A worker rides a chair lift Feb 8, 2012

Southern Africa Mining

The region has not made the most of what should have been a rosy period

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PLC Awards 2012

If 2011 was a tough year for UK companies, there was still scope for those at the smaller end of the scale to buck the trend

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Investing in young people

Social media networks may let tomorrow’s adults talk and mobilise but they do not confer life skills

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India and Globalisation

Growth has slowed at home but cash-rich, family-owned groups are still in the mood to expand overseas

new world of work Jan 25, 2012

New World of Work

Adapting to technology and to the increasing globalisation of the workforce

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The World in 2012

FT writers dissect and analyse the hopes and concerns that beset world leaders as they gather together in the Swiss resort of Davos

Businesses use IT to make sure their customer is always king Jan 24, 2012

The Connected Business

Companies are waking up to making more of data about their consumers held inside and outside the business

Business Technology Debates Jan 25, 2012

Video: Business and Technology debates

Don’t let IT confuse the consumer. How can we get IT right in customer relations?

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Guide to Davos

The time for talk is over: Europe needs to act to solve the financial crisis

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The New Egypt

Politics has become deeply polarised as Islamists and liberals try to shape the future

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