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Weight-loss drugs are no match for the might of big food

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.TO GET A sense of why periodic panics about the impact of weight-loss...

A $3.8bn deal points to the future of car-parts suppliers

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.“It’s a good deal,” beams Klaus Rosenfeld, chief executive of Schaeffler, a maker...

Why young consumers love Birkenstocks

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.IN THE BLOCKBUSTER “Barbie” film, the Birkenstock is more than a shoe. It...

Why ExxonMobil is paying $60bn for Pioneer

AMERICA’S SHALE patch is a testament to bottom-up capitalist enterprise. It was conquered by wildcat frackers, who came up with clever ways of horizontal drilling and releasing oil trapped in the rock...

Who profits most from America’s baffling health-care system?

ON OCTOBER 4TH more than 75,000 employees of Kaiser Permanente, a large health-care chain, began a three-day strike. The walkout was the biggest in the history of America’s health sector, and called...

Inside the secretive business of geopolitical advice

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.These are anxious times for the bosses of Western multinational companies. After decades...

Bill Ackman wants another shot at shaking up IPOs

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.BILL ACKMAN is hunting for deals. The boss of Pershing Square, a hedge...

Why companies still want in-house data centres

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Sometimes it seems as if the cloud is swallowing corporate computing. Last year...

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