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    Peggy Hollinger is the FT's international business editor and writes a fortnightly column for Inside Business. Since joining the FT 35 years ago, she has been industry editor, UK companies editor and Paris bureau chief, a leader and Lex writer. She has also covered the aerospace, retail, oil and gas, and utilities sectors.
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    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Satellites
      Mis-steps that brought Virgin Orbit crashing back to earth

      Branson vehicle teeters after series of flawed decisions and a failed launch lead to painful denouement

    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Virgin Orbit
      Virgin Orbit shares plunge after announcing ‘ceased operations’

      Richard Branson’s rocket company to axe 85% of staff as it struggles to secure rescue funding

    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Inside BusinessEU business regulation
      Why there is no future for ‘forever chemicals’

      PFAS compounds have long been known to be harmful. Now restrictions on their use will force industry to adapt

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Space industry
      Isar defies space tech downturn to raise $165mn in countdown to launch

      Rival groups such as Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit have struggled to find investors

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      EU business regulation
      EU industrialists attack Europe’s counter to Biden green bonanza

      Net zero Industry Act is not enough to compete with tax incentives offered by US, warn major groups

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Satellites
      Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit in talks about potential buyout

      Shares hit after company announces ‘operational pause’ and puts staff on unpaid furlough

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Inside BusinessTelecoms
      A dose of reality is needed in the race to connect smartphones to space

      There are still substantial hurdles to cover the world’s communications black spots

    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      Energy crisis
      European industrialists question focus of energy subsidies

      Policies should concentrate on reducing fossil fuel demand and transition to renewables, say top executives

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Inside BusinessBribery and corruption
      The fight against global corporate graft needs to aim higher

      More funds from settlements of prosecutions by rich countries need to go to victims in developing nations

    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
      Indonesia
      Indonesia presses UK over corruption probe into Bombardier

      Jakarta wants a share of any financial settlement agreed between London and the company

    • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
      Global trade
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      American officials asked to stop acting ‘in their own interest’ by trade organisations and lawmakers, while companies see opportunities

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Inside BusinessEuropean companies
      Sledgehammer of big fines looms over EU worker consultation

      Proposals in Brussels seek to introduce penalties in line with those for GDPR breaches

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Inside BusinessContainer shipping
      Maritime divorce puts Maersk’s strategy to the test

      As Danish shipping company seeks to transform into a broader logistics group, it faces rising competition from MSC

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      Space industry
      Space funding plunges 58% from record year as investors shun risk

      Many put off by ‘disappointing’ performance of companies that were highly valued during 2021 space boom

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Inside BusinessDanone SA
      Danone lawsuit could be test case for new war on plastics

      Three environmental groups are suing the producer of Evian water and Activia yoghurt

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Satellites
      Virgin Orbit pledges to return for new UK satellite launch

      Richard Branson’s company wants to try again later this year after failed mission from Cornwall

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
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      Moscow’s military reshuffle

      EU draws up plans to stockpile scarce medicines

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      News in-depthSpace industry
      Virgin Orbit scrambles to establish why first UK satellite launch failed

      Very public blow to British ambitions to be player in Europe’s ‘space race’

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Virgin Orbit
      Virgin Orbit shares sink after rocket ‘anomaly’

      Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne prevented from gaining orbit in blow to British space ambitions

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      InterviewSatellites
      Europe’s independent access to space is at risk, says space agency chief

      Josef Aschbacher says continent needs to ensure it has competitive capabilities as UK prepares for launch

    • Monday, 2 January, 2023
      Inside BusinessAirlines
      Favouring trains over planes may be smart for legacy airlines

      KLM chief’s comments might signal strategy to free up new avenues for her carrier’s future growth

    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
      Chipmaker TSMC in talks with suppliers over first European plant

      Company to send senior executives to Dresden early next year to discuss potential factory project in Germany

    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
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      Throwing more money at EU industry is not the answer to US green deal

      Brussels should focus on simplifying the web of funding mechanisms and regulation surrounding the energy transition

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Air France-KLM
      KLM chief encourages passengers to take the train to cut emissions

      Marjan Rintel says collaboration is needed as rail should not be seen as a competitor

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      Inside BusinessAerospace & Defence
      Franco-German fighter jet project still faces turbulence

      Macron and Scholz declarations are no guarantee of trouble-free collaboration on defence programme

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