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LSE to pay dividend after riding market turbulence

Frantic trading across financial markets pushes revenues up at the exchange and financial data group




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Interactive Brokers takes $88m hit from crude futures collapse

Shares in brokerage firm drop overnight after it discloses payments to clearing houses




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Refinitiv’s data-race struggle highlights LSE challenge

Business being bought from Blackstone-led consortium has lost ground to Bloomberg




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US options exchanges prepare to reopen trading floors

Arca in San Francisco and Box in Chicago will throw open their doors on Monday




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Branson clears path to sell $1bn stake in Virgin Galactic

Filing opens door to potential sale of half of Virgin Group’s holding in space venture




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Neiman Marcus creditor eyes online business in bankruptcy fight

Hedge fund calls for court investigation into 2018 transfer of MyTheresa




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Prince Andrew repaid own charity after queries from regulator

Charity Commission intervened over £350,000 of payments to Duke of York’s private secretary




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A £31bn merger and a master dealmaker in action

John Malone shows his adroitness in deal between Liberty Global and Telefónica




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Apple will start to reopen some US stores

iPhone maker says it will make county-by-county assessments as states start to ease lockdowns




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My favourite pieces: Sandra Choi travels far for good accessories

The Jimmy Choo shoe designer says jewellery has influenced her work




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Watch brands move business online to beat lockdown

Pandemic forces rethink of luxury industry after cancellation of fairs




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Watches and Jewellery: May

Global lockdown forces watchmakers to accelerate their digital transformation. Plus: Frédéric Arnault talks about Tag Heuer’s foray into smartwatches; smart jewellery translate sound for deaf people; and the value of vintage motorsport-themed watches is only going one way: up.




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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