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Behind the Money

From hostile takeovers to C-suite intrigue, Behind the Money takes you inside the business and financial stories of the moment with reporting from Financial Times journalists around the world. Hosted... Read more

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How beauty is beating the rest of retail

How beauty is beating the rest of retail

Record numbers of bankruptcies and store closures have devastated the retail sector. So why is the beauty market thrivin... Read more

8 May 2018

17mins

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The repo market

The repo market

A key short term lending market came under strain in September, raising concerns that the Federal Reserve's attempt to u... Read more

3 Oct 2019

20mins

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How WeWork really works

How WeWork really works

The co-working and office providing company set out to create the office of the future and has caught the attention of b... Read more

15 May 2018

19mins

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The leveraged loan market

The leveraged loan market

There is a corner of the credit market that has started to worry regulators - leveraged loans. How does the $1.2tn lever... Read more

29 Jan 2019

21mins

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Digging into student debt

Digging into student debt

The amount of outstanding student debt in the US has hit a staggering $1.4tn, and many millennials say the education-rel... Read more

21 Aug 2018

17mins

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SoftBank’s Masa Son under pressure

SoftBank’s Masa Son under pressure

WeWork was long considered one of the most anticipated IPOs of 2019. For SoftBank, WeWork’s biggest outside investor, th... Read more

17 Sep 2019

18mins

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The unicorn IPO

The unicorn IPO

What it means for a generation of tech companies with huge valuations to be making the shift to the public markets, and ... Read more

12 Mar 2019

18mins

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Private equity's debt mountain

Private equity's debt mountain

Private equity has flooded the deal market in recent years, in part due to an era of cheap debt and fund managers on the... Read more

31 Jul 2018

20mins

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Corporate America's new role

Corporate America's new role

The purpose of the US corporation has evolved over time, from Henry Ford's mission to benefit the carmaker's employees t... Read more

5 Sep 2019

20mins

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The $100bn SoftBank vision

The $100bn SoftBank vision

The man who built a $100bn fund has wooed investors with his vision for the future. But what is really behind the prowes... Read more

26 Jun 2018

20mins

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Disrupting Big Ag

Disrupting Big Ag

Investors poured $17bn into agricultural food and technology startups in 2018, fuelled by threats to the world's food su... Read more

20 Aug 2019

19mins

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The rise and fall of General Electric

The rise and fall of General Electric

GE is one of the greatest names in American business. It was an original member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and... Read more

10 Oct 2018

22mins

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What next for Detroit's carmakers

What next for Detroit's carmakers

The future is on the line again for the carmakers known as the "big three": Ford, GM and what is now Fiat Chrysler. Ten ... Read more

22 Jan 2019

18mins

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Warren Buffett's cash dilemma

Warren Buffett's cash dilemma

Over the past 54 years, shares in Berkshire Hathaway have outpaced the broader market. But now the conglomerate is holdi... Read more

4 Jun 2019

27mins

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Luxury's resilient market

Luxury's resilient market

Amid concerns about a slowdown in global economic growth, there is one industry telling a completely different story: lu... Read more

7 Aug 2019

21mins

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Purdue Pharma's 'one-two' punch

Purdue Pharma's 'one-two' punch

The name “Sackler” adorns museums and art galleries around the world. But the family name has also become tainted by its... Read more

11 Sep 2018

21mins

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Private equity's debt mountain (encore episode)

Private equity's debt mountain (encore episode)

Private equity has flooded the deal market in recent years, in part due to an era of cheap debt and fund managers on the... Read more

2 Oct 2018

20mins

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Has the US bank consolidation wave begun?

Has the US bank consolidation wave begun?

Two mid-sized American banks are joining forces in a $66bn merger - BB&T and Suntrust. It is the biggest US bank dea... Read more

12 Feb 2019

22mins

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Paying for the Caesars empire

Paying for the Caesars empire

About 10 years ago, two legendary private equity firms, Apollo Global Management and TPG, teamed up to carry out a lever... Read more

24 Jul 2019

26mins

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On the front lines of the crisis

On the front lines of the crisis

Nick was a regulator at the London Stock Exchange. Julia was an entrepreneur whose home was foreclosed. Ten years on fro... Read more

18 Sep 2018

23mins

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