Ranked #1
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
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17mins
Ranked #2
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
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20mins
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Ranked #3
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
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19mins
Ranked #4
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
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21mins
Ranked #5
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
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17mins
Ranked #6
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
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18mins
Ranked #7
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
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18mins
Ranked #8
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
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20mins
Ranked #9
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
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20mins
Ranked #10
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
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20mins
Ranked #11
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
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19mins
Ranked #12
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
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22mins
Ranked #13
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
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18mins
Ranked #14
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
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27mins
Ranked #15
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
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21mins
Ranked #16
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
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21mins
Ranked #17
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
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20mins
Ranked #18
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
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22mins
Ranked #19
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
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26mins
Ranked #20
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
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23mins