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Financial Times: Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman defends lower output as crude nears US$95.
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Financial Times: If Biden can’t bridge gap between bosses and labour, Trump could win.
How geopolitics threatens Apple’s dependence on China
Financial Times: Beijing's restrictions on government use of Apple products pose problems.
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Financial Times: Millions of staff secretly juggle busy jobs with demanding caring duties.
'Something is rotten': Second Chinese minister disappears
FT: In less than two months, China's defence and foreign ministers have vanished.
‘Sh** tip’: The secret history of the teenager’s bedroom
Financial Times: The closed teen door has always terrified parents.
Opinion: Sex, lies and magical thinking about CEO behaviour
Financial Times: BP is another example of how boards are stepping up their scrutiny.
Arm IPO delivers US$84m fees bonanza for its advisers
Financial Times: Costs of flotation are the highest Wall Street has seen for five years.
Credit Suisse bond investors plot lawsuit against Switzerland
Financial Times: Group plans to sue Swiss government in US courts.
The incredible resilience of the music industry
Financial Times: How the major labels have remade themselves throughout the digital era.
Opinion: Fifteen years after Lehman, we still need to fix financial supervision
FT: It must be made easier for regulators to act intelligently and independently.
Arm shares jump by 25% on first day of trading
Financial Times: Chip designer’s stock climbed high as valuation exceeds $100b.
BP’s board started fresh probe into Bernard Looney’s conduct last week
Financial Times: New claims regarding undisclosed relations with colleagues.
BP chief Bernard Looney resigns over past relationships with colleagues
Financial Times: Irish executive has led British oil major since 2020
‘I tried the world’s most expensive mattress and it ruined my life’: How much for a good night’s sleep?
Financial Times: This is a story about a $119,000 mattress.
Employers and staff seek truce on office working
Financial Times: Some companies tighten mandates on WFH, more moving to flexible models.
PwC to curtail consulting work for US audit clients to reduce conflict risk
Financial Times: New independence policies a challenge to other Big Four accounting firms.
China’s deflation pressures ease as consumer prices rise
FT: August CPI edges into positive territory, but producer index continues to fall.
An ambitious timetable to deliver the world’s newest fighter jet
Financial Times: Trifecta aims to have new supersonic aircraft generation flying by 2035.
Opinion: The economic promise of anti-obesity drugs
Financial Times: Over 1 billion people worldwide are obese, according to the WHO.
Opinion: China’s demand dilemma could spell trouble for the world
FT: Other G20 countries should signal consensus against Beijing running a big surplus.
Opinion: The new scramble for space requires a fresh set of rules
FT: Once the preserve of powerful nations - soon, this will no longer be the case.
Universal Music strikes deal to reshape streaming economics
Financial Times: It's the first big shift in the music streaming business model since 2008
Apple and Microsoft in fight over iMessage and Bing ‘gatekeeper’ label
FT: EU aims to curb Big Tech as it lists services to be regulated under digital act.
Why the electric vehicle battery race needs a recycling revolution
Financial Times: Uncertainty over which cells will power tomorrow’s cars.
Economists grow gloomier on 2024 as central banks delay rate cuts
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Opinion: Trump’s status as an anti-hero is making him unstoppable
FT: Trump's mugshot and inability to stick to a script are all part of the fascination.
Australia revamps hydrogen push to reshape economy
Financial Times: Govt to offer subsidies to transform towns such as Wollongong.
China’s economic slowdown reverberates across Asia
Financial Times: South Korea mired in longest manufacturing slump since 1970s.
Cooling US economy gives Fed breathing room on interest rates
Financial Times: Jobs and price data suggest bank's quest to tame inflation is working.
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