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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The world of work is in constant change and no development may prove more disruptive than the arrival of artificial intelligence. A recent report by McKinsey estimates that in the next five years, between 400-800mn … Read more
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Football tickets, smartphones and several thousand euros are at the centre of a corruption probe into Chinese technology group Huawei, accused of greasing the palms of European parliament workers to promote its interests. Belgian authorities … Read more
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chinese technology giant Tencent is taking a €1.2bn stake in a new spin-off from Ubisoft, as the struggling French games developer attempts to shore up its balance sheet. The deal values a new subsidiary that … Read more
Italian entrepreneur Alessandro Seina first stepped into the sharing economy more than a decade ago, listing a family-owned Rome flat on Airbnb. When his guests needed a place to leave their luggage for a few hours before or after their stay, Seina offered the nearby office of his brand design consultancy. But he soon realised … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The BBC has dropped plans to sell adverts on some of its podcasts in the UK over popular streaming platforms such as Spotify after an industry backlash. The national broadcaster’s commercial arm, BBC Studios, will … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Fusion energy start-up Marvel Fusion has raised €113mn in new funding as Germany steps up its efforts to compete in the global race to create zero-carbon power by combining atoms. The Munich-based company has completed … Read more