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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Thursday 23rd February 2023

5. Qantas has announced half-year profits of more than A$1bn ($683m; £566m) in a dramatic turnaround of the airline's fortunes since last year.

It comes after the company lost more than A$7bn during the pandemic, when Australia imposed strict travel rules.

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4. Arsenal Women Football Club has increased pay by almost 30%, bringing the total wage bill for the 2021-22 season was £4.3m, giving an average figure of £98,000 across playing and non-playing staff.

However the entire team still earns considerably less than some individual male players.

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3. Japanese motor industry giants Toyota and Honda say they have agreed to give their workers in the country the biggest pay rises in decades.

They are the latest firms in the world's third largest economy to increase wages as prices jump.

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2. Tesco is the latest supermarket to introduce limits on sales of certain fruit and vegetables due to shortages of fresh produce.

It follows similar moves by Aldi, Asda and Morrisons, with other supermarkets also said to be facing problems after extreme weather hit harvests abroad.

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1. Inflation in the UK is on track to fall exactly back to the Bank of England’s target by the end of this year, according to forecasts by two top City of London economists.

The rate of price increases will tumble to two per cent in the final three months of 2023, according to Pantheon Macroeconomics.

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