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Lessons from one woman’s ascent to a CEO job in Japan
In the early 1980s when Makiko Ono applied for a job at Suntory, the Japanese drinks group behind Jim Beam…
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India’s Gautam Adani targets sovereign funds in capital raising spree
In the heart of Gautam Adani’s infrastructure empire, engineers slot steel pieces together to make wind turbines. Nearby, workers operate…
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US to ‘deepen’ defence ties with Australia in face of China threat
The Pentagon plans to deploy more fighter jets, bombers and other military assets to Australia, as the US enhances its…
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Voting draws to a close in Georgia Senate run-off election
The final voters headed to the polls in Georgia on Tuesday afternoon for a runoff election that will determine the…
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US bank executives wary on global economic outlook
The leaders of some of Wall Street’s biggest banks have issued wary outlooks for the global economy, as consumers spend…
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City minister warns UK regulators to improve transparency
The City minister has warned Britain’s financial services regulators to raise their game ahead of the launch of wide-ranging reforms…
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It is the west’s duty to help Ukraine win this war
Ukraine has survived the onslaught of its brutal foe. It has humiliated the Russian army and regained much lost territory.…
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UK considers precautionary antibiotics for children as Strep A cases rise
Ministers have raised the prospect of UK children being given antibiotics as a precaution if a classmate falls ill with…
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Malawian anti-corruption head detained as graft scandal escalates
Malawian police detained the head of the southern African nation’s anti-corruption bureau (ACB), days after her office charged the vice-president…
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Germany can take part in EU’s €800bn Covid recovery fund, court rules
Germany’s constitutional court has thrown out two legal challenges to the EU’s €800bn Covid recovery fund, in a move that…
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Amazon agrees final deal to close EU antitrust probes
Amazon has reached a final deal with EU antitrust regulators over concerns its use of data undermined rivals, in a…
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EU to propose sanctions on Russia’s mining industry
The European Commission will propose a ban on new investments in Russia’s mining sector as part of a fresh package…
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Is Boris Johnson really the emissary that blockchain needs right now?
With FTX in tatters, bitcoin in abeyance and the entire fundament of crypto finance in doubt, the technology of blockchain…
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The year Europe’s innocent worldview fell apart
Until such time as a court rescinds the Louisiana Purchase, Europe does not have Texan gas or North Dakotan oil.…
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TSMC triples Arizona chip investment to $40bn
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company will more than triple its investment in the US state of Arizona to $40bn, as geopolitical…
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Labour resists Brexit can of worms
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‘A scientific experiment’: Georgia run-off reignites voter suppression debate
In the early 1960s, Denmark Groover Jr, a Democratic state legislator in Georgia, led the push there for a two-round…
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Solar energy projects enlist legal help amid trade disputes
Governments and campaigners agree that solar power must be scaled up if the world is to combat global warming. But…
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Germany confronts a broken business model
Hives of activity don’t get bigger — and busier — than BASF’s headquarters in Ludwigshafen. The size of a small…
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EU readies doubling of Ukraine war chest
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Goldman thinks good news is good news again
Edward Price is principal at Ergo Intelligence. A former British trade official, he also teaches at New York University’s Center…
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Do you really want to live to be 100?
