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The battle over the trillion-dollar weight-loss bonanza

WEIGHT-LOSS drugs called GLP-1 agonists help users shed fat, and with it the negative health effects of obesity. This can have life-changing effects for the people who take them. It is also...

Apple is right not to rush headlong into generative AI

If you think Tim Cook has always led a charmed life at the helm of Apple, think again. The years straight after the death of Steve Jobs in 2011 were a trial...

How businesses are actually using generative AI

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.IT HAS BEEN nearly a year since OpenAI released GPT-4, its most sophisticated...

Western multinationals’ Russian dilemmas

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Doing business with an autocracy is always tricky. Doing business with a brutal...

Why you should lose your temper at work

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Awareness days are meant to remind people of important causes and desirable behaviour....

Can whisky conquer Chinese palates?

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.SICHUAN IS THE land of baijiu. The south-western Chinese province produces more of...

Car shows in the West are in terminal decline

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Shifting trends in the car industry are best illustrated by the plight of...

How Argentine businessmen size up Javier Milei

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.If you ever had a dream of chucking it all in and heading...

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