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...Adidas chair Thomas Rabe, chief executive of German media giant Bertelsmann, declined to comment....
...The German sportswear group has replaced Jason Thomas, head of its Greater China operations, the company told the Financial Times....
...Additional reporting by Eleanor Olcott in Hong Kong...
Chains backed by private equity bet consumers will turn social pastime into daily routine
Fast-food chains hope to capitalise on cheap rents for retail space left vacant by Covid lockdowns
...The narrative behind these numbers is ably told by my colleagues Eleanor Olcott and Cheng Leng in a piece they published on the first of the year....
Beijing accuses countries of ‘political manipulation’ for introducing testing requirements during exit wave
Sun Chunlan’s comments buoy hopes of Beijing softening pandemic restrictions
Health authorities vow to boost vaccination of elderly after widespread protests against restrictions
...Additional reporting by James Kynge and Eleanor Olcott in London...
...“A whole Adidas brand reset is probably needed,” Citi analyst Thomas Chauvet wrote last month in a note to clients....
...Additional reporting by Wang Xueqiao and Thomas Hale in Shanghai and Gloria Li in Hong Kong...
...The rise of “vaccine tourism” was being driven by “wealthy” mainlanders with access to scientific studies comparing vaccine efficacy, said Nicholas Thomas, an associate professor at the City University of...
...Eleanor Shanks has been appointed head of international private equity at Herbert Smith Freehills in London. She was previously a partner at Sidley Austin....
...She lived there full-time with her husband, Thomas Pablo Croquet (aka Thomas Mars), lead singer of the indie pop band Phoenix, and their two daughters, Romy and Cosima, until they moved back to New York...
...often bathed in honey-coloured light by Neil Austin, is marked by radiant performances — particularly from Rachel John as the matriarch who runs the farm, Abiona Omonua as the careworn, kindly Rosaleen and Eleanor...
...The episode amounts to “an existential challenge for the UK’s pre-eminent business group”, as the FT’s Helen Thomas argues....
Restrictions across Chinese cities create logistics logjam, threatening greater economic fallout
...As Citi analyst Thomas Chauvet put it last month: “A whole Adidas brand reset is probably needed.”...
...Additional reporting by Xinning Liu and Nian Liu in Beijing, Edward White in Seoul and Eleanor Olcott in Hong Kong...
China’s biggest AI company had been forced to postpone listing after US put it on investment blacklist
...Ajay Aggarwal, a consultant clinical oncologist at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Trust and a contributor to the Future of AI and Digital Healthcare, believes that governments still need to work out the value AI...
...The chaos could result in a series of deals that shrink the sector, writes the FT’s Helen Thomas....
...Most countries with net zero targets do not yet have the policies to back up their goals, according to Thomas Hale, associate professor at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford university and one...
...Additional reporting by Eleanor Olcott and Harriet Agnew in London and Thomas Hale in Hong Kong...
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