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    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

    US business editor

    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson is the FT's US business editor, leading its coverage of the forces and people shaping corporate America. 

    In more than 20 years at the FT he has held writing and editing positions on both sides of the Atlantic, including US news editor and media editor.

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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
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      Also in today’s newsletter, investors’ clean energy play on the AI boom

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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      McKinsey
      McKinsey pays out another $230mn to settle opioid cases

      Consultancy admits no wrongdoing as it resolves claims from municipalities and school districts

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    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      AI poses ‘bracing test’ to multilateral system, says UK deputy prime minister

      Oliver Dowden says ‘engaging with China’ on developing technology is necessary to deal with societal-scale risks

      Oliver Dowden addresses world leaders during the United Nations (UN) General Assembly
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast8 min listen
      Rupert Murdoch steps down

      Bank of England decided to hold interest rates at 5.25% yesterday

    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      Brexit
      Starmer heads to Paris for Macron talks to set out post-Brexit stall

      UK’s opposition leader pledges to repair relations with EU leaders but may find they have other priorities

      Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      Management consulting
      ‘There is no work to balance’: how shrinking budgets, Covid and AI shook up life in consulting

      Industry professionals reflect on job cuts, new routines and fresh insecurities in FT reader survey

      An illustration of a crew in a rowing boat being directed by a consultant while the boat sinks
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      The Top LineUS & Canadian companies
      ‘There’s a rumbling now’: CEOs get into the business of tackling extremism

      Polarisation and dark rhetoric prompt some US executives to try to boost the political centre

    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Everton Football Club Co Ltd
      Miami firm 777 Partners agrees to buy Everton FC

      Deal makes fund the latest American investor to buy into English Premier League

      An Everton match earlier this month
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      WeWork
      WeWork tells landlords it will renegotiate most office leases

      Company calls rental costs ‘dramatically out of step with current market conditions’

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    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
      Walgreens Boots chief steps down after latest profit forecast downgrade

      Pharmacy chain struggling with weakening demand for Covid vaccines and rising competition

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    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Football
      Everton suitor 777 hails new era of football ‘hyper commercialisation’

      Miami investment group says cross-selling opportunities justify its bets on struggling clubs

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    • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
      Chinese economy
      Western companies warn of hit from China’s sluggish rebound

      Corporate updates document worries about weak post-pandemic recovery of world’s second-largest economy

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    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      United States Steel Corp
      Pursuit of a modern-day US steel industry leader will test Biden’s trustbusters

      Capitalists’ tactics have changed since Andrew Carnegie’s day, but tensions over big business have not 

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      Making financial assets available to more people is one way to narrow the wealth gap

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      Push comes as employers use more aggressive tactics to stamp out work-from-home culture

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    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      WeWork
      WeWork warns of ‘substantial doubt’ over future as going concern

      US office space company says it has struggled with challenging economic and property market conditions

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      Bud Light trans controversy comes amid shifting US beer tastes

      Popularity of craft brands and Mexican imports were already eroding appeal of country’s former best-selling beer

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      A hard landing for Europe?

      Luxury sector slows after strong post-pandemic spending spree

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      Consumers more choosy as economic weakness and end of revenge buying hits groups from LVMH to Kering

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      Companies rely on ‘resilient consumer’ as post-pandemic cross-border spending jumps

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      The Top LineTechnology sector
      Musk and Barbie show just how intangible a brand can be

      In an era when trademarks increasingly drive corporate growth we cannot agree on what they are worth

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      Mattel hails ‘Barbie’ movie success as ‘showcase’ for more brand tie-ups

      Quarterly earnings top forecasts but toymaker warns of softer industry conditions in the months ahead

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    • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
      News in-depthUS economy
      Why wealthy Americans are reining in discretionary spending

      High-income households rein in discretionary spending as inflation and a soft housing market take their toll

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    • Sunday, 16 July, 2023
      InterviewThe CEO
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      Head of networking site says building a strong team and avoiding day-to-day minutiae are key to the job

    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      The Top LineWalt Disney Co
      Disney needs to plan for a future where Iger is not indispensable

      The board has sweetened the returning chief’s incentives to stay before he has fulfilled the task of finding an heir

      Bob Iger
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