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America’s bosses just won’t quit. That could spell trouble

Of the many worries that whirl around the minds of chief executives, few are more unsettling than the question of succession. Having toiled their way to the top of the corporate ladder,...

Meet Ernie, China’s answer to ChatGPT

Ernie Bot has some controversial views on science. China’s premier artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, which was released to the public on August 31st, reckons that covid-19 originated among American vape-users in July...

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...

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