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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      LexFinal salary schemes
      The Lex Newsletter: finally, final salary pensions weaken their grip Premium content

      Changes in interest rates, inflation and life expectancy have propelled more schemes into surplus

      A Wincanton logistics facility in Northamptonshire
    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      Lex is more
      How investors are underpricing climate risks

      The costs of inaction on global warming are potentially vast and often not sufficiently factored in to asset values

      A chart showing the costs of climate change with different levels of mitigation set against a picture of the burnt out town of Lahaina on Maui
    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      LexLondon fights for its future
      The Lex Newsletter: Shell’s mooted City exit should spur reform Premium content

      London needs to attract new listings but is held back by a shortage of homegrown capital

      London buses pass through the City of London
    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      LexUK economy
      The Lex Newsletter: why it’s not just sterling that’s taking a pounding  Premium content

      Turmoil will translate into real pain for many businesses, homeowners and anyone on a tight budget

      UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng
    • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
      LexTech start-ups
      The Lex Newsletter: Arm wrestle highlights struggle for UK tech Premium content

      Britain’s scientific prowess contrasts with its poor record at commercialising breakthroughs

      Montage of an Arm logo, Masayoshi Son and the London Stock Exchange’s logo
    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
      LexFootball
      The Lex Newsletter: why football fans lose their shirts buying shirts Premium content

      Trade in replica kits shows how lucrative the loyalty of diehard supporters can be for powerful clubs

      Liverpool players with the FAC Cup and Carabao Cup trophies during an open-bus parade through the streets of Liverpool in May
    • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
      LexWind power
      The Lex Newsletter: wind power is booming but Europe’s turbine industry has been blown off course Premium content

      Delays in approving new sites, rising costs and cheap Chinese imports have hit the sector

      A wind turbine manufactured by Vestas
    • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
      LexUK energy
      The Lex Newsletter: windfall energy profits are widespread but hard to tax Premium content

      Levy could have chilling effect on investment and would risk impeding transition to renewables

      An offshore oil platform
    • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
      LexProperty sector
      The Lex Newsletter: UK must expose oligarch owners of country’s priciest properties Premium content

      Complexity of ownership structures means the number controlled by Russian billionaires is anyone’s guess

      Roman Abramovich’s Grade II-listed mansion in London’s Kensington Palace Gardens
    • Friday, 11 February, 2022
      LexCompanies
      The Lex Newsletter: soaring inflation adds urgency to search for pricing power Premium content

      Unilever | Pets at Home | Chipotle | US shale producers | BNP | Guy Hands

      Illustration showing Canute reproving his courtiers
    • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
      LexBrexit
      The Lex Newsletter: Brexit red-tape bonfire is more of a slow smoulder Premium content

      New rules could give the UK a competitive edge in some cases but also risk additional burdens

      A pint glass etched with a crown stamp rather than the European CE marking
    • Wednesday, 15 December, 2021
      Lex
      NatWest’s bags of musty cash mean UK fails sniff test Premium content

      Countries that score highly on anti-money laundering compliance are also where illicit funds are laundered

      Sign outside a Natwest branch
    • Friday, 19 November, 2021
      Lex
      Best of Lex: predictions, predations and promotions Premium content

      HS2 | LV | Ahold | Walmart | Amazon | Paytm | JPMorgan | BNP Paribas

      Illustration titled ‘Inauguration Of The Albert Viaduct At Saltash By The Prince Consort, Opening Of The Cornwall Railway’
    • Friday, 22 October, 2021
      Lex
      Best of Lex: propaganda, protests and profitability Premium content

      Bitcoin ETF | gig jobs | corporate leverage | Evergrande | Nestlé

      Tulips
    • Wednesday, 15 September, 2021
      Lex
      Lex Midweek Letter: arms out for boosters, thumbs up for mRNA Premium content

      Several pharma groups are hoping the Covid vaccine race will turn out to be a marathon, not a sprint

      A tent on a mountain in the middle of a snowstorm
    • Wednesday, 18 August, 2021
      Lex
      Lex Letter from London: making the greenest case for hydrogen energy Premium content

      UK wants to create ‘world-leading hydrogen economy’ but its plans are fraught with uncertainty

      Wind turbines at the Walney Extension offshore wind farm off the coast near Blackpool, England
    • Friday, 14 May, 2021
      Lex
      Best of Lex: spending big, making a splash Premium content

      Ginkgo Bioworks | tech start-ups | US infrastructure | Amazon | capex | Panasonic

      A woman arranges clothes on display
    • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
      Lex
      Lex Midweek Letter: an injection of confidence Premium content

      UK’s fast vaccine rollout raises consumer optimism and gives boost to travel industry

      A beach vendor carries a board of sunglasses while looking for customers on a beach in Nea Vrasna, Greece, in July 2013
    • Friday, 12 February, 2021
      Lex
      Best of Lex: kicking up a stonk Premium content

      Tesla/bitcoin, Daimler, GM, Shell, Total, Lyft, Ocado, SoftBank, dog prices

    • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
      The Big Read
      Lex in-depth: how carbon prices will transform industry

      Putting a high cost on emissions will supercharge investment in greener technologies — and cripple businesses that cannot adapt

    • Friday, 22 January, 2021
      Lex
      Best of Lex: juiced returns in the New Jazz Age Premium content

      Bonds/Roaring Twenties, Goldman/BofA, BlackRock/Vanguard, US cash mountain, Eurostar and more

    • Friday, 11 December, 2020
      Lex
      Best of Lex: herd instincts Premium content

      Airbnb, DoorDash, Tupperware, JD Health, Tesla, The Hut Group, Toyota and more

      A video screen on the Nasdaq building in New York marks Airbnb’s IPO on the stock exchange
    • Friday, 4 December, 2020
      Lex
      Best of Lex: bridges and breakthroughs Premium content

      Coronavirus/vaccines, Pershing Square, pandemic cash, UniCredit, Entra, Zoom, Airbnb, Nikola and more

    • Wednesday, 4 November, 2020
      Lex
      Lex letter from London: tribulations, trials and triumphs

      Mass screening of Covid-19 could open door to more normal life but big questions remain

      A statue of The Beatles in Liverpool. The city has been particularly badly hit by the pandemic, making it a logical choice for a new mass testing pilot
    • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
      Lex
      Lex letter from London: of jobs and jabs Premium content

      Unemployment is rising but holding out for a vaccine to end the pain could mean a long wait

      The UK government ad was branded crass for suggesting ballet dancers retrain ‘in cyber’ at a time of big job losses in the arts
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