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How happier hens mean more eggs — and trees

The discovery that chickens roam further when given more shelter started a green journey




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Those lightbulb moments may suddenly dim

Even big names make poor decisions but we can draw lessons on how to approach change




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Retraining the labour force is the ‘challenge of our times’

Acquiring new skills for a changing employment market is becoming essential




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GKN bid row reveals UK doubts about open markets

Britain is haunted by past industrial decline and the buccaneering raids of the 1980s




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Lex view: GKN v Melrose - why UK must stay open for business

Lex argues that GKN shareholders must accept hostile offer from Melrose




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‘Green’ schemes range from books to bikes

These FT Future 100 UK businesses are building sustainability into their model




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John Bloom, entrepreneur, 1931-2019

Washing machine salesman with ‘a touch of genius’ who made millions




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UK proves to be ‘unicorn’ haven despite Brexit fears

London remains pre-eminent European tech hub, but Paris, Berlin and others are also growing




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The Cave is a blistering documentary about a Syrian hospital

The doctor at the heart of this film shows dauntless compassion




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Shia LaBeouf’s childhood is re-enacted in the manic tragicomedy Honey Boy

An autobiographical movie that strips bare the actor’s early years




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Citizen K — Mikhail Khodorkovsky documentary paints the dissident as a saint

Alex Gibney’s film portrays its subject as all but flawless. Can that be right?




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The Kingmaker — up close with Imelda Marcos, spendthrift superdiva

Lauren Greenfield’s documentary about the Philippines’ former First Lady is comic as well as horrific




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Style triumphs over content in Long Day’s Journey into Night

Chinese film-maker Bi Gan’s movie slips into a beautiful, bewildering netherworld




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Cats lands on its feet with terrific choreography, Judi Dench, James Corden and Taylor Swift

Tom Hooper’s musical adaptation is weird, wonderful and worryingly erotic




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Greta Gerwig’s Little Women is vibrant, sardonic and out­rageously gorgeous

Saoirse Ronan shines as the tomboyish lead sister in this adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel — with sly feminist subtexts




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From Psycho to Parasite: why the basement is cinema’s scariest location

Ever since I was knee-high to Nosferatu, I have loved steps and stairs on screen




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The five best mass-infection movies — and two new odes to endurance

War films 1917 and the upcoming Painted Bird are the latest entries in a sub-genre driven by relentless adversity and survival




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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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MBA students demand tuition fee refunds over campus closures

Candidates at Wharton among those protesting over diminished educational experience




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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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The other 5G: leading a five-generation workforce

Executive education courses are teaching how to manage multigenerational teams 




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Horacio Cartes has eye on smoking out business potential

Controversial cigarette tycoon and ex-president still wields influence




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White men run 98% of finance. Will philanthropy help?

Time wasted is time lost, says the Kresge Foundation as it makes a public pledge




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Guaidó representative recognised at fractious OAS

Organization of American States voted to accept Venezuela’s US-backed alternative regime




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Overseas earnings trigger Trump tussle with Central America

White House threatens to use remittances from US as leverage in migration dispute




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Fears grow of Venezuela malnutrition time-bomb

Aid workers warn that millions face long-term damage to health as food crisis continues




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Colombia heads back towards its violent past

Farc declaration of war raises fears of a fresh outbreak of conflict




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Host countries struggle to cope with Venezuela refugee crisis

Colombia seeks $1bn in funds as UN aid appeal falls well short of target




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Poverty, priests and politics: why Peronism is back in Argentina

As ‘slum priests’ try to fill the gap left by the state, the populist movement is on the rise again




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The death of Chile’s pension promise

Protesters urge overhaul of system once lauded as the ‘Mercedes-Benz’ of retirement provision




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Venezuela: refugee crisis tests Colombia’s stability

With the exodus set to continue, the strains on Bogotá and other governments are set to intensify




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Drug gangs in Brazil’s favelas enforce coronavirus lockdown

Organised crime steps in as President Bolsonaro dismisses pandemic as ‘sniffles’




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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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UK universities braced for reform when crisis ends

Government warns of ‘restructuring’ in return for rescue funding




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Art world proceeds with caution as galleries start to reopen

Plus: Sotheby’s lays out risks; Ropac lends space to emerging artists; Cameroon artists fare well at 1-54




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The Day the War Ended — poetry for VE Day

Randall Swingler served in the 1939-45 war and went on to publish two postwar collections




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Art inspired by Aboriginal identity and nuclear explosions

Yhonnie Scarce and Judy Watson talk about creating work with seductive surfaces and dark themes




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Lebanese protests have given way to a debt crisis

The country’s banking system is in hock to an insolvent state




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Saudi Arabia renews push for $2tn Aramco valuation

State funds and families encouraged to buy shares in pursuit of Prince Mohammed target




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Dubai raises public spending to ward off slowdown

Forecast of 3.2 per cent growth in 2020 would be improvement on 2.1 per cent in 2019




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Lebanon’s economic crisis requires an urgent decision on IMF aid

The country is trapped in a full-scale emergency that could unravel social bonds




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Lebanese buy up property as government defaults

Investors seeking safe haven for cash are driving a real estate boom




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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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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 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 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