Vintner’s Daughter and the triumph of slow beauty
April Gargiulo has built an award-winning beauty brand off just three products in 10 years – and that’s the way she wants it to stay
Luxury goods
Exor’s €2.6bn Philips stake furthers Agnelli family healthcare push, says scion
John Elkann describes company’s latest deal as part of natural adjustment of carmaking dynasty’s portfolio
Mergers & Acquisitions
Can anyone challenge China’s EV battery dominance?
Technology breakthroughs and trade barriers will be needed to take on CATL and BYD
Electric vehicles, Batteries
Some controversial solutions to Treasury tantrums
A look at the Jackson Hole paper dump
Financial & markets regulation
Blue-chips shift to ESG metrics to reward top executives
A growing number of S&P 500 groups are using environmental and social criteria to guide bonuses
Dow Chemical Co
Influencers beware: Converting YouTube fame to an IPO is not easy
MrBeast may have more online followers than Elon Musk but his experience shows brand-to-business ventures are not easy
Digital Media
Second homes: Brexit exodus draws buyers to Devon cream
Brits were more likely to opt for a bolt hole in France or Spain 10 years ago
Travel & leisure industry
UK challenger banks bemoan regulator foot-dragging on model approval
Lenders could save hundreds of millions of pounds in capital charges if the PRA consents to internal modelling
Financial & markets regulation
Safaricom’s mobile money rollout in Ethiopia marks moment for ‘last frontier’
Privatisation wave makes country of 120mn people a tempting target for digital services
Fintech
‘There is no pre-existing playbook’: policy models get rethink at Jackson Hole
Global upheaval is unleashing persistent price pressures that present new challenges, say economists
Central banks