Indonesia’s battle of the gecko and the crocodile
President Joko Widodo swept to power in October promising widespread reforms - the first Indonesian president not to come from the military or the political elite. But a stand-off between the country’...
19 Feb 20158min
How Apple can join the automotive industry
Apple is revving up to join the automotive industry. Last week, the Financial Times reported that Apple is recruiting experts from the car business to work at a new, top-secret research lab. Ravi Matt...
18 Feb 20155min
A new model for funding medical science
Could crowd funding be a solution to the financing struggles of young biotech companies in the early stages of drug development? Clive Cookson talks to Andrew Ward about the benefits and pitfalls of t...
16 Feb 20156min
How the Silk Road mastermind was unmasked
Ross Ulbricht was convicted last week of running the black market Silk Road website. Prosecutors convinced the jury that he was Dread Pirate Roberts, the administrator and mastermind of the site that ...
13 Feb 20155min
The Qualcomm precedent
US chip maker Qualcomm agreed this week to pay a record $975 million fine to settle a case brought against it by Chinese authorities. Technology editor Ravi Mattu and Beijing correspondent Charles Cl...
12 Feb 20156min
Sky wins battle for Premier League rights
In a fraught, high-stakes auction, Sky and British Telecom agreed yesterday to pay £5.1bn over three years to air Premier League games. Henry Mance and Dan Thomas discuss the stunning figures and the ...
11 Feb 20155min
Anti-corruption party wins by a landslide in Delhi
Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP has suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of an anti-corruption party in Delhi’s city election, undermining the Indian prime minister’s image of invincibility and showing ...
10 Feb 20157min
HSBC misdemeanours laid bare
HSBC has had a torrid few days after details of misdemeanours at its Swiss private bank were exposed. Patrick Jenkins,financial editor, talks to George Dallas, policy director of the International Cor...
10 Feb 20157min
