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Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.SITTING ATOP a fifth of the world’s oil reserves, Saudi Arabia doesn’t spring...
Almost a decade ago, a price war broke out between petrostates in the Persian Gulf and the frackers in America, whose innovative drilling techniques gave rise to the shale revolution. In December...
Dear friends and colleagues,Happy New Year! This time last year, for the ninth year in a row, I warned you that there had never been a more uncertain outlook for our business....
Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Dear friends and colleagues, Happy New Year! This time last year, for the ninth...
The hottest technology of 2023 had a busy last few weeks of the year. On November 28th Abu Dhabi launched a new state-backed artificial-intelligence firm, AI71, that will commercialise its leading “large...
It has been a tricky year atop the corporate ladder. Sluggish growth in many markets has set bosses scrambling to rein in costs just as inflation has spurred their workers to demand...
China faces a problem familiar to dictatorships throughout history: how to strike a balance between growth-boosting innovation, which thrives in a free society, and the paranoia of an authoritarian state. Its leader,...
