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Students flock to study quant finance in record numbers

Enrollees from India and China make up a third of intake




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Education leaders look for students with practical potential and ‘Midlands grit’

Teaching geared to developing ‘ability to use wide range of career skills’




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AI in education will help us understand how we think

Robot teachers are the start of an evolving relationship with artificial intelligence




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Remote teaching becomes vital during virus outbreak

Universities and business schools are facing unprecedented challenges across the world




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Coursera offers help to universities hit by coronavirus

Online learning group grants free access to teaching platform for institutions in lockdown




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How remote study is changing business school life

The coronavirus crisis has created new ways to learn and collaborate




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MBA students demand tuition fee refunds over campus closures

Candidates at Wharton among those protesting over diminished educational experience




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Is now the right time to apply for an MBA?

Top schools offer deadline extensions and more flexible entry requirements for flagship courses




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Are you graduating in 2020? We want to hear from you

Tell us how graduating into a pandemic economy is affecting you personally and professionally




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What are good — and less expensive — alternatives to an MBA?

Your question for our expert — and readers’ advice




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Live Q&A: What is the future for the MBA?

Join FT business education correspondent Jonathan Moules for a live discussion on Monday May 4 at 12pm and 5pm UK time




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The executive education courses tackling burnout

Growing understanding of the costs and fading stigma is driving demand 




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The other 5G: leading a five-generation workforce

Executive education courses are teaching how to manage multigenerational teams 




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Ride-sharing jolt prompts Uber to follow Lyft on job cuts

Lay-offs of 3,700 in latest round as lossmaking operators face ‘formidable’ challenges




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The decline of an American institution

How the coronavirus outbreak has accelerated the demise of US department stores




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‘Covid-proof’ Peloton enjoys stay-at-home fitness boom

Company says 1.1m people downloaded its app in six weeks, sending shares to record high




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Neiman Marcus files second big US retail bankruptcy of lockdown

Upscale US department store follows J Crew as latest debt-burdened chain felled by pandemic




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Facebook recruits great and good for a chance at change

Appointments including former PM and Nobel laureate suggest turn toward establishment




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Iberdrola chief praises Bolsonaro after Neoenergia IPO

Ignacio Galán says energy distributor’s listing highlights president’s market-friendly policies




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Brazil’s pension reform bill set for crucial first vote

Proposal successfully passes committee stages on the way to plenary vote




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Pemex/Mexico: slick solution needed

Investors are right to be sceptical of government’s plans to restore oil group’s fortunes




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Pemex bonds pique investors’ interest but doubts remain

Mexican government’s rescue plan for debt-laden state oil group underwhelms




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Brazil’s booming credit markets fan hopes of ‘revolution’

New York listing of XP highlights transition to a new world of lower interest rates




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Brazilian football pays penalty as clubs resist reform

Mismanagement and corruption leave some of nation’s biggest teams on brink of collapse




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Farmers’ protests pose challenge to Argentina’s new president

Alberto Fernández seeks to bolster state coffers with tax raid on country’s most powerful industry




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Saudi Aramco stretches away as top IPO after extra sale

Goldman exercises option to sell more stock, bringing total proceeds to $29bn




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Saudi Aramco rated ‘underweight’ by Morgan Stanley

Wall Street banks that advised on record IPO snub oil group with tepid ratings




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Saudi Arabia takes £350m shot at Newcastle United

Fans cheer prospect of Ashley exit but obstacles remain to getting deal across line




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NMC Health founder eyes a return to embattled group

77-year-old entrepreneur BR Shetty ‘looking to buy out Emirati partners’




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UK watchdog probes mystery of top NMC Health investors

FCA and group seek to clarify positions of BR Shetty and other leading shareholders




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Saudi Arabia’s former energy minister returns in cabinet reshuffle

Khalid al-Falih to lead a new government ministry for investment




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Saudi Arabia launches oil price war after Russia deal collapse

Kingdom to raise crude production and offer deep discounts just as coronavirus hits demand




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Gruppo San Donato withdraws from bidding for NMC

Italy-based hospital chain was only potential suitor after buyout group KKR ruled out its involvement




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Saudi Arabia oil gamble threatens modernisation drive

Decision to drive down crude price after Russia row will hit revenue




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NMC Health finds evidence of suspected fraud in its finances

Middle East-focused group’s discovery follows revelations over undisclosed debt




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Eight days that shook the oil market — and the world

How a squabble between Saudi Arabia and Russia led to ‘the nuclear version of a price war’




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Saudi Aramco slashes spending as oil price war rages

Capital expenditure expected to fall 23% at state energy company




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Saudi Aramco doubles down on output hike as price war intensifies

State-backed company says it can sustain 12m barrels a day for up to a year




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Gulf economies rocked by coronavirus and oil price war

Government revenues plummet as crude prices sink and private sector cuts jobs 




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Dubai vows to support Emirates as global airlines race for cash

Government to inject equity into state-owned carrier in latest intervention in aviation sector




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Saudi Arabia’s PIF takes 8.2% stake in cruise operator Carnival 

Rare sign of investor confidence in industry battered by coronavirus pandemic




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NMC expects administration as it fails to win creditors’ backing 

Former FTSE 100 group has been in turmoil over its financial arrangements for months 




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NMC administrators seek to assure UAE medical staff

Hospitals run by the former FTSE 100 company are tackling the coronavirus outbreak




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Plus500 continues its winning streak

Online trading platform says revenue for this year will far exceed expectations




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Plus500: jumping at the chance

Trading performance may well have peaked and investors should be prepared for losses




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Reflections on the stock market downturn

My portfolio is down about 35 per cent, but I’m sticking with my small-cap heroes 




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Schroders demands executives take pay cuts and ‘share the pain’

City investor will back ailing groups looking to raise capital but warns of difficult decisions




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Private equity and bailouts, the sequel

Buyout groups wants a slice of the bailout and with thousands of jobs at risk, they’re hard to turn down




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Coronavirus: Government support for small businesses — Your questions answered

Claer Barrett wants to hear readers’ experiences of accessing business interruption loans




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State-backed SME lending picks up pace too late for many

Third of UK small businesses reported so low on cash they cannot survive longer than 2 more weeks