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    Louise Lucas

    Asia technology correspondent

    Louise Lucas covers tech in Asia for the FT. She was previously Asia news editor and has done several roles at the FT, including writing for the Lex column and covering consumer industries.

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    • Friday, 9 September, 2022
      ReviewFiction
      Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata — spare and dreamlike Tokyo stories

      Everyday scenes are rendered strange and unsettling in this quietly subversive collection of short fiction

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      The Lazarus Heist — a rollicking ride through North Korean cyber crime

      Geoff White’s riveting investigation reveals a world of shadowy criminals, sophisticated hacks and bungled schemes

    • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
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      Lex Letter from London: the City’s rivalry with Amsterdam deepens Premium content

      Trading and clearing may be flowing across the water but investors prefer companies to stay in Britain

    • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
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      Centuries on from the industrial revolution, polluting activities form the UK’s corporate backbone even today

    • Friday, 10 September, 2021
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    • Friday, 27 August, 2021
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      Labour shortages | Maersk | GM | Afghanistan minerals | Sainsbury’s | Virgin Orbit

    • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
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      Sale of small factory that makes silicon wafers has been called in for review, despite few signs of national security risk

    • Friday, 2 July, 2021
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      UK roaming charges | Amazon | Tesla | US banks

    • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
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      A sale to Nvidia would most likely result in the British chip designer dancing to the US tech company’s tune

    • Thursday, 20 May, 2021
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      UK’s new model railway is likely to serve the public poorly

      Latest revamp of network offers simpler system but contains questionable forecasts

    • Friday, 7 May, 2021
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      Best of Lex: a trippy-dippy week Premium content

      Mental health/psychedelic drugs, Darktrace, Unicaja/Liberbank, UniCredit, BlackRock and more

    • Friday, 26 March, 2021
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      Best of Lex: stock market deliveries and funky assets Premium content

      Coupang, Deliveroo, Greensill/Apollo, lithium/electric vehicles, CBDCs and more

    • Monday, 8 March, 2021
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      Life in the UK is not easy for former Hong Kong residents

      Those fleeing China’s crackdown face bureaucratic hurdles and high property prices

    • Friday, 5 February, 2021
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      Best of Lex: politicians and professional services back in the game Premium content

      Robey Warshaw/George Osborne, Kirkland & Ellis, McKinsey, Silver/WallStreetBets, Robinhood, Amazon/Jeff Bezos

    • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
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    • Monday, 11 January, 2021
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      Bidders circle private jet services group; Ladbrokes owner Entain bruised not broken as another CEO exits

    • Monday, 21 December, 2020
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Why Japan’s more female future may not be more equal

      A tour of the country and its ‘womenomics’ concludes with a prescription for change

    • Friday, 4 December, 2020
      ReviewFiction
      There’s No Such Thing As An Easy Job — a disquisition on the value of work

      Kikuko Tsumura’s novel about workplace nihilism is both a smart and timely read

    • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
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      Lex Letter from London: Et in Arcadia, his ego Premium content

      UK high street shops were a dying breed long before coronavirus came on the scene

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    • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
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      Oil group hopes to win back investors | Weighing up Horta-Osório’s legacy at Lloyds

    • Friday, 16 October, 2020
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    • Friday, 18 September, 2020
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      TikTok/Oracle, The Hut Group, Lloyd’s of London, Nvidia/China, Nikola/Hindenburg

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