Scaling up or selling out: a German take on a corporate dilemma
Two companies Viessmann and Bayer opt for starkly different approaches when confronted with a strategic challenge
Mergers & Acquisitions
CFA exams: candidates calculate net present hassle outweighs career yield
The investment ninjas at the CFA Institute face a ticklish asset allocation dilemma
Business education
Let’s kill off the City’s old-fashioned paper fetish once and for all
Digitisation of the UK’s shareholding system has been blocked by vested interests for decades
Financial & markets regulation
Inside a media mogul’s 60th birthday bash
Plus, the FT digs into Nigel Farage’s bank blacklisting claims and Illumina faces a record fine for jumping the EU antitrust gun
Mergers & Acquisitions
How business doctorates can deliver real-world change
A watch executive’s sustainability research highlights how DBAs have practical impact
Business education
Between hope and hype for Toyota’s ‘solid-state’ EV batteries
Can Japanese carmaker grasp holy grail for next-generation driving which has eluded industry for years?
Electric vehicles, Batteries
Airbus moves ahead with UK lightweight wing programme
New facility is being used to build and test prototypes as the group looks to maintain its lead over US rival Boeing
Aircraft manufacturing
China’s new central bank chief faces test of reviving recovery
Pan Gongsheng must calculate scale of stimulus needed, while navigating regulatory reshuffle
Central banks
Judge curbs US officials’ liaisons with social media groups
Ruling claims federal government suppressed conservative speech
Social Media
Bank of England considers forcing foreign banks to replace branches with subsidiaries
Rules hoped could ease handling of failed international lenders but would add to industry costs
Financial & markets regulation