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Google poach “Wall Street’s most powerful woman” for next “big bets”

Google is not afraid to lure in top executive talent, as was shown by the hefty $70m the company paid Morgan Stanley's CFO Ruth Porat – enticing her to defect from her job in New York. Keen to secure “Wall Street's most powerful woman” the company offered Porat stock valued at $25m. But what is the company's true intentions

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Why Berlin is set to surpass London as Europe’s startup capital in five years

Berlin, with its large and flourishing creative pool, attracting musicians, artists and young professionals from all over the world, could soon take over London as Europe’s startup capital.

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Learnings from Warren Buffett after 50 years of Berkshire Hathaway investing

From cigar-butt investing in the 1960s, to buying wonderful businesses at fair prices rather than buying fair businesses for wonderful prices, Warren Buffett has capped half a century of famously-successful wheeling and dealing by having a look back in a letter to shareholders.

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Is the government’s £40m plan to develop IoT and Smart City apps a waste of funding

With chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne’s announcement that the government will pledge £40 million in funds to develop applications for the Internet of Things and Smart Cities as part of the 2015 budget, it got me thinking about how this funding could be utilised to best effect.

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Shoot me now feminists but I am so terribly bored of this gender equality lark

Actually, I am pretty bored of the whole government statistic thing. But then my accounts department has been having its annual tussle with a particularly absurd statistics requirement called Prodcom.

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Change starts in the C Suite: Upgrading culture from the CFO down

In our fast-paced business world, successful companies are realising that they need to introduce a new culture of change and innovation. Central to this transformation is the CFO, who must work closely with his or her CEO to develop and implement strategic changes that will deliver sustainable growth.

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Charlie Mullins: Big firms play by different rules, so think small more often

Large contracts with the big fish are great for business, but smaller enterprises should spread the risk by trading more with each other and taking a bit of power away from late paying organisations.

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New pension rules mean pots could be spent on being an entrepreneur, not just holidays

Over half of Brits heading towards retirement regret their lifetime career choices, according to a report by travel agency Planet Cruise.

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The problem with Ed Miliband’s mandatory profit-sharing proposal

A profit-sharing scheme provides a way for employees to secure a slice of the business they're working so hard towards, but Thomson Snell & Passmore's Nicholas Gabay looks at some other more manageable alternatives.