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    • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
      Digital currencies
      An American CBDC is not the way to fight China’s financial might

      Introducing a Fed-backed digital currency will not be the game-changer many think

      Ben Hickey illustration  of a digital dollar on a white square of a checkered black & white background and three yens on black squares
    • Tuesday, 18 August, 2020
      US economy
      The US needs direct cash payments through this crisis — and the next

      The economic stimulus would kick in automatically and be big, quick and efficient

      People line up outside a Kentucky jobcentre. Congress should set direct cash payments in stone as a permanent policy triggered whenever unemployment rises quickly
    • Friday, 21 June, 2019
      Cryptocurrencies
      Facebook co-founder: Libra coin would shift power into the wrong hands

      Regulators should not underestimate the digital currency’s disruptive potential

      Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Chris Hughes (R) creaters "Facebook" photographed at Eliot House at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. on May 14, 2004. Facebook was created in February 2004, 3 months prior to this photograph. (Photo by Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images)
    • Thursday, 9 May, 2019
      Social Media
      Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes calls for its break-up

      Early employee says Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘unchecked power’ has created a monopoly

      Film still of Chris Hughes co founder of Facebook at FT Engage event on 9th April 2018
    • Wednesday, 2 May, 2018
      Media
      Subsidy from the wealthy is looking more important than ever for the future of journalism

      The case for civic-minded individuals to step up has never been stronger, yet the disincentives are growing stronger still

      Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, delivers remarks at the grand opening of the Washington Post newsroom in Washington January 28, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron - GF10000288175
    • Tuesday, 10 April, 2018
      FT In depthFacebook privacy breach
      Facebook co-founder says reckoning over its data use is ‘overdue’

      At FT event, Chris Hughes also faults social network for role in rise of Donald Trump

      Chris Hughes co-founder of Facebook from PR
    • Thursday, 1 March, 2018
      FT Books Essay
      The utopia project: can Silicon Valley fix the future?

      Amid growing anxiety over new technologies, an effort to recapture the idealism of the 1990s is under way

      A guest on her computer inside the main lodge at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Calif., Nov. 10, 2017. Now reopened after a difficult year of landslides and flooding, the nonprofit that helped bring yoga, organic food and meditation into the American mainstream has a new focus on healing the wounded soul of Silicon Valley. (Jason Henry/The New York Times) Credit: New York Times / Redux / eyevine For further information please contact eyevine tel: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709 e-mail: info@eyevine.com www.eyevine.com
    • Friday, 26 February, 2016
      US & Canadian companies
      Oregon publisher buys The New Republic

      Sale marks end of Chris Hughes’ efforts to reshape the magazine for the digital age

      Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook, speaks at the Charles Schwab IMPACT 2010 conference in Boston, Massachusetts October 28, 2010. REUTERS/Adam Hunger (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS) - RTXTXT0
    • Monday, 11 January, 2016
      US & Canadian companies
      The New Republic put up for sale by owner Chris Hughes

      Facebook co-founder admits defeat after revamp sparks mass exodus

      Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook, speaks at the Charles Schwab IMPACT 2010 conference in Boston, Massachusetts October 28, 2010. REUTERS/Adam Hunger (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS) - RTXTXT0
    • Sunday, 7 December, 2014
      US & Canadian companies
      Shake-up at New Republic leads to shake-out of talent

      Less than a month since its 100th birthday, it is in turmoil following an exodus by writers

      Former President Bill Clinton speaks on stage at the New Republic Centennial Gala
    • Saturday, 9 February, 2013
      InterviewLunch with the FT
      Lunch with the FT: Chris Hughes

      After co-founding Facebook, Chris Hughes directed Barack Obama’s digital campaign for president. So why has he switched to old media?

      Illustration by Luke Waller of Chris Hughes
    • Saturday, 10 March, 2012
      US & Canadian companies
      Facebook co-founder buys New Republic
    • Tuesday, 16 August, 2011
      Retail & Consumer industry
      National Milk Records uncovers scam
    • Friday, 4 March, 2011
      Tech blogTechnology sector
      Further reading: Facebook investments and the riddle over Twitter and JPMorgan
    • Friday, 3 December, 2010
      InterviewFT Magazine
      The Inventory: Chris Hughes
    • Monday, 10 November, 2008
      News in-depthUK banks
      No more easy money
    • Tuesday, 12 August, 2008
      FT AlphavilleEquities
      Pink Picks
    • Tuesday, 1 July, 2008
      FT AlphavillePaul Murphy
      Further reading
    • Wednesday, 21 May, 2008
      US downturn
      Vest practice: rewards that pay out over time
    • Wednesday, 20 February, 2008
      FT AlphavilleGwen Robinson
      Leveraged loans and credit losses: Investment banking’s winners and losers
    • Monday, 11 February, 2008
      FT AlphavillePaul Murphy
      SocGen developments
    • Tuesday, 15 January, 2008
      FT AlphavilleGwen Robinson
      Bank bonus season — better than you feared
    • Tuesday, 25 September, 2007
      FT AlphavilleGwen Robinson
      Homm (totally) redefines the fight for shareholder value
    • Friday, 14 September, 2007
      FT AlphavilleGwen Robinson
      Lombard: Pain in the UK mid-market — only one way to go?
    • Tuesday, 24 July, 2007
      FT AlphavillePaul Murphy
      Barclays’ Chinese tie-up
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