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February 1 was a date to celebrate for women in business everywhere. It happened to be the day that water group Severn Trent became the first large UK quoted company to be led by an all-female team by appointing Helen Miles as chief financial officer. That’s certainly worthy of celebration…

Half-full or half-empty?

New relationship comes months after media mogul’s abrupt divorce from actor and supermodel Jerry Hall

Move marks shift in focus by Beijing as it tries to extend influence and keep sector in check

While EU regulators slowly roll out their own enforcement mechanism, Berlin is already holding gatekeepers to account

Japanese investor SoftBank thought to favour New York for computer chip designer’s IPO

The proposed Fox-News Corp merger could portend a realignment of the interests of Rupert Murdoch’s children

“Our primary concern…is facilitating the societal resilience,” Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s digital affairs minister, told the FT.

A surge in cases after China lifted restrictions has sparked concerns that a dangerous new strain could emerge