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Will war snuff out the Gulf’s global business ambitions?

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.It was supposed to be the new Middle East: a quieter, neutral entrepot...

Pssst! Want to read something about rumour and innuendo?

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Gossip is everywhere. On one estimate, from Megan Robbins and Alexander Karan of...

Tesla faces an identity crisis: carmaker or tech firm?

On the night before Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s first-quarter results on April 23rd, your columnist brought his car to a halt, noticing a futuristic vehicle hooked up to a Tesla charging station...

Congress tells China: sell TikTok or we’ll ban it

Joe Biden joined TikTok only two months ago, with a video entitled “lol hey guys”. Now America’s president is poised to sign a bill that could ban the popular app. On April...

Disney, Ford, Microsoft and the age of the quasi-merger

No firm is an island. All strike contracts and compete with others. Conversely, when bosses decide a particular relationship would be better governed by fiat, one firm may acquire another. Between these...

What is weighing on CEOs’ minds this earnings season?

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Schumpeter likes to write—and receive—handwritten letters. When he got out his pen last...

The lessons of woke Scrabble

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.“THICK”, scoffed the headline on the Daily Mail website on April 9th, in...

Who will lead the LVMH luxury empire?

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.BERNARD ARNAULT likes to describe LVMH as une affaire de famille. The world’s...

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