Strong demand from US and Europe helps Toyota hit annual production record
Company on track to be top-selling global carmaker for fourth straight year despite slow electric vehicle rollout
Electric vehicles
Jim Ratcliffe will aim to copy Nice template to achieve his goals at Manchester United
Ineos billionaire’s steep learning curve in French football provides valuable lessons to apply at storied English club
Travel & leisure industry
Why team transitory is still wrong
Inflation would be higher had central banks not acted
Central banks
Big Tech outspends venture capital firms in AI investment frenzy
Microsoft, Google and Amazon crowd out traditional Silicon Valley investors in blockbuster deals with AI start-ups in 2023
Artificial intelligence
Italian telecoms split could spur further deals in Europe
Decision to divide TIM and sell network to private equity group KKR may foster consolidation in a fragmented industry
Mergers & Acquisitions
Justin McLeod: AI is ‘really going to change the game’ for dating apps
The founder of Hinge says that capturing as much ‘signal’ as possible from users is the key to successful matches
Artificial intelligence
AI kettles and fridges reduce hospital readmissions in NHS pilot
Health service harnesses home tech to alert doctors when vulnerable patients fall ill
Artificial intelligence
Indonesia’s Bank Mandiri ‘strikes back’ at fintech rivals
Apps now core to state-owned lender’s expansion, says president-director
Fintech
China’s dreamers and dropouts: ‘lying flat’ generation checks out in Dali
Cheap, remote and beautiful city attracts thousands of young people and Gen X-ers escaping economic treadmill
Work-life balance
Apple fails to win reprieve over US Watch sales ban
Tech company had appealed against earlier ruling over patent infringement on its Series 9 and Ultra 2 models
Financial & markets regulation