BUSINESS
AI start-ups generate money faster than past hyped tech companies
New data from payments group Stripe suggest artificial intelligence groups are making revenues at an unprecedented rate
BUSINESS
How supply chain superheroes have kept world trade flowing
The flat-pack furniture giant Ikea has successfully ridden the shocks of Covid and Ukraine
BUSINESS
China’s market stimulus experiment
Plus rehashes of Fed epiphenomenalism and small caps
BUSINESS
Three questions for Jay Powell
The Fed went all out last week. The aftershocks of the jumbo cut are still reverberating
BUSINESS
Uber’s next act: taking on Amazon
On top of ride-sharing and takeaways, the company’s couriers now transport goods for many retailers. But is it trying to do too much?
BUSINESS
One way or another, Intel is for sale
Tech group wants to remain both a cutting-edge designer and manufacturer of chips
BUSINESS
It’s no longer glorious to get rich in China — It’s dangerous
Why no one wants to be the nation’s top tycoon any more
BUSINESS
Young women are starting to leave men behind
Men’s education deficit is increasingly becoming an employment, earnings and outcomes gap, with significant repercussions
BUSINESS
Why Foxconn’s next bid for growth is a room on wheels
The stakes for the parent group riding on Sharp’s new electric minivan may not make for a comfortable ride
BUSINESS
Private equity is doing badly — however you measure it
Investors desperate to get cash back are putting pressure on funds to capitulate on sales
BUSINESS
Fed rate cut: Vibes on the big day
How we see the market ahead of the Fed cut
BUSINESS
Emerging markets has become a redundant term
Innovations around EM indices are required with more thematic benchmarks
BUSINESS
How Netflix won the streaming wars
The company has staged a remarkable recovery since the ‘great correction’ of 2022 and now has the edge over Hollywood rivals
BUSINESS
Interview | Tata's N Chandrasekaran on ‘painful’ transitions: ‘We have to do this’
The Tata chair says the $365bn Indian group is undergoing multiple changes to prepare for the future
BUSINESS
How China has ‘throttled’ its private sector
Venture capital finance has dried up amid political and economic pressures, prompting a dramatic fall in new company formation
BUSINESS
Inflation is still dead
Inflation is beaten. And it does not look set to stage a comeback
POLITICS
Kamala Harris has the measure of Donald Trump
The vice-president won the debate and shut down lingering fears of her inadequacy for the fight ahead
BUSINESS
The curious case of Apple
Clearly this has something to do with the stickiness of Apple’s revenues, which are increasingly derived from services
BUSINESS
How to inoculate the world against a payment fraud pandemic
Policymakers and police must work together on prevention while individuals should take more responsibility
BUSINESS
Betting big on a new boss is not necessarily a mug’s game
Outsized market reactions to management changes have as much to do with failings of the old boss
BUSINESS
What we can and can’t say about what we do and don’t know
Sometimes trying to think through the probabilities is a clarifying exercise, and sometimes it offers nothing more than false reassurance
BUSINESS
Can globalisation survive the US-China rift?
Rivalry between Washington and Beijing has put global trade under intense pressure. But the system is proving more resilient than many expected
BUSINESS
We are all capitalists now
The corporation has changed significantly over the past century — so has the consumer
BUSINESS
The takeover fight that could reshape Japan
Couche-Tard’s approach to the owner of 7-Eleven could kick-start a wave of M&A activity in a country that has tended to avoid it
