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An audio version of the best of the Financial Times's Big Reads in-depth reporting from FT correspondents around the world. Listen to longform stories that explore and explain key themes in world news, science and business. Produced by Anna Dedhar.
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China e-commerce: Renminbi to burn
15/04/2016 Duração: 09minChina’s online services sector is red-hot as customers turn to their smartphones to order services such as taxis, massages and food deliveries. But with an estimated Rmb50BN being spent a year on subsidies as competitors race to win market share, some see parallels with Silicon Valley in 1999 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Russian economy: Feeling the pinch
08/04/2016 Duração: 13minGrowth and prosperity had come to be seen as the hallmark of President Vladimir Putin's reign. But after two years of recession, Kathrin Hille says the social wellbeing that replaced the hardships of the post-Soviet Union era is wearing thin. Sanctions, the falling oil price and an ageing population are all increasing pressures on the economy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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China: Global ambitions for football
30/03/2016 Duração: 11minIt is more than a game to the Chinese. President Xi Jinping's plan to create a 'great sports nation' is spurring a tide of investment in foreign star players and stakes in overseas clubs, say Ben Bland and Charles Clover. There are worries, though, over the financial foundations of the country's latest binge See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Energy: From borrowing binge to debt fears
22/03/2016 Duração: 11minThe $3tn debt mountain built up when the global oil and gas industry believed high prices were here to stay threatens further destabilisation, says Ed Crooks See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Japan Inc: Back in action
16/03/2016 Duração: 11minSurging mergers and Y10tn in outbound deals in 2015 are being cited as evidence that the once-mighty interventionist ministry of international trade — reborn as Meti — is reclaiming power, boosted by the Abenomics stimulus project and seeking to compete more effectively with China, say Leo Lewis and Kana Inagaki See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Executive perks: The corporate jet files
09/03/2016 Duração: 11minAn FT investigation by David Crow and Robin Kwong has found that, despite post-crisis anger at expensive benefits for corporate bosses and their subsequent reining in, S&P 500 company aircraft are still being used for personal trips. Additional reporting by Jennifer Bissell See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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China: The zombie economy
02/03/2016 Duração: 13minThe country's huge, inefficient and indebted state-owned companies are crying out for reform as growth slows. But few believe that Beijing's approach of merging them to create even bigger giants will solve the problem, says Gabriel Wildau See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Brexit: Europe's fears
25/02/2016 Duração: 11minCould Europe's great postwar project fall apart? Peter Spiegel and Richard Milne say populist parties on the continent are watching as Euroscepticism becomes mainstream in British political dialogue. Contagion is seen as a risk if the country votes to leave the EU See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Angela Merkel: A leader in need of allies
18/02/2016 Duração: 15minThe German chancellor must disarm hostility among her partners at the EU summit when she seeks agreement on a deal over the refugee crisis, says Stefan Wagstyl See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Fleet Street: The next chapter
10/02/2016 Duração: 11minUK newspaper groups are re-evaluating their business model as they seek online revenues to replace lost print sales and new digital ways to promote content - such as Google, Facebook and Apple, says Henry Mance See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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US politics and media: Trump and the race for ratings
03/02/2016 Duração: 11minThe Donald’s campaign to win the Republican nomination for president has won support from conservative media. But for some in the GOP what is good for broadcasters is bad for the party, says Matthew Garrahan See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Feud on Wall Street
27/01/2016 Duração: 10minA battle of the bankers has gone public and may end up in court, drawing attention to the financial industry's hiring and retention practices. Sujeet Indap and James Fontanella-Khan investigate the dispute between Joe Perella and a former colleague who was fired amid allegations of a plot to quit and launch a rival firm See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Fintech: The search for a super-algo
21/01/2016 Duração: 11minWill computers powered by artificial intelligence become the next Warren Buffetts? Robin Wigglesworth reports on the investment groups' race to build a machine that can think, learn, trade and adapt to changing market conditions See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Markets: Clues to China's turmoil
14/01/2016 Duração: 10minThe swings on the country's stock exchanges have given investors around the world a tough start to 2016, underlining how central the country is to global markets and bringing calls for more transparency about Beijing's strategy, report Tom Mitchell and Gabriel Wildau See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Artificial intelligence: Can Watson save IBM?
05/01/2016 Duração: 14minIBM is pinning its hopes on turning a smart machine's box of tricks into practical applications, says Richard Waters. Can it capitalise on the system's promise of bringing an AI revolution to business? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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China migration: Children of the revolution
30/12/2015 Duração: 10minThe country is only now examining the social price of children left behind by the mass movement triggered by China's transformation from agrarian backwater to digital society, says Patti Waldmeir See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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How to give away $1bn
23/12/2015 Duração: 14minAs societies debate whether to encourage philanthropy or to tax wealth for redistribution by government, gestures like Mark Zuckerberg's vow to give away 99% of his Facebook riches grab the attention. So if you have a spare $1bn, how do you go about spending it for the good of others? Let Stephen Foley guide you through the task See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Person of the Year: Angela Merkel
14/12/2015 Duração: 13minThe German Chancellor's 'refugees welcome' message transformed her in the eyes of the world from cautious leader to a bold one with strong convictions, says Stefan Wagstyl. There may be a political price for her to pay and her gambit may fail, but Angela Merkel is reshaping Europe See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Russia: Fighting extremism
11/12/2015 Duração: 13minMoscow is struggling to prevent the war in Syria from fuelling its homegrown problems of Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus and the radicalisation of young Muslims, says Kathrin Hille. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Venezuela: Descent into hoodlum state
01/12/2015 Duração: 12minSeventeen years after the Chávez revolution the oil-rich country that suffers 'permanent violation' of civil and human rights is preparing for elections in which the socialist government may lose its majority, says Andres Schipani. Additional reporting by John Paul Rathbone See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.