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Elon Musk v labour unions: Sweden edition

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Elon Musk, boss of Tesla, has gone to great lengths to keep unions...

How to succeed—and fail—as a foreign business in India

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.THE RECENT history of foreign business in India is littered with failures. Even...

Charlie Munger was a lot more than Warren Buffett’s sidekick

Every May tens of thousands of the faithful flock to Omaha, Nebraska, hometown of Berkshire Hathaway, to bask in the presence of the investment firm’s two leaders: Warren Buffett, known for his...

Generative AI generates tricky choices for managers

The remarkable capabilities of generative artificial intelligence (AI) are clear the moment you try it. But remarkableness is also a problem for managers. Working out what to do with a new technology...

Is America’s EV revolution stalling?

AMERICANS LOVE their automobiles. So long, it seems, as they don’t run on batteries. According to a poll published in July by the Pew Research Centre, less than two-fifths of Americans would...

Xi Jinping’s grip on Chinese enterprise gets uncomfortably tight

AS THE HEAD office of Northern Heavy Industries (NHI) comes into view, so does a huge slogan fixed permanently to its roof in metre-high red Chinese characters, where you might usually see...

Why Chinese companies are flocking to Mexico

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Chinese investments have been pouring into Mexico lately. Last month alone brought two...

Sam Altman’s return marks a new phase for OpenAI

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.EVEN BY TECH’S fast-moving standards, the past week in the world of artificial...

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