When it comes to working from home, bosses and employees often do not see eye-to-eye (and not just because their cameras are switched off). Increasingly managers fret that letting workers punch in from their sofas could spoil an organisation’s culture—a fuzzy concept that can nonetheless set a company apart. Are they right? We looked at data from 900 firms to see what mandatory attendance means for a workplace. 

And America is trying to use tariffs on third countries to hobble China. Offering favours to one nation if it imposes penalties on another is an unusual tactic in trade negotiations. If countries with smaller economies want to appease the world’s biggest market, it seems they must anger the world’s biggest trader.