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Finland’s forests fire up debate over EU’s strategy for going green

Sustainability updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Sustainability news. Donald Trump was so impressed by Finland’s forestry management that the former US president famously claimed that the Nordic nation had all but eliminated forest fires due to “raking and cleaning”. The comments may have been met by…
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1 September 2021 0

Politico deal gives Axel Springer profits and a US platform

Axel Springer SE updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Axel Springer SE news. When German publisher Axel Springer agreed last week to acquire Politico, the first reaction in the media was envy. The US political website and subscription service, founded in 2007, has pulled off a rare…
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1 September 2021 0

Reframe your Metaphors, and other lessons from Y Combinator S21 Day 1

After a 17-hour marathon through nearly 200 startup pitches, the Equity team was fired up to get back on Twitter and chat through some early trends and favorites from the first day of Y Combinator’s demo party. We’ll be back on the air tomorrow, so make sure you’re following the show on Twitter so you…
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31 August 2021 0

Shell in push to fit 50,000 UK electric vehicle charging points

Electric vehicles updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Electric vehicles news. Royal Dutch Shell has offered to install 50,000 on-street electric vehicle charging devices in the UK in four years, a move that could give the energy group a third of the public charging market by 2025.…
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31 August 2021 0

Olsam raises $165M to buy up and scale consumer and B2B Amazon Marketplace sellers

On the heels of Heroes announcing a $200 million raise earlier today, to double down on buying and scaling third-party Amazon Marketplace sellers, another startup out of London aiming to do the same is announcing some significant funding of its own. Olsam, a roll-up play that is buying up both consumer and B2B merchants selling…
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31 August 2021 0

Louisiana power outages caused by Hurricane Ida could persist for weeks

Natural disasters updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Natural disasters news. More than 1m people in Louisiana were preparing for a third sweltering day without electricity after utilities struggled to reconnect power lines knocked down by Hurricane Ida, with residents warned that the outages could last for…
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31 August 2021 0