Aldi's success proves that family ties can make, not break, a business
Family is not always bad for business – in fact, it can lead to a competitive advantage as each family’s…
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President Juncker, for the sake of the EU, go!
‘I am here to defend the single currency, its citizens, its economy and Europe!’ announced President Juncker to the European…
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The real reason we need to worry about events in Ukraine is not MH17
Global markets wobbled uncomfortably last week when the unexpected grabbed the headlines: Israel was launching a ground attack on Gaza…
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HNWs worry wealth stunts their children’s ambition and values
Most wealthy families have a crew of advisers helping them manage their money, business, and family affairs, but are there…
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Who is running Europe? Six Germans and Juncker
Author: by Stephen Hill The election of Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission was a triumph of bureaucracy…
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Why a marriage bust-up needn’t lead to family business breakdown
FAMILY BREAKS Bernard Arnault likes family disputes. Not in his own family, of course, as he has made it clear…
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We’re banking on Narendra Modi boosting Indian growth
After an exceptionally strong eighteen months for Western markets, investors find themselves facing two awkward issues that they have successfully…
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Can the new Indian prime minister make the country more attractive to investors, asks Guy Monson After an exceptionally strong…
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The technologies taking the cash out of your pocket
When you think about money, whether it’s a pound, a dollar or a renminbi, the image of rectangular paper notes…
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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone on Mark Zuckerberg, getting to 140 and keeping the spies out
‘One of our board members, Peter Fenton, likes to say that Twitter shot itself in every major organ and still…
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Auto sales keep China motoring on, but QE spells trouble
Ben Bernanke’s heresy against monetary orthodoxy has reached China as its $5.0 trillion QE programme in 2013 was the same…
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Eamonn Butler demolishes Thomas Piketty’s dangerous views on capitalism
CAPITAL CHARGE It is rare that an economic historian makes it on to late-night chat shows, but Thomas Piketty has…
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If a bright light shone on your business, would you be ready?
We have looked before at the huge volume of personal information in the public domain and this trend is set…
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Technology and global reach mean success, shows Private Business Awards
This year’s Private Business Awards shortlist proves that if you want to go far in business these days, digital technology…
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New York outfitters get the measure of modern gentlemen
MANHATTAN PROJECT New York may still have some of the worst-dressed businessmen in the world — a hot mess of…
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Christopher Foyle on shaking up the shop, family archives and trips to the Soviet
BIG SHAKE-UP I was sitting at my desk in Malibu, starting to write this, when I felt my chair and…
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William Cash tries to save his old family name tape business
SELL-O-TAPE On the morning of Friday, 31 January, I sat down to read the papers over a coffee when a…
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Independence would be a disaster for Scotland
Author: by Stephen Hill The campaign on Scotland’s independence kicked off last Friday. Scotsman Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the…
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Farage delivered his earthquake. Now what?
Author: by Stephen Hill He promised an earthquake and he delivered an earthquake. And that makes him a unique politician!…
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Bill de Blasio’s Bloomberg bashing doesn’t do to make him popular
APPLE OF MY EYE ‘Après moi, le deluge.’ I can’t help thinking that Michael Bloomberg must have been saying that…
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