‘I’ve expanded through profits. I never had a bank loan’ Date Friday, February 28, 2025 - 10:00 PM Description Jennie Allen, founder of upmarket grocer Bayley & Sage, on delivering the goods to affluent Londoners
‘Jewel in the crown’: Chevron follows Exxon to Guyana’s oil riches Date Sunday, October 29, 2023 - 11:00 AM Description US supermajors open a controversial fossil fuel frontier in one of Latin America’s poorest nations
‘King of the geeks’: how Alex Gerko built a British trading titan Date Sunday, October 13, 2024 - 10:00 PM Description XTX Markets conquered foreign exchange trading and made its Russian-born founder a multibillion-pound fortune
‘Known unknowns’, or how to plug the gaps in public research Date Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 11:00 PM Description Medical research has benefited greatly from systematic reviews but in other fields the picture is less rosy
‘Learning crisis’ brews in lower-income countries, warn experts Date Wednesday, February 07, 2024 - 7:01 AM Description Plans to scrap numeracy and literacy barometers risk reducing pressure on governments to boost education
‘Let’s not go overboard’ on worries about AI energy use, Bill Gates says Date Thursday, June 27, 2024 - 10:53 AM Description Microsoft co-founder argues Big Tech’s investment in power-hungry artificial intelligence systems is spurring a boom in clean electricity
‘Leveraged to the hilt’: PE-backed firms hit by wave of bankruptcies Date Saturday, January 25, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description High interest rates and thrifty consumers pushed record number of portfolio companies into bankruptcy last year
‘Libel warfare’: ABC’s payout to Trump sends a chill across US media Date Tuesday, December 17, 2024 - 9:49 AM Description Disney-owned network’s $15mn defamation settlement has alarmed advocates of press freedom
‘Like a viper’: Merz’s flirt with far-right rattles German election Date Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 10:00 PM Description Frontrunner in bid to become chancellor sparks outrage after counting on AfD to pass parliamentary motion
‘Like green fireworks’ — the return of the fern Date Saturday, November 30, 2024 - 10:00 PM Description The resilient, low-maintenance plant with a primordial pedigree (250mn years) is being reappreciated for its ability to temper, texture and ‘add oomph’ — especially in winter