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Amazon has shattered the Google-Apple duopoly to make it to the top spot of the Top 100 global brands ranking for the first time, showing the strength of brands that leverage an ecosystem of related products. Chinese companies have also left their mark, with the likes of Didi Chuxing and Xiaomi among the new entrants to the top brands list
Ride-hailing app inspired generation of tech companies to tackle real world challenges
Traditional methods are not well suited to assessing private funding rounds
The FT 1000, a list of the region’s fastest growing companies, shows founders are bullish despite headwinds
Google, Apple and Microsoft want to use the cloud to let people play any game at any time on any device
New ideas often spring to mind in places of solitude, which are rare in the workplace
Positive paths through the gig economy and satellites enlisted to fight slavery
New parties are navigating emerging faultlines between open and closed visions of society
With revenues flat and shares falling, the food group is cooking up fresh plans
From Facebook to reinvention — a round-up of this month’s top titles
Network of family-run shops brings e-commerce to up to 800m consumers
A more radical reshaping of the way we run our societies may be required
Barclays and Santander lead £26m investment into UK-based lender MarketInvoice
The company president persuaded his workforce to embrace a more transparent approach
Consumer technology embraces many offbeat ideas, such as app-connected salt dispensers
Corporate cash flows may seem solid but tech breakthroughs could change the outlook
Challenger seeks to disrupt market with products such as ‘dynamic’ loans which become cheaper as credit ratings improve
London-based start-up gained brief fame through aggressive online marketing
A selection of writing from FT columnists on the companies and sectors being shaken to their core
Transition to LEDs is one example of disruption across industries battling fossil fuels
Investors such as Google and Temasek pile into another sector looking for help from technology
Hardware makers must adapt to a world where superfast broadband can stream blockbuster games without the need for a box
Deliveroo dilemma: what obligations do tech companies have to society?
