Why foreign investors love Boston
FT News BriefingSaudi Arabia’s wealth fund is swapping foreign CEOs for local ones and Reed Hastings officially steps down from the board of Netflix. Plus, FT-Nikkei names Boston as the best US city for foreign investment.
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Saudi wealth fund replaces foreign CEOs with locals
Netflix’s Reed Hastings: an icon of good leadership and bad governance
Boston tops FT-Nikkei ranking as global companies seek skilled workers
Americans lead AI data centre backlash, global poll finds
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