Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The chief executive of BCG has said the $12bn consulting firm expects to generate a fifth of its revenues in 2024 from helping corporations integrate artificial intelligence into their businesses, a share it projects will…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. WPP’s Ogilvy advertising agency is creating a division specialising in online “health influencers” to help pharmaceutical companies tap a trend towards personalised health and combat misinformation. People are increasingly turning to TikTok, Instagram and other…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Humanity’s tormented 21st-century relationship with sleep raises a great many questions. Most can be dealt with as follows: no, not nearly enough; yes, but that would require a wholesale transformation of lifestyle and socio-economic context;…
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Economic policy in many countries has entered a new era of supports and subsidies. But global financial markets have yet to catch up. Consider some of the headlines over the past week or so. At…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Investor enthusiasm for all things artificial intelligence propelled shares in chipmakers and Big Tech to new heights. But the AI boom has also produced some unexpected winners. Intuit, which makes the popular TurboTax software, is…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Scientists have developed a simple and affordable blood test to help spot cancer cases in low- and middle-income countries, marking the latest move to boost disease prevention among ageing populations. The method can detect multiple…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Saudi Aramco’s chief executive has praised China’s contribution to helping the west hit its net zero targets as the world’s largest oil producer strengthens commercial ties with Beijing. Speaking at World Energy Congress on Monday,…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. TikTok is gearing up for a long legal battle against legislation in the US that threatens to ban the app in its largest market if its Chinese owner ByteDance refuses to sell the viral video…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK rate of deaths from alcohol-specific causes hit a record high in 2022, rising 41 per cent on pre-Covid pandemic levels, according to official data. There were 16.6 deaths caused by alcohol per 100,000…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sweden is Europe’s capital markets winner of the past decade, with more companies listing than in Germany, Italy or France. Games maker Embracer is doing its bit to maintain that trend: it announced plans on…
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