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From social-media stars to the Mexican army, everyone wants to run an airline

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the <audio> element.There are two measures of the recovery of the airline industry to its...

Cherish your Uber drivers. Soon they will be robots

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the <audio> element.This column was not written by ChatGPT. But it did have the benefit...

The rise of the Asian activist investor

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the <audio> element.Not many companies whose profits have in essence flatlined over the past decade...

India’s scandal-hit Adani Group forges on

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the <audio> element.Only seven months ago the Adani Group, India’s most valuable conglomerate at the...

The best bosses know how to subtract work

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the <audio> element.Companies are used to celebrating addition. Profits, customers and share prices should go...

America’s plan to cut drug prices comes with unpleasant side-effects

“America is the piggy-bank of the pharma world,” gripes David Mitchell of Patients for Affordable Drugs, a consumer lobbying group. There is some truth to this. America is the world’s largest pharmaceutical...

Amazon has Hollywood’s worst shows but its best business model

As bullets fly around a high-speed train carrying a former Miss World and a gang of spies through the Italian Alps, shopping is surely the last thing on viewers’ minds. Yet should...

The benefits of a good workplace mentoring scheme are undeniable

Gandalf from “The Lord of the Rings”, Yoda in “Star Wars” or M in Ian Fleming’s early James Bond novels all act as mentors, providing sage advice and guidance to the less...

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