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Silicon Valley is piling into the business of snooping

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.In early September New Yorkers may have noticed an unwelcome guest hovering round...

Chinese apps are a mixed blessing for American big tech

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.During the past year Shein and Temu, two ultra-fast-fashion upstarts famous both for...

OMV, Austria’s energy major, reimagines its future

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.WHEN HE became chief executive of OMV in September 2021, Alfred Stern had...

Can Israeli-Emirati business ties survive the Gaza war?

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.IN 2020 MIDDLE EASTERN commerce was transformed. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and...

Can America’s weapons-makers adapt to 21st-century warfare?

ARMING UNCLE SAM is a great business. America’s latest defence budget earmarks $170bn for procurement and $145bn for research and development (R&D), most of which ends up with the handful of “prime”...

How to get the lying out of hiring

Hiring processes can be thought of as a battle between candour and dishonesty. You might imagine this is a simple fight between truth-seeking firms and self-promoting candidates, and to a certain extent...

America’s economy is booming. Why aren’t its bosses happier?

Good news about America’s economy seems to keep rolling in. In the third quarter, gdp expanded by a barnstorming 4.9% in annualised terms. Heading into earnings season, the month or so each...

How Mark Zuckerberg escaped a metaverse-sized hole

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.IT HAS BEEN quite a year for Mark Zuckerberg. The co-founder of Facebook,...

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