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...They’re favouring doing more with a smaller set of managers, rather than spreading business across a lot of managers....
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...At the extreme, platforms’ control over the means of distribution can lead to companies being expelled or unable to continue doing business through that route....
...Pichai said the trimmed workforce at Alphabet would help sharpen the company’s focus particularly in areas such as artificial intelligence, which he described as a “substantial opportunity”....
...But a spokesman said the company did feel Microsoft “should be scrutinised like any other business”....
...Orbia is not ditching its green goals — but with a vinyls business that insiders say is doing “insanely well”, business logic is proving hard to ignore. jude.webber@ft.com...
...People familiar with Tiger Global’s strategy say it places a premium on accessing a wide swath of desirable start-ups in areas such as business software and fintech....
...long as prices are falling, everything is fine, and companies can get as big as they want?...
...It’s a tough lesson for banks on the pitfalls of doing business in China....
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...Just as in the late 1990s, the technology sector is driving the whole market upward. And within tech, Fang stocks are doing most of the work....
...And, in doing so, the man regarded as one of the industry’s visionaries believes he has a blueprint for today’s hoteliers as they are squeezed by digital upstarts such as Airbnb and Expedia....
...Ms Sandberg had advised Mr Goldberg about the business and wanted to become directly involved with the company as part of his legacy, said chairman Zander Lurie....
...jonathan.guthrie@ft.com...
...Linen shirt (above), £240, net-a-porter.com; equipmentfr.com Prism Anna Laub founded her label with a simple focus on opticals in 2009 but has since expanded to include other pieces relevant to her love...
...The trackers also include many of the institutions that are supposed to be on our side, such as the government and the companies with which we do business....
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...“Fat finger” errors – mistyped orders, such as the instance this week in which a trader mistakenly bought shares in the Japanese recruitment company known as J-Com rather than JCom, the cable television...
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