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Inflation is creeping back through services
Read the full story: Inflation is creeping back through servicesService-sector inflation is returning through contracts, transport, and energy bills. March data suggest companies are absorbing faster cost increases while demand, pricing power, and confidence soften.
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AI chiefs set to reshape C-suites, claims XFactorAI CEO

AI could absorb a third of executive workloads soon globally. XFactorAI’s John Margerison says the biggest obstacles will be trust, regulation, and the slow pace of relying only on internal build teams.








