasury of ‘power grab’ as plans for post-Brexit City overhaul take shape

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