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A Wall Street wheeze makes a surprising comeback

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SPACs are back in favour

Ferrari is looking less like a carmaker and more like Hermès

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But will it thrive in the electric age?

Superstar coders are raking it in. Others, not so much

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For a few AI whizzes, pay is going ballistic

Are startup founders different?

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The best entrepreneurs ask themselves a particular question

Big, beautiful budgets: not just an American problem

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Across the rich world, governments are splashing the cash. What could go wrong?

How to tell the West’s car industry really is in trouble

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Suppliers, once far more profitable than auto firms, are struggling

Who needs Accenture in the age of AI?

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The self-styled reinvention powerhouse faces its toughest job yet—remaking itself

Wendell Weeks, the small-town boss at the big-tech table

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Corning’s boss is a corporate stalwart with a passion for glass

Behind the world’s fragrances sits a shadowy oligopoly

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Trustbusters have been poking their noses into it

Jane Street’s sneaky retention tactic

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It involves the use of an obscure, French programming language

How to escape taxes on your stocks

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Not that American investors need a guide—a booming industry is doing the job for them

The dream scenario for prediction markets

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Polymarket and Kalshi are soaring in popularity. With a few tweaks, they could really take off

AI valuations are verging on the unhinged

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Unless superintelligence is just around the corner

How OnlyFans transformed porn

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The platform, now up for sale, has made a smutty business far more lucrative

It’s not just Labubu dolls. Chinese brands are booming

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They are winning customers at home and abroad

The three rules of conference panels

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One unfiltered moderator, three panellists and a universal experience

Can a car boss turn around Gucci’s owner?

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Kering is the latest troubled firm to seek an outside saviour

The family saga at Germany’s media colossus takes an unusual twist

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The owner of Penguin Random House and BMG is returning to family management

Victoria’s Secret is struggling to reinvent itself

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Investors are growing impatient

Mark Zuckerberg is spending megabucks on an AI hiring spree

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Meta engages in a high-stakes battle to unseat OpenAI

Who are the world’s best investors?

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The answer is not hedge funds or quant shops or short-sellers

Japan’s debts are shrinking. Its troubles may be only starting

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Politicians have a yen for handouts

AI is turning the ad business upside down

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At the industry’s annual event in Cannes, executives are feeling the heat

Why China is giving away its tech for free

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Its newfound fondness for open-source is awkward for an authoritarian state

Why today’s graduates are screwed

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The bottom has fallen out of the job market

What our analysis of 900 firms shows about their values

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We crunch the numbers on what employees think in 19 industries

How to build the right corporate culture

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It is critical to firms’ success. Here’s what managers should do about it

What the Israel-Iran war means for oil prices

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We investigate possible scenarios

The world’s biggest food company plans to beef up in America

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JBS, Brazil’s meat-packing giant, wants to expand. Will its critics let it?

Make America French Again

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Gallic lessons for the American private sector

The economic lessons from Ukraine’s spectacular drone success

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National security is a weak argument for battery subsidies

Can robotaxis put Tesla on the right road?

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Elon Musk’s falling-out with Donald Trump will not help

Factory work is overrated. Here are the jobs of the future

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America is trapped by its industrial fantasies

America and China have spooked each other

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With the costs of the trade war abundantly clear, officials seek to restore their truce

A checklist for decision-making

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Companies run on decisions. Asking three questions makes choices better

Can Tim Cook stop Apple going the same way as Nokia?

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It’s time to tear up the rule book

The 11-year-old Ukrainian YouTuber snapping at MrBeast’s heels

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Diana Kydysiuk is growing up—and growing rich—on camera

Muslim “modest-wear” is a hit with fashionistas of all faiths

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Long hemlines and loose styles please the fashion gods

How managing energy demand got glamorous

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Technology and power come together

AI agents are turning Salesforce and SAP into rivals

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Artificial intelligence is blurring the distinction between front office and back office

Germany thinks about cancelling a public holiday

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There are plenty to choose from

Trump’s tariffs have so far caused little inflation

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Our estimate of their impact will update every month

Trump thinks Americans consume too much. He has a point

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He will not like the remedy, however

Why investors lack a theory of everything

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Markets have no fundamental laws, which is why they are so interesting

Trump’s financial watchdogs promise a revolution

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The regulatory pendulum swings violently

How might China win the future? Ask Google’s AI

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The country’s sprawling industrial policy is beyond mere human comprehension

Shareholders face a big new problem: currency risk

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Analysing it is more important than ever. Mitigating it is a nightmare

Soaring bond yields threaten trouble

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It is not just America’s debt that is getting costlier

Hong Kong says goodbye to a capitalist crusader

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David Webb was an exemplary shareholder

Wall Street and Main Street are split on Trump’s chaos

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The president prompted a similar divide last time round