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”...
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...
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...
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,...
Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.For foreign investors, India is a puzzle. On the plus side, it is...
Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.IN SOME ways, big business pow-wows are all alike. Talking heads make over-the-top...
THE CHINESE government was caught off-guard in October last year when America hit it with tough export controls on high-powered semiconductors. Communist leaders in Beijing took months to formulate a firm response....
The venue will be picturesque: a 19th-century pile north of London that during the second world war was home to Alan Turing, his code-breaking crew and the first programmable digital computer. The...