I’m one of life’s optimists. When I think about living to be 100 years old, I picture a birthday party…
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China’s elderly vaccine refuseniks pose obstacle for Xi Jinping
If Xi Jinping is to navigate an exit from the zero-Covid strategy of relentless lockdowns, mass testing and contact tracing,…
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Investors need to adapt to the new multipolar world
The writer is chief investment officer at Legal & General Investment Management Of the many risks asset managers need to…
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Oil tanker jam forms off Turkey after start of Russian oil cap
A traffic jam of oil tankers has built up in Turkish waters after western powers launched a “price cap” targeting…
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Cyril Ramaphosa fights back as scandal rocks South Africa’s presidency
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has thrown its weight behind troubled president Cyril Ramaphosa, as he asked the country’s…
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Italy’s central bank warns Giorgia Meloni’s plans to promote cash use carry risks
Italy’s central bank has claimed government plans to promote cash instead of digital payments risk boosting the country’s black economy,…
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Thames Water warns of threat from inflation and climate change
Thames Water warned it was under pressure from rising inflation as higher energy, chemicals, labour and borrowing costs weighed on…
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Papua New Guinea’s population size puzzles prime minister and experts
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister says he does not know the exact size of his country’s population after a report…
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Toyota to launch six electric models in Europe by 2026
Toyota will launch six electric models in Europe by 2026 and start UK trials converting pick-up trucks to run on…
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Javid’s exit adds gravitas as Tories limp to the end
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Glencore to pay DR Congo $180mn to cover corruption claims
Glencore has agreed to pay $180mn to the Democratic Republic of Congo to cover claims arising from alleged acts of…
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Chinese stocks and currency rally on reopening hopes
Chinese stocks shot higher and the renminbi rose to a 12-week high against the dollar on Monday on further signs…
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FT Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelenskyy. ‘I am more responsible than brave’
Nine months into a brutal struggle for national survival against Russian invaders, Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks tired, with dark circles under…
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Cheap loans set to give young Greeks a shot at a home of their own
Katerina Giousi had given up on buying a place to call home. “It was just unthinkable,” the 29-year-old hairdresser, recently…
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Louise Richardson: ‘I do wish our students were more resilient about nasty remarks’
Britons have a love-hate relationship with Oxford university. It designed a Covid-19 vaccine, yet oozes academic feuds. It represents aspiration,…
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Ruthless England get job done against Senegal
England 3 Senegal 0 Some fans wish England would be more fluent and daring. Imagine the goalscoring records Gareth Southgate’s…
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Labour to set out plans for devolving UK economic powers
Sir Keir Starmer, Labour leader, will on Monday set out plans to devolve economic powers and create a series of…
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Kyiv and Baltics hit out at Macron’s stance on Russia
French president Emmanuel Macron faced strong criticism from Kyiv and in Baltic nations on Sunday after he suggested Russia would…
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Iran signals end to morality police responsible for upholding Islamic dress code
Iran is to abolish its morality police that monitors women’s clothing, following long-running protests sparked by the death of a…
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PwC targets rival EY in bid to expand partnership
PwC plans to quadruple the pace of its partner hiring in the US and take advantage of uncertainty at EY…
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US college football: big money game is now beyond a jock
In 2035 or so, an economist may win a Nobel Prize for showing that post-pandemic inflation did not come from…
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Meloni pushes back on Italy’s shift into digital payments age
Patricia Flamini’s café does brisk business selling coffee, pastries and sandwiches in the heart of Rome, with prices starting at…
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Eurozone bank lending predicted to fall for first time since 2014
Eurozone banks are expected to cut lending next year for the first time since 2014 as countries across the region…
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Europe can withstand risk to winter energy supplies, says French grid chief
The head of the French national grid has played down the risk of a breakdown in electricity flows and sweeping…
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Cyril Ramaphosa set to launch fightback in bid to hang on to presidency
Cyril Ramaphosa is preparing to challenge a damning report to the South African parliament that accuses the president of abuse…
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Kim adopts trappings of royalty as he presents ‘princess’ to North Korea
When North Korean state media published photos of Kim Jong Un at the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile last…
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Democrats vote to unseat Iowa as first contest in presidential primaries
The Democratic party has moved to dramatically shake up the presidential primary calendar, choosing South Carolina as the first nominating…
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When politics wasn’t a team sport
It has all been downhill in America since the first six presidents. Western civilisation was never the same after ancient…
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Recession watch: manufacturing edition
Before anyone gets too worried about tighter monetary policy after the strong jobs report, first take a look at Thursday’s…
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