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  • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber courts London’s black-cab drivers in push to expand services

    Ride-hailing company hopes to register enough cabbies to start a new option in the UK capital

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  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    Special ReportInnovative Lawyers
    Business Legal Leaders

    We examine how senior in-house lawyers are adapting to new business needs in a monthly series. This time: AI and governance, and the FT list of top in-house lawyers.

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  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    Rana Foroohar
    Hollywood’s fight is your fight

    There will be more battles over how to divide the intellectual property pie in all industries

  • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
    Special ReportFT Business School Insights
    The hunt for technologies to disrupt carbon

    With some progress on electric vehicles and energy, two academics consider what could drive change elsewhere

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    Markets InsightAnne Richards
    How fintech can adapt to a tougher environment

    Long-term survival is often underrated as a business objective

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  • Friday, 5 May, 2023
    Inside BusinessRichard Waters
    Chegg is a harbinger of AI’s disruptive force

    Online education sector will be far from the last to be shaken up by new platform shift

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  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    LexPan Kwan Yuk
    The Lex Newsletter: higher rates put squeeze on fintech lenders too Premium content

    Disrupters’ plans to take on established institutions fizzle out after rise in funding costs

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  • Monday, 24 April, 2023
    Food Prices
    Europeans shouldn’t laugh about that $29 NYC sandwich

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  • Monday, 27 March, 2023
    Rana Foroohar
    A new technology boom is at hand

    Consumer tech might no longer be a growth area, but the digitisation of industry has just begun

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  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    Oliver Ralph
    Why technology has failed to disrupt insurance

    While start-ups have revolutionised retail and travel, they have barely made a dent in this sector

  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    John Thornhill
    In (partial) defence of Silicon Valley

    For all their faults, tech innovators may at last be making an impact on productivity — and on wider society

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  • Monday, 2 January, 2023
    LexBanks
    Central bank digital currency: blockchain could upend banking Premium content

    Banks must lead industrialisation of their services or risk further erosion of earnings from core activities

  • Monday, 21 November, 2022
    Patrick Jenkins
    Why Visa and Mastercard have yet to face their Kodak moment

    The fintech disrupters of the payments sector are no such thing

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  • Friday, 21 October, 2022
    The financial infrastructure industry needs a new playbook

    The golden era is over

  • Sunday, 11 September, 2022
    Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan
    Technology start-ups must look beyond scale

    In tough economic times, tech businesses need focus and profitability as well as growth

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  • Friday, 12 August, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A golden age of consumer convenience is passing

    Growth strategy of on-demand services has become harder to sustain

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  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    The crypto shake-out shows boring is back

    Disrupters of the global financial system have been disrupted as the Fed removes punch bowl of stimulus

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  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    News in-depthAffirm Holdings, Inc
    Affirm struggles to convince investors of fintech bona fides

    ‘Buy now pay later’ group becomes more reliant on loans amid plummeting share price

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  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Carlo Ratti
    Ride-hailing apps should work with taxis to reduce the price of anarchy

    Uber’s recent move to make peace with an old foe in New York must be a sign of things to come

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  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    Gig economy
    Australian app finds a market for spider-catchers

    Online marketplace Airtasker connects people with ‘taskers’ to get odd jobs done

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  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber to list New York City taxis on its app as old foes make peace

    Deal will help tech company ease driver shortage after years of rancour over ride-hailing service

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  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
    LexTransport
    Uber/NYC taxis: co-operation wins over conflict as rides business remains tough Premium content

    Huge losses on both sides mean the one-time adversaries have had to adapt

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  • Tuesday, 16 November, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Uber remains a bellwether for uncertain times

    Ride-sharing company demonstrates how currents in global economy are shifting

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  • Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
    Shola Asante
    Why the small business underdog may never have its day

    Big companies are more likely than ever to maintain their dominant positions over plucky start-ups

  • Thursday, 1 July, 2021
    John Thornhill
    Lenin’s rope may help tame the dominance of Big Tech

    The emergence of small insurgent companies could unleash the next wave of creative destruction

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