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Why Mumbai’s old business district is so shabby

Every indian business dreads waking up to a bill from the state. So too the Taj Mahal Palace. The Mumbai Port Trust, owner of the land upon which the landmark hotel sits,...

America’s biggest ports face a new kind of paralysis

It was called the tweetstorm that saved Christmas. In October 2021 scores of freighters idled at anchor off the west coast of America unable to deliver imports to docks already choc-a-bloc with...

The enduring value of an analogue technology

This is the digital age, and the advice to executives is clear. Managers need to have a digital mindset; the organisations they run must embrace digital transformation. If you don’t know what...

Tech lay-offs are the latest blow to office landlords

Not long ago, big tech was splurging on flashy office space to woo talent. Money sloshed around and a hiring boom was under way. Even as the pandemic forced programmers and software...

German retailers aren’t feeling very festive

When theKaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe), a temple of consumption in West Berlin, celebrated its 115th birthday last month with a glitzy champagne party for 2,000, the mood was sparkling. A row of...

Can the French nuclear industry avoid meltdown?

Nuclear power seems, in some ways, tailor-made for this day and age. It emits next to no carbon. It provides reliable baseload electricity when sun isn’t drenching solar panels or wind isn’t...

The scourge of job-title inflation

When you enter an unfamiliar office for a meeting with someone who works there, you will almost certainly approach a person sitting behind a large desk. You might think you are about...

How good is ChatGPT?

One morning your correspondent woke up to an email from his editor, asking for yet another article. “Chatgpt and other generative-ai services seem to be taking the world by storm,” it read....

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