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Why Wise Hates Making So Much Money

Companies don’t usually complain that their profits are too high, but such is Wise Plc’s predicament. The fintech isn’t allowed to pay interest...

19.04.2024 20

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Why Everyone in Finance Is Getting Ripped

Graham Ambrose has never felt stronger. He can barbell back squat 145kg (320 lbs) for four sets of six repetitions and bench-press more than 100kg for...

15.04.2024 30

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Your Plug-In Hybrid SUV Won’t Save the Planet

Back when the electric vehicles revolution appeared unshakable and Tesla Inc. was valued at more than $1 trillion, few of us gave much thought to...

12.04.2024 20

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The British Elite Is Haunted by Childhood Demons

Prior to being dispatched to a hellish Northamptonshire boarding school in the 1970s at the age of eight, Charles Spencer — brother of the late...

28.03.2024 40

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KKR’s $1.7 Billion Bike Crash Is a Cautionary Tale

When KKR & Co. acquired Dutch manufacturer Accell Group NV in 2022, the private equity firm must have hoped to cash in on health-conscious consumers...

22.03.2024 20

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Why It Feels Like Everyone Drives a New Porsche 911

The Porsche 911 is the German manufacturer’s most recognizable and expensive model. Fortunately, it’s also the one whose sales are growing the...

12.03.2024 3

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How to Avoid a Crash in Your New Electric Car

Fisker Inc.’s warning that it may run out of cash within 12 months absent fresh equity or debt raises a new and worrying question for car owners:...

07.03.2024 10

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Automaker Henrik Fisker Is Running Out of Road, Again

Henrik Fisker should pray lightning doesn’t strike twice. The Danish-American entrepreneur’s first car company, Fisker Automotive Inc., filed for...

01.03.2024 20

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Stellantis’ ‘Frugal’ Boss Earns $40 Million. He’s Worth It.

Once described as the “the world’s most frugal auto executive,” Stellantis NV boss Carlos Tavares has made an eye-catching exception to his...

28.02.2024 6

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Europe’s Heat-Pump Bubble Is Sadly Deflating

The long-serving boss of Swedish heat-pump manufacturer NIBE Industrier AB sounded emotional last week when announcing a cost-cutting program...

22.02.2024 3

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Shunning Stocks and Hoarding Cash Is Harming European Wealth

Drinks without ice, the best way to make tea and the appropriate amount of vacation are subjects Europeans and Americans can debate. But when it...

13.02.2024 5

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Secondhand EVs Are Starting to Look Like a Bargain

You need at least £79,000 ($99,000) to buy a new electric Porsche Taycan in the UK; higher-specification versions of these sporty sedans cost tens of...

07.02.2024 20

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European Corporate Exodus to US Set to Become a Flood

The $44 billion merger of France’s Lafarge SA and Swiss rival Holcim Ltd. in 2015 marked the high point of European corporate swagger, globalization...

29.01.2024 5

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$250,000 Range Rovers Trigger a Quiet Revolution

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc’s financial performance has long failed to live up to its refined image. Regardless of how many Range Rovers...

26.01.2024 3

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Yes, Defend Ships in Red Sea, But Tax Them Too

Ship owners are diverting vessels thousands of miles round the southern tip of Africa in response to Houthi attacks in the Rea Sea, boosting freight...

22.01.2024 10

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Boeing Becomes the Poor Relation in Duopoly With Airbus

When Boeing Co. was building a seemingly unassailable position in commercial aviation in the 1960s and ‘70s, passengers’ faith in its relentless...

09.01.2024 5

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Germany Has Forgotten the Golden Rule of Finance

Germany is in a financial pickle of its own making. The coalition government’s attempt to repurpose €60 billion ($65.5 billion) in unused...

08.01.2024 9

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Porsche’s Race With Ferrari Is Really No Contest

When Porsche AG sold shares last year, the German sportscar maker hoped to follow in the gilded footsteps of Ferrari NV and achieve a valuation more...

20.12.2023 6

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Chinese Billionaire’s Auto Empire Hits a Road Block

Chinese billionaire Li Shufu’s attempt to create a global automotive empire to rival Volkswagen AG has hit a road block, as equity markets sour on...

13.12.2023 10

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Private Credit Titans Win the Incentive Fee Lottery

The $1.6 trillion private credit market is enjoying a “golden moment,” in the words of one Blackstone Inc. executive, as banks retreat from risky...

05.12.2023 5

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Electric Vehicle Subsidy Junkies Can’t Get Higher

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG Chief Executive Officer Oliver Zipse was incredulous when asked this month whether the German premium carmaker would...

28.11.2023 3

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Private Equity's Bubble Vintage May Fizzle

Private equity firms that spent hundreds of billions of dollars on acquisitions at the top of the market risk a nasty hangover. A combination of...

27.11.2023 1

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Siemens Energy, Alstom and the Perils of Cross-Border M&A

Two European industrial giants, Siemens Energy AG and Alstom SA, on Wednesday laid bare the shocking cost of disastrous cross-border acquisitions and...

15.11.2023 20

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Don’t Be Fooled by the Rocks Europe’s Got

Restoring the United States’s infrastructure and reshoring its manufacturing requires a gargantuan amount of rocks. Suppliers of cement (made from...

14.11.2023 3

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Saudis Find a Bottomless Money Pit in Lucid

Saudi Arabia appeared to have found a winner when US luxury electric vehicle manufacturer Lucid Group Inc. went public in 2021 — a clean tech...

09.11.2023 70

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WeWork Didn't Work But Might Work This Time

WeWork Inc. has filed for bankruptcy in a fitting coda to the free money era. But once shorn of the liabilities amassed during its go-go years, might...

07.11.2023 20

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Ryanair Is Making Too Much Money

Ryanair Holdings Plc has returned heaps of cash to shareholders via share buybacks and one-time distributions over the past decade but hasn’t, until...

06.11.2023 10

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Container Shipping’s Fat Cats Require a Crash Diet

Last year, A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S’s container shipping unit delivered a whopping $8.7 billion in third-quarter operating profit. This year, it lost...

03.11.2023 10

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Short-Sellers Sink European Hot Stock While Its Down

One of this century’s top performing European stocks has fallen back to earth with a thud. The struggles of German life-sciences firm Sartorius AG...

19.10.2023 5

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Rolls-Royce Reaches for the Private Equity Playbook

Ever since I began covering Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc almost a decade ago it’s felt like the UK engine maker has been in a state of constant...

17.10.2023 5

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Your Ferrari Could Be Gone in 60 Seconds

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20.09.2023 2

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Europe’s Broadside Against Chinese EVs Plays with Fire

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13.09.2023 2

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Billionaire Ratcliffe’s Man Utd Cash Fountain Is Sputtering

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13.09.2023 1

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Why $200,000-a-Year Job Playing 3D Chess Won't Fly

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07.09.2023 2

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