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...Pilita Clark (Business Life, February 19) hints at uncomfortable truths behind employers’ attitudes to remote working....
...Qatari Prime Minister and minister of foreign affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani discusses security in the Middle East at an Atlantic Council event in Washington DC....
...Take a break from the news Not that long ago, the office whipround was a reasonably straightforward affair, writes Pilita Clark....
...Additional contributions from Benjamin Wilhelm and Gordon Smith...
...Flying is getting better and also harder: New technology is improving travel just as flight shaming enters a new phase, writes Pilita Clark....
...As Wachowiak et al correctly note, the recent pressures militating in favour of greater cooperation (Ukraine, a second Trump presidency, fiscal constraints), “have not, to date, proven sufficient to overcome...
...Pilita Clark, whose name makes her very familiar with this phenomenon, outlines the pitfalls — and how to avoid them. I’ve progressed fast at work: how do I go further?...
...Please keep your views coming to firstft@ft.com and I may feature them in a future edition of FirstFT — Gordon Five more stories in the news 1....
...US takes custody of man charged with making Lockerbie bomb Former Libyan intelligence officer Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi was taken into custody yesterday by the US for allegedly building the...
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...Here’s the rest of today’s news — Gordon Five more stories in the news 1....
...All assets may perform badly under stagflation, but we’d rather own Pepsi, Johnson & Johnson, Kimberly-Clark, Bristol-Myers et al than sit and watch our cash lose its earnings power....
...To this day, many Americans will take their first steps on the road to appreciating art via the legacy of Frick, Rockefeller, Carnegie et al....
...Biden hosts Iraqi prime minister The US president will meet Mustafa Al-Kadhimi at the White House....
...In two contrasting takes on the power of Amazon, Facebook, Google et al, politicians and legislators are also found sorely wanting....
...The Covid-19 crisis has exposed a fundamental flaw in the idea that we can increase productivity by changing our routine, writes Pilita Clark....
...As the hybrid work model evolves, the office of the near future could be in a museum or sports venue, writes Pilita Clark....
...Trump et al v....
...Purpose-seeking companies should take note, writes Pilita Clark. Follow our live blog for the latest....
...Hungary is the only EU member to have approved both the Chinese-made Sinopharm and Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines....
...Taking note of test flights by Branson et al, Ghesquière revisited space for his Louis Vuitton resort 2022 collection, with futuristic quilting and prints featuring sketches of planets and sci-fi landscapes...
...Pilita Clark explores what hybrid working could mean for our workplaces. (FT) Bargain hunting on NYC’s Billionaires’ Row The pandemic has hit New York’s luxury market hard....
...Et cetera, ad nauseam. The numbers seem to back up the thesis....
...“What you’re seeing is an expectation of a V-shaped recovery and that may prove to be too optimistic,” said one equity analyst....
...We write in response to James E Hansen et al’s letter (“EU must include nuclear power in its list of sustainable sources”, December 17), which mistakenly advocates nuclear energy to address climate change...
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