Chris Bryant
Xiaomi made a cheap Ferrari EV. Who needs Porsche?
The danger for luxury automakers is that their products become commoditised; rapid acceleration, a chief selling point of Western sports-car brands, is...
Spacs are back. What could go wrong this time?
While market participants have learned some hard lessons, the trend towards speculative crypto deals isn’t reassuring
Working until 70 isn’t so bad provided you feel 55
Extending healthy life expectancy can cement public acceptance of later retirement, providing governments address inequalities
Why the sick man Germany is paying up to curb sick days
While they’re still known internationally for their work ethic, Germans aren’t shy about calling in sick
Why German angst is a worry for the world
If the economy doesn’t grow, battles about immigration, fairness and spending will only get worse
Porsche and Volkswagen deserve full-time drivers at the wheel
Oliver Blume’s dual-CEO role is becoming harder to justify
Private equity’s bubble vintage may fizzle
It matters not just what you buy but when you buy it, and 2021 wasn’t a great moment to deploy capital
The corporate bankruptcy wave will get even uglier
In America, Europe and beyond, business distress is only just beginning
Spac-squared is Wall Street’s latest wheeze
Just when you think you’ve seen it all in Spac-land, along comes a money-losing company that only recently went public via a...
SPAC-squared is Wall Street’s latest wheeze
Financial engineering has found a way to keep ailing SPACs afloat
