John Gapper

If China cannot beat Europe, it will acquire it

There is no mystery as to why it is happening. Published 31 Oct, 2016 06:44am

Deutsche Bank and Twitter are lost in the past

Both epitomise in different ways one of the toughest strategic challenges for any company. Published 03 Oct, 2016 07:03am

Wells Fargo reaches the end of its journey

Banks such as Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, Barclays and Goldman Sachs have been through the mill since... Published 26 Sep, 2016 06:45am

Apple, keep your cool over global tax

Enter Ms Vestager, with her plan to make Ireland retrieve €13bn. Published 05 Sep, 2016 06:41am

Alphabet and Apple spell global tax war

When the global tax consensus cannot hold, it is every nation for itself. Updated 01 Feb, 2016 07:30am

Stateless companies play a risky game

Multinationals’ manoeuvres are a rational response to the strange US regime of having a high headline ... Published 11 Jan, 2016 07:07am

Big pharmaceuticals are addicted to an illusion

The lesson many drew was not only that drug discovery was very expensive and hard — Published 30 Nov, 2015 06:45am

A global retreat for European banks

CREDIT Suisse is raising SFr6bn of fresh capital while cutting back the amount that it allocates to securities... Published 26 Oct, 2015 06:41am

Silicon Valley has become a dream factory

Innovations have suddenly come to feel routine, such as facial and voice recognition. Updated 25 May, 2015 08:41am

Fossil fuel campaigners play charades

Targeting Big Oil in this way is both too narrow and too broad. Published 20 Apr, 2015 06:18am

How to follow in Buffett’s big footsteps

Mr Buffett tries to buy companies, or shares in companies, with strong brands and franchises that cannot easily be Published 09 Mar, 2015 10:16am

Private banks must be more than laundries

Even when all is above board holding wealth in a private bank or in a shell company looks quite like money laundering.. Published 16 Feb, 2015 07:09am

Cheap energy is the new cheap labour

Europe must start by realising that the competitive advantage of cheap labour is giving way to that of cheap energy. Published 01 Dec, 2014 06:22am

US banks will pay dearly for their failure to modernise

THE other day, a business in New York mailed a dollar cheque to me across the Atlantic. It was a pretty thing —... Published 14 Jul, 2014 07:22am

Shareholder value means more than a tax break

For students of perverse incentives created by tax, it is a bonanza week. Apple has raised $17bn in bonds to buy ... Published 05 May, 2014 07:32am

Punishing a few oligarchs in London is not enough

One notable statistic about Russia is that the mean wealth of its 110m adults last year was $10,980 while the median... Published 10 Mar, 2014 07:40am

Hedge funds should not be the only activists

At 78, Carl Icahn shows little sign of retiring, or of becoming more polite. After finally prodding Forest Labs into... Published 03 Mar, 2014 07:07am

There is no such thing as the banking profession

Antony Jenkins’ efforts to change the culture of Barclays by cutting bankers’ pay are on hold. At its investment... Published 17 Feb, 2014 07:24am