Ecommerce: China’s retail future lies in live video streaming
Traditional ecommerce is struggling to hold on to its shoppers
Ecommerce
Hipgnosis shareholders object to $440mn rights deal
Some investors believe the sale of music rights to a private sister fund owned by Blackstone undervalues the assets
Mergers & Acquisitions
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves: ‘It’s not government that creates jobs’
The politician on why Labour must reach out to business, the case for green investment — and being thrashed at chess by Garry Kasparov
Lunch with the FT
US jobs growth expected to have slowed in September
Cooling labour market could make Federal Reserve less likely to raise interest rates again this year
Central banks
JD Wetherspoon posts first annual profit since pandemic
UK pub chain’s founder warns on ‘tsunami of costs’
Travel & leisure industry
Exxon in talks to buy US rival Pioneer
Deal would be biggest by oil major in almost quarter of a century
Mergers & Acquisitions
Legoland owner to roll out augmented reality games to lure visitors
Merlin Entertainments has struck a licensing deal with Immersive Gamebox
Travel & leisure industry, Virtual and Augmented Reality
UK fintech: neobanks may end up blending in
The question of longer term sustainability still needs to be answered
Fintech
Metro Bank’s mad dash for cash
Plus, the dealmaking drama dividing a biotech firm
Mergers & Acquisitions
Pop power: can Taylor Swift and Beyoncé save the year for cinemas?
Movies of two blockbuster tours provide a much-needed boost in a difficult year of Hollywood strikes
Travel & leisure industry