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Matthew Bishop

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Matthew Bishop

  • Matthew Bishop
    Global chaos renews purpose at Davos as red carpet is rolled out for the agitator-in-chief

    Geopolitical upheaval and Donald Trump’s attendance have given the Swiss economic summit a shot in the arm

    Mon, 19 Jan 2026

  • Matthew Bishop
    Listening to small shareholders could pay its way for capitalism

    Shareholder assemblies could lead to more responsible corporate behaviour in a win-win for business

    Sun, 18 Jan 2026

  • Matthew Bishop
    A16z ventures into new territory

    Andreessen Horowitz says its mission is to ensure ‘America wins the next 100 years of technology’

    Sat, 17 Jan 2026

  • Matthew Bishop
    MrBeast grows assets but he’s still hungry for cash

    The 27-year-old billionaire has secured a $200m investment after claiming to be ‘cash poor’

    Sat, 17 Jan 2026

  • Matthew Bishop
    Insiders nervous as AI set to transform farming and healthcare

    A roundup of the latest news in the business world

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026

  • Matthew Bishop
    McKinsey marks centenary with cuts as experts warn of consulting crash

    The company has shed workers and suffered blows to its reputation but it is not the only big incumbent to fall out of favour in the industry

    Tue, 23 Dec 2025

  • Matthew Bishop
    BP installs new boss after split over ditching green transition

    Sun, 21 Dec 2025

  • Matthew Bishop
    Oracle bodes ill for AI bubble

    If OpenAI proves unable to pay for all the data-centre usage it has signed up for, would Oracle be in trouble?

    Sun, 14 Dec 2025

  • Matthew Bishop
    Musk has shut Doge – but what has he done with the data?

    The department was a historically bad example of how not to reform government – even the Trump cabinet is washing its hands of it

    Sun, 14 Dec 2025

  • Matthew Bishop
    HSBC chief sends clear message by axing global manager scheme

    Georges Elhedery has cut the scheme in an apparent signal of his intention to modernise the bank’s culture

    Sat, 13 Dec 2025

  • Matthew Bishop
    Lessons of the 1929 Wall Street crash

    Andrew Ross Sorkin draws parallels between the stock market fall and the AI bubble

    Tue, 9 Dec 2025

  • Matthew Bishop
    Billionaire Dells make Trump smile with $6.25bn for kids

    At a White House ceremony the couple pledged an initial $250 in accounts for 25 million children

    Sun, 7 Dec 2025

  • Matthew Bishop
    Netflix takeover of Warner Bros meets fierce backlash

    The $83bn acquisition has upset Hollywood creatives, Maga supporters and could face attempts to block it

    Sat, 6 Dec 2025

  • Matthew Bishop
    AI may be the mother of reinvention at Accenture

    The company has just rebranded its services but the potentially existential question is whether clients will keep using management consulting firms

    Sat, 6 Dec 2025

  • Matthew Bishop
    Trump’s hunt goes on for Fed chair who won’t rock markets

    Following his public spat with sitting chairman Jerome Powell, Trump has vetted candidates who claim they will lower interest rates, undercutting the central bank’s independence

    Sat, 6 Dec 2025

  • Matthew Bishop
    The budget is a political mess but with an economic silver lining

    City firms, banks and even smaller companies buoyed by focus on growth measures, with the FTSE close to an all-time high

    Sun, 30 Nov 2025

  • Matthew Bishop
    ChatGPT turns three and is still changing the world

    History may record 30 November 2022 as the start of the glorious Age of Intelligence – or perhaps not

    Sun, 30 Nov 2025

  • Matthew Bishop
    The CBI comes in from the cold

    The revived CBI has repaired relations with government, but is likely to grow louder in its criticism of the Labour leadership

    Sun, 30 Nov 2025

  • Matthew Bishop
    Campbell’s goes off the boil after executive bad-mouths the food

    Martin Bally has been fired but he is not the first to damage a brand because of careless comments

    Sun, 30 Nov 2025

  • Matthew Bishop
    Brussels relaxes AI rules as Trump plays up to tech titans

    Efforts to regulate the rollout of the latest AI technology have suffered setbacks on both sides of the Atlantic

    Sun, 23 Nov 2025

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