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The business trend that unites Walmart and Tiffany & Co

After a four-year spruce up Tiffany & Co, an upmarket American jeweller, reopened the doors of its flagship store on New York’s Fifth Avenue to the public on April 28th. At first...

Business links between Germany and China are under review

ANNALENA BAERBOCK kicked off her first trip to China as Germany’s foreign minister in April with a visit to a production site of Flender. The Mittelstand firm makes parts for wind turbines...

Is mining set for a new wave of mega-mergers?

The defining deal of the mining industry’s last merger wave never happened. bhp Billiton’s audacious $150bn bid in 2008 for a rival, Rio Tinto, which would have created a commodities super-group, captured...

The conundrum of Germany’s business ties with China

ANNALENA BAERBOCK kicked off her first trip to China as Germany’s foreign minister in April with a visit to a production site of Flender. The Mittelstand firm makes parts for wind turbines...

The battle to control Mexican telecoms

Goings-on in mexican telecoms are akin to a telenovela. América Móvil, the empire owned by the country’s richest man, Carlos Slim, stars in every season. So it is with the latest instalment...

Britain shoots down Microsoft’s $69bn Activision deal

“How does a uk court block one American company from buying another American company?” asks a gamer in an online forum, where the chat is more often about high scores than competition...

How to make it big in Xi Jinping’s China

Greater bay technology’s transformation into a mythical beast has been speedy. The startup, which specialises in super-fast lithium-battery charging, was launched in late 2020. Only 19 months later it had reached a...

If enough people think you’re a bad boss, then you are

A fascinating case study on the exercise of power within an organisation has just reached a conclusion in Britain. Dominic Raab resigned as the country’s deputy prime minister and justice secretary on...

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