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Does Perplexity’s “answer engine” threaten Google?

When Aravind Srinivas was accepted at the University of California, Berkeley, to do a PhD, his mother was disappointed. Like many Indian parents, she wanted him to go to the Massachusetts Institute...

How not to work on a plane

You are not important enough to turn left on a plane. But you are important enough for the company to want you to have completed a project-risk update by the time you...

Why does BHP want Anglo American?

TALK OF TAKEOVER has long swirled around 107-year-old Anglo American, once among the biggest mining companies in the world. On April 25th speculation turned to specifics when BHP, the $140bn behemoth that...

Chinese EV-makers are leaving Western rivals in the dust

TO GIRD YOURSELF for Auto China 2024, a nine-day motor show which ends on May 4th in Beijing, get there by car. On the opening day, navigating the human traffic eager to...

Can biotech startups upstage Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk?

BETWEEN 2021 and 2023 two parts of the drugmaking business were in contrasting states of health. An index of American big pharma rose by a third, outperforming the broader stockmarket thanks to...

How to handle populists: a CEO’s survival guide

THIS YEAR Western bosses must work their way through a lengthy list of obsequious phone calls. Around 80 countries, home to some 4bn people, are holding elections in 2024 (not always freely,...

Will war snuff out the Gulf’s global business ambitions?

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.It was supposed to be the new Middle East: a quieter, neutral entrepot...

Pssst! Want to read something about rumour and innuendo?

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Gossip is everywhere. On one estimate, from Megan Robbins and Alexander Karan of...

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