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Henry Keswick, taipan who took Jardine Matheson back to China, 1938-2024
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When senior Chinese leader Wang Qishan met Sir Henry Keswick in 2012, he acknowledged the British businessman’s ...
Donald Trump’s victory drives surge in US students seeking courses abroad
Donald Trump’s election has sparked a surge in the number of US students exploring whether to pursue their university education abroad.
HMRC investigations into serious tax fraud and avoidance hit six-year low
The number of HM Revenue & Customs investigations into serious tax fraud and avoidance has fallen to a six-year low, figures uncovered by the Financial Times have revealed. Known in tax circles as ...
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Donald Tusk’s stance on migration hurts Polish economy, CEOs warn
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This summer, Polish bakery group Putka started offering English classes to ease communication among its ...
Trump win puts global corporate tax deal ‘in peril’
Experts believe that countries will now be unlikely to apply rules over fears of retaliation from Trump-led administration ...
Indian investors lukewarm over Swiggy’s $1.3bn listing
Operating in more than 600 cities in India, Swiggy’s losses widened 8 per cent to Rs6.1bn ($72mn) in the three months through June from a year earlier, as it faces strong competition from the industry ...
US oil industry eagerly awaits Donald Trump’s deregulatory push
Despite president-elect’s promises, production is unlikely to surge as Wall Street demands returns over growth ...
Wanted: more bosses on the shop floor
The experience confirmed that business leaders who do what Boeing’s new chief executive, Kelly Ortberg, did the other week deserve much credit. When Ortberg set out his plans to restore faith in the ...
The British homeware designers heading to the US for Tupperware-style trunk shows
Increasing numbers of UK interiors brands are “peddling their wares” with a village-fete style verve – both broadening their ...
Can India reverse its manufacturing failure?
India’s rise as a major economy has long been held back by its failure to develop a robust manufacturing sector. The share of ...
Democrats do not know how to talk to young men — and it cost them
Late in the US presidential election campaign, Democrats discovered a serious problem. Young men, minorities especially, had abandoned the party in droves. An American Compass poll, conducted with ...
How Thames Water became a battleground for hedge funds
After scooping up hundreds of millions of pounds of Thames Water’s debt from panicked asset managers willing to sell at a discount, Paul Singer’s Elliott is now one of several hedge funds engaged in a ...