The global sportswear industry has long been dominated by two companies: Nike and Adidas. Last year they accounted for 35% ...

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Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a data scientist and author who formerly worked at Google.

Unfortunately, that same insight could also explain Mr Trump’s choices to become his most important lieutenants, including ...

Mr Trump has a point: the civil service needs renovating. Too few people get fired. More than 40% of federal workers surveyed ...

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The view that African firms and governments pay a higher cost of capital than is necessary to compensate investors in debt ...

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