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Leaving the seat of power

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The doctrine of management by walking around matters more than ever

Europe is set to start cutting red tape—lightly

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But those hoping for radical deregulation will be sorely disappointed

Hollywood’s Trump-baiting Oscars

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As Silicon Valley embraces the president, legacy media steers clear

Elon Musk spells danger for Accenture, McKinsey and their rivals

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Why the American government could turn against consultants

Xi’s rehabilitation of Jack Ma may be the most lucrative ever

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Why China’s leader is making nice with the country’s tech billionaires

Why Xi Jinping is making nice with China’s tech billionaires

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Jack Ma’s rehabilitation may be the most lucrative of all time

It’s not just AI. China’s medicines are surprising the world, too

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Its firms are at the forefront of cheaper, faster drug discovery

Chinese cars are taking over the global south

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Petrol engines, not batteries, are powering their growth

How to get people to resign

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Without torching the organisation or losing your best employees

Could a German startup disrupt Europe’s arms industry?

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Meet Helsing, Europe’s defence-tech unicorn

Defence tech is blowing up Silicon Valley’s beliefs

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Hardware is all the rage. So is patriotism

Cheap solar power is sending electrical grids into a death spiral

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Pakistan and South Africa provide a warning for other countries

Russian inflation is too high. Does that matter?

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In a strong economy, price pressure can endure for a long time

Elon Musk’s $97bn offer is a headache for Sam Altman’s OpenAI

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Tesla’s boss is willing to use whatever means he can to hobble his opponent

Elon Musk’s $97bn offer is a nuisance for Sam Altman’s OpenAI

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Tesla’s boss is willing to use whatever means he can to hobble his opponent

BP is underperforming and under pressure

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Yet another strategic U-turn is on the cards

German business is being suffocated by high costs and red tape

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Many bosses doubt that the upcoming election will change that

An encounter with the reception desk

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The place where first impressions are made

Shein and Temu are in Donald Trump’s cross-hairs

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An end to the de minimis exemption will hurt Chinese e-commerce firms—and enrage American consumers

Donald Trump loves big oil. Does big oil love him back?

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American supermajors’ shareholders have mixed feelings

Tariff uncertainty can be as ruinous as tariffs themselves

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Whatever its geopolitical merits, the “madman theory” transfers badly to economics

The data-centre investment spree shows no signs of stopping

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Demand for processing power will continue to outpace supply

Can Nintendo’s new console propel it to even greater heights?

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The Switch 2 is another bet that price and portability will beat processing clout

Corporate America’s diversity wars are just getting started

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Donald Trump’s attacks on DEI are causing huge headaches for bosses

How DeepSeek will upend the AI pecking order

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Cheaper models will create both winners and losers

What Elon Musk should learn from Larry Ellison

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The founder of Oracle has demonstrated remarkable staying power

Football clubs are making more money than ever. Players not so much

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For both teams and their top stars, it helps to have a brand

The allure of the company town

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Lego, Corning and the survival of an old idea

From cribs to carriers, high-end baby products are in vogue

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Demographic and technological changes are making infancy more expensive

No one gains from American tariffs on cars from Mexico and Canada

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Donald Trump’s levy will hit his country’s carmakers hardest

DeepSeek poses a challenge to Beijing as much as to Silicon Valley

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The story of Liang Wenfeng, the model-maker’s mysterious founder

Nvidia is in danger of losing its monopoly-like margins

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But don’t count it out yet

DeepSeek sends a shockwave through markets

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A cheap Chinese language model has investors in Silicon Valley asking questions

Knowing what your colleagues earn

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The pros and cons of greater pay transparency

Germans are world champions of calling in sick

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It’s easy and it pays well

A $500bn investment plan says a lot about Trump’s AI priorities

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It’s build, baby, build

Donald Trump’s America will not become a tech oligarchy

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Reasons not to panic about the tech-industrial complex

OpenAI’s latest model will change the economics of software

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The more reasoning it does, the more computer power it uses

Donald Trump once tried to ban TikTok. Now can he save it?

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To keep the app alive in America, he must persuade China to sell up

The year ahead: a message from the CEO

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From the desk of Stew Pidd

Can the Gulf states become tech superpowers?

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The region’s rulers want to move away from fossil fuels

Germany is going nuts for Dubai chocolate

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Will the hype last?

The UFC, Dana White and the rise of bloodsport entertainment

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There is more to the mixed-martial-arts impresario than his friendship with Donald Trump

Will Elon Musk scrap his plan to invest in a gigafactory in Mexico?

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Donald Trump’s return to the White House may have changed Tesla’s plans

One of the biggest energy IPOs in a decade could be around the corner

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Venture Global, a large American gas exporter, is going public

Why elite MBA graduates are struggling to find jobs

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Is a degree still worth it?

What next for US Steel?

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The faded industrial icon has few good options without a Nippon deal

Foxconn and other gadget-makers are expanding their empires

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The world’s contract manufacturers are moving into new products and places

The signals of workplace submissiveness

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Deference is all around you, unfortunately

Meet the ambitious wolf cubs of Wall Street

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A duo of whippersnappers is taking on Goldman Sachs