Ratan Tata, who was one of India’s best known businesspeople and led his family conglomerate on a bold international expansion, has died aged 86. An industrialist from an influential Zoroastrian Parsee clan, Tata wanted his family’s storied corporate group to […]
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Following the pandemic tech boom, edtech company Byju’s was India’s most valuable start-up in 2022, worth an estimated $22bn. The company, founded by a charismatic former maths teacher Byju Raveendran, sold tutoring services to millions of parents seeking to prepare
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. An Israeli air strike killed at least seven people in a medical facility in the heart of Beirut in the
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The crowds filling the town square in rebel-held north-west Syria were ecstatic, honking car horns, letting off fireworks and shooting guns in the air. They were celebrating an assassination: that of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hizbollah and a sworn
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nuveen is set to open its first Middle East office in Abu Dhabi, making it the second investor with over
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Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House The United Arab Emirates’ leader will meet US President Joe Biden in Washington on Monday to discuss
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Emirati student Shaima lives in Abu Dhabi with her four siblings and parents. But she says her seven-person household is small — her father grew up alongside 11 brothers and sisters in the days when the region’s families were legendarily
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