Leaving the seat of power
The arc of management bends towards sitting on your arse. You may intend to get away from your desk, but it holds you there n...
Elon Musk spells danger for Accenture, McKinsey and their rivals
It should be a management consultant’s dream. The organisation is immense. Bloat is a problem. And the new boss is eager to s...
Apple Unveils Lower-Priced iPhone 16e With A.I. Features
Less than a year after introducing its artificial intelligence capabilities, Apple is bringing the feature to its most afford...
Nikola, E.V. Start-Up That Once Thrilled Investors, Files for Bankruptcy
Nikola, an electric vehicle start-up that had once hoped to become the Tesla of heavy trucks, filed for bankruptcy protection...
Why Xi Jinping is making nice with China’s tech billionaires
China’s Communist Party has a history of purging and then welcoming back senior officials. Deng Xiaoping was purged three tim...
Xi’s rehabilitation of Jack Ma may be the most lucrative ever
China’s Communist Party has a history of purging then welcoming back senior officials. Deng Xiaoping was purged three times b...
South Korea Bans Downloads of DeepSeek, the Chinese A.I. App
The South Korean government said on Monday that it had temporarily suspended new downloads of an artificial intelligence cha...
Jack Ma and Other Chinese Business Leaders Meet With Xi Jinping
When Beijing sidelined Jack Ma, China’s most prominent entrepreneur, by slamming the brakes on his business in 2020, it sen...
Porsche Is No Longer a ‘Premium’ Sports Car in China
After decades of dominating China’s market for high-performance cars with precision engineering, German automakers are losing...
Japan’s Economy Recovered In Second Half But Barely Grew in 2024
For decades in Japan, it was accepted as gospel: A weak currency makes companies more competitive and bolsters the economy. P...