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The decline of the office romance

Fewer romantic relationships will be forged at the water cooler. That is a shameEditor’s note: Some of our covid-19 coverage is free for readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. For more stories and our pandemic tracker, see our hubTHEIR EYES met across the office photocopier. At long last, each of them had found…

Profits fall sharply at Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil firm

In its first six months as a public company it has shown unrivalled strength—and unusual weaknessIN DECEMBER, WHEN Saudi Aramco listed 1.5% of its shares on the Riyadh stock exchange, it became the world’s most valuable listed company, with a market capitalisation of $1.9trn or so. The state-backed oil behemoth’s bosses assured investors that low…