BUSINESS
Social media finfluencers embrace the rules to reach a new audience
Young online experts fight against misinformation and offer proper financial guidance
BUSINESS
The sceptical case on generative AI
Hype is huge around the technology, but some uncomfortable truths are also being raised
BUSINESS
Lex: How investors are underpricing climate risks
The costs of inaction on global warming are potentially vast and often not sufficiently factored in to asset values
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Global investors dump Chinese securities as state support hopes fade
Reversal of flows reflects crumbling confidence in promises made by party leaders
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LEX | China banks: risky trusts overshadow larger lending peers
Rising youth unemployment and missed economic forecasts pose a serious challenge for lenders
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The US now accepts national and economic security can’t be separated
Outbound capital to China is the target of a White House executive order
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US investors face uncertain future in China after tech ban
Private equity and venture capital funds targeted in Biden administration’s crackdown
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LEX: Lyft — fare cuts bring little cheer for Uber peer
Increase in riders comes at expense of revenue and profit for ride-hailing platform
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How China cornered the market for clean tech
The country is the biggest supplier of materials vital for the energy transition. That could give it geopolitical leverage
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Fusion: start-up shares are easier to create than limitless energy
Incipient industry will need decades, and many billions, before it becomes a commercial proposition
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Lex | CEO height: the long and the short of it
In 2015, US investigators found that salaries were 9-15 per cent larger in the 75th height percentile than the 25th
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Private equity firms offer sweeteners to lure reluctant investors
Pension plans and wealth funds given fee discounts as deal drought makes fundraising tougher
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AI frenzy tests Big Tech’s newfound cost discipline
Investment in the burgeoning technology is increasing, but there is uncertainty as to when it will start to pay off
BUSINESS
How bonds ate the entire financial system
A very short, very wild history of the market that will shape the next financial crisis
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Investors turn gloomy over Europe’s economic outlook
Recent market moves show growing divergence with bets on a ‘soft landing’ in the US
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Beijing holds China’s economic future in its hands
To stop a problem becoming a crisis, the government needs to start spending
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Market optimism about convergence in the global economy is overdone
Governments and central banks in the west, China and Japan still face a bumpy road ahead
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Ruchir Sharma: What’s wrong with tech giants riding the AI wave
It is dysfunctional for the same companies to dominate another innovation surge
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Emerging market bonds: Peers show Powell better turn of speed
Investors have started taking note of the best-performing fixed income investments so far this year
BUSINESS
Will Mongolia’s crackdown on graft unlock its mineral riches?
The landlocked country is making sweeping reforms to win over western investors and become less reliant on China and Russia
BUSINESS
Green retrofitting can be cheaper and less disruptive than replacement
Retrofitting existing equipment and processes can substantially reduce carbon footprints and make a wide range of industries more sustainable. This presents a business opportunity
BUSINESS
Sam Altman’s vision for AI puts him on collision course with government
OpenAI chief is leading projects he thinks will prepare the world for artificial general intelligence, but is attracting regulatory scrutiny
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How China’s military is slowly squeezing Taiwan
For all the focus on a potential invasion, some in Taipei fear a Chinese pressure campaign that gradually changes the status quo
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TSMC: Betting against Warren Buffett may pay off this time
Investors should treat any weakness this year in the shares of the world’s largest chipmaker as an opportunity
