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There are other ways of retaining key workers and protecting trade secrets

If Congress will not act, President Joe Biden may have to do so

Plan to remove some small boat migrants to Africa is costly, flawed and sets a bad precedent

Policymakers should remain vigilant about outstanding risks to the global financial system

The cyber specialist has had a bumpy three-year ride as a public company

Microsoft is the company showing most tangible proof of AI revenue generation from hefty investments

Given the level of government scrutiny facing the jet maker, aligning regulatory and commercial interests might seem sensible

Hermès’s revenue growth in high-margin leather goods shows why the group leads the luxury sector on valuation

Also in today’s newsletter, meet the new players in the sustainable bond issuance space

Shareholder resolution highlights challenges around Norwegian company’s climate pledge

Nobel-winning economist speaks about her climate-focused tax proposal

Also in today’s newsletter, a new tax task force kicks off, and the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance widens its scope

FDIC board postpones votes on rival proposals that have alarmed the fund management industry

The UK Takeover Panel wants less to do

About two-thirds of US companies are incorporated in the small, mid-Atlantic state

The affair highlights the responsibilities of in-house lawyers when warned of improper practices in their organisation

UK’s largest asset manager has hired headhunters to sound out potential candidates

We examine how senior in-house lawyers are adapting to new business needs in a monthly series. This time: ethical dilemmas

Boards are being forced to think about finding future leaders earlier as shareholders demand greater insight

AssetCo is one of the only UK public companies to have an all-male board, Glass Lewis says

Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!

The most successful British pop duo in music history on tantrums, touring when you turn 70 — and why it feels unreal to hang out with Liza Minnelli

David Mamet’s 40 years of Hollywood scandals; Brexit and its undoing of Theresa May’s premiership; Neel Mukherjee’s globe-hopping novel of human connections; a twisted narrative of breakdown and descent into terrorism; dark, fractured fiction from Jón Kalman Stefánsson — plus Nilanjana Roy on the revelations of writers’ letters and Alex Clark’s pick of new audiobooks

Don’t go thinking you can rely on good works or advancing humanity. It’s going to cost you

Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!

Don’t go thinking you can rely on good works or advancing humanity. It’s going to cost you

What became of famed Uyghur academic Rahile Dawut?

Politicians’ scandals have changed with the times but the shame remains the same

David Mamet’s 40 years of Hollywood scandals; Brexit and its undoing of Theresa May’s premiership; Neel Mukherjee’s globe-hopping novel of human connections; a twisted narrative of breakdown and descent into terrorism; dark, fractured fiction from Jón Kalman Stefánsson — plus Nilanjana Roy on the revelations of writers’ letters and Alex Clark’s pick of new audiobooks

The American screenwriter’s account of four decades in Hollywood is as gossipy and scandalous as you’d expect

Rachel Cockerell movingly chronicles her ancestors’ migration from Kyiv to America — via a scheme for a homeland in Texas

The chef pays homage to his Palestinian heritage in his first book of recipes

Also in this newsletter: Why Venice is charging visitors to enter

The author on the antiques, architecture and history of his adopted home

Meet the women expertly challenging convention in a male-dominated profession

After a four-year hiatus the lavish hotel-train is back, on a new route through the jungles of Malaysia

Architectural photographer Gilbert McCarragher captures the unique homes and community of the hamlet on the edge of the country

My coffee machine looks amazing. For £3,000, it should do

The annual Salone del Mobile is a vast display of slick superfluousness but at its heart is a deep regard for tradition and craftsmanship

When Lord and Lady Barnard became custodians of the ancestral seat in 2016, they inherited a fairytale – and a project in urgent need of help