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Watches to watch: 10 models from this year’s announcements

Watchmakers press on with new releases, despite the coronavirus




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Fashion lovers snap up revamps of famous watches

Tweaked timepieces popular with public but some original makers cry foul




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Motorsport watches roar into pole position

Timepieces linked with F1 and other races have increased by up to 40 times since 2010




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Wearables speak up for the deaf and the lonely

Smart jewellery can help people with disabilities but funding is needed




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Lockdown lunches: how to make French onion soup

Tim Hayward helps the FT's Daniel Garrahan turn his kitchen into a Parisian bistro




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The Apple Card is an expensive way to pay

It is right for the Fed to lead America towards faster and more efficient bank payments




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Business in Hong Kong needs to stay strong

Beijing wants to make companies impose obedience to China on protesting employees




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Invent a greener milk carton for the world

Tetra Pak’s innovation overtook the glass bottle but it needs to be improved




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The Anarchy — East India Company in the dock

This riveting account of how a piratical corporation subjugated India resonates with today’s global capitalism




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Jeffrey Epstein found the weakness of universities

The need to raise donations led MIT’s Media Lab to a terrible misjudgment




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WeWork’s prophet has lost his charisma

Adam Neumann transformed shared offices but failed to charm stock market investors




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Chasing wealth managers is a risky business

Private banks are fighting to advise billionaires who want a lot for their money




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Juul and the damage done to e-cigarettes

The US is in danger of lurching from lax oversight of vaping to banning it unwisely




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Big Oil should rebel against its customers

Energy companies facing climate protests need to limit the wasteful use of their products




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Dyson and the art of making quick decisions

Companies from Boeing to HSBC have discovered the danger of delaying hard choices




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The perfect apple and the Cosmic Crisp

The biggest brand launch since the Pink Lady is changing the nature of the fruit




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A diamond is not forever at a fashion house

LVMH’s $14.5bn bid for Tiffany shows power passing from gem miners to luxury marketers




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Do global businesses have too much power?

Despite public anger, corporate regulation is likely to remain fragmented




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Europe has a problem with its SUV habit

The continent faces a new emissions scandal as family vehicles grow bigger and heavier




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The Ride of a Lifetime — life at the top of Disney

The story of Robert Iger’s career as a leader is a thoughtful tale of surviving disruption




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Billionaires have never had it so good

Fortunes are created by technology and globalisation, as well as talent and enterprise




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Saudi Aramco does not rule the world

The valuation of an energy company cannot be engineered like the production of oil




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LVMH has become a luxury department store

Bernard Arnault’s company is the modern incarnation of La Samaritaine and Neiman Marcus




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China’s internet interference is TikTok famous

The video app loved by teenagers is powered by artificial intelligence and protectionism




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Peloton’s sexist Christmas ad has another problem

Misjudged commercial is an example of an especially troublesome type of marketing mistake




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Inside LBC: the radio station capturing the political zeitgeist

In a polarised time, the broadcaster has won listeners by embracing confrontation




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Goodbye to all that creative destruction

In 16 years of columns on business, the only constant has been disruptive innovation




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The trends that shaped a decade of domestic life

From high-tech to hygge, our homes changed at top speed in the 2010s — what will the 2020s bring?




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How we all became screen obsessives

Phones, TV and games constantly vie for our attention — but how much do they add to our lives?




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What Japan Inc really thinks about Carlos Ghosn

Downfall of carmaker’s former boss sets up clash between country’s old guard and its reformists




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US executives rush in record numbers to ‘buy the dip’

As the stock market plummeted last month, managers of big companies saw value 




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Muddy Waters/Luckin: got his mojo workin’

The after-effects of triumphant bets on Chinese companies should spur more gains for sceptics




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Inside Bill Ackman’s $2.6bn big short

Hedge fund chief bets on stockmarket recovery after profiting from coronavirus sell-off




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Market rout reopens big gaps between winners and losers

Return of dispersion comes after years of similar returns across sectors




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Investors hunt for ‘survivors’ in US earnings season

In crisis mode, profits and growth matter much less than ability to ride out a downturn




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Stockpickers failed to take ‘big chance’ in market rout

Rise of volatility and dispersion was supposed to bring a change of fortunes versus passive




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China’s US stock market flops raise governance concerns  

Companies suffer steep share-price falls while Luckin implosion highlights risks




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Charts that Count: why the market ignores the layoffs

FT's Robert Armstrong looks at a disconnect between the US stock market and the economy




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Wall Street bets on a Big Tech rebound

Valuations do not reflect the risks that still lie ahead from coronavirus




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Coronavirus fallout deals small US companies a double blow

Small-cap stocks underperformed large-caps throughout the bear market and rally




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Wall Street jumps on coronavirus treatment hopes

Remdesivir news moves markets more than economic data or Fed action




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US small-caps rebound as equity rally broadens

Smaller companies in ‘epic rally’ on optimism over coronavirus and policy support




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US reopening/stocks: dicing with disaster

Bullish investors and gung-ho governors are setting themselves up for a big reality check




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How Big Tech got even bigger in the Covid-19 era

Lockdowns have elevated the sector that some analysts thought would fall furthest in a recession




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Stock market slide pushes Berkshire Hathaway to $50bn loss

Sell-off dents investment holdings despite uptick in operating profit




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Energy group EN+ to buy back stake from Russia’s VTB

Recently sanctioned London-listed company seeks to simplify ownership structure




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ArcelorMittal: metal polish

Destocking is at an end and global consumption is expected to rise this year




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Rio weighs closure of Icelandic smelter as it struggles with power costs

ISAL facility remains unprofitable as aluminium producers face weaker demand and prices




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Gupta completes acquisition of bankrupt Indian steelmaker

Business tycoon’s GFG Alliance makes first foray into fast-growing market after long court battle




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Sanjeev Gupta pledges to invest €2bn as part of emissions fight

Liberty Steel to modernise European plants in effort to become carbon neutral