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Taiwan will not surrender its semiconductor supremacy

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.FROM the 1970s until a few years ago Taiwan’s semiconductor sector looked worthy...

Trialling the two-day workweek

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.We have completed our pilot of the two-day workweek, and present our findings...

Weight-loss drugs are no match for the might of big food

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.TO GET A sense of why periodic panics about the impact of weight-loss...

A $3.8bn deal points to the future of car-parts suppliers

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.“It’s a good deal,” beams Klaus Rosenfeld, chief executive of Schaeffler, a maker...

Why young consumers love Birkenstocks

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.IN THE BLOCKBUSTER “Barbie” film, the Birkenstock is more than a shoe. It...

Why ExxonMobil is paying $60bn for Pioneer

AMERICA’S SHALE patch is a testament to bottom-up capitalist enterprise. It was conquered by wildcat frackers, who came up with clever ways of horizontal drilling and releasing oil trapped in the rock...

Who profits most from America’s baffling health-care system?

ON OCTOBER 4TH more than 75,000 employees of Kaiser Permanente, a large health-care chain, began a three-day strike. The walkout was the biggest in the history of America’s health sector, and called...

Inside the secretive business of geopolitical advice

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.These are anxious times for the bosses of Western multinational companies. After decades...

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