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Why does a Michelin-starred chef choose to work in a private household? Certainly not to cook for the family pet. Emma Jacobs investigates. Filmed by Steve Ager, Nicola Stansfield, Petros Gioumpasis, Richard Topping. Additional material: Getty. Animations by Russell Birkett. Edited by Nick Swinglehurst and Seb Morton-Clark. Produced by Nalini Sivathasan and Seb Morton-Clark. ►

Not only are small, energy efficient LEDs used in almost every piece of modern electronics, they have the greatest potential impact on energy savings globally. But LEDs didn’t have much use until the ’90s, when Japanese scientists discovered the missing link needed to complete the color spectrum: The blue LED. Video by Robin Fall Like

The Vanguard funds founder says gold and the stock market are driven by speculators and investors should not day trade.

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Ceylon cinnamon is native to just one region of the world. And producing it requires hours of delicate work. Even the most skilled workers can make only a few pounds of quills a day. One pound of cinnamon quills can cost $27. But not all spices labeled “cinnamon” are the Ceylon variety. Many in the

The reflation trade – which assumes a successful vaccine rollout, pent-up demand and fiscal stimulus will boost economic growth and prices – has dominated markets. The FT’s Robert Armstrong explains why investors have embraced ‘reflation-mania’ and what it means for different stocks. See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or

The FT’s legal commentator David Allen Green explains why the Northern Ireland Protocol will continue to dominate rows over Brexit. Written and narrated by David Allen Green, produced by Tom Hannen. See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start a £1 trial: https://subs.ft.com/spa3_trial?segmentId=3d4ba81b-96bb-cef0-9ece-29efd6ef2132 ► Check out our Community tab

At the International Space Station Research and Development Conference, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO talks sustainability, AI and education

Scottish city Glasgow once held the grim title “murder capital of Europe” but homicides in the city have fallen by 60% in just over a decade all thanks to a radical approach – treating violence as a disease. Video by Leila Hussain and Christian Capestany

Over 45,000 pocket knives are produced each day by Victorinox, Europe’s largest knife manufacturer. The iconic Swiss Army knife has been around for nearly 130 years. It was originally created by Karl Elsener in 1891. We visited the flagship store in Geneva, Switzerland to look at some of the company’s 400 different knife models. MORE

The Netherlands is the world’s second-largest exporter of food. But right now, its livestock sector is facing a controversial environmental challenge: reducing its nitrogen emissions. Along with that, farmers also have some tough longer-term climate change targets to hit. The FT’s Mehreen Khan finds out how they’re tackling the problems and whether their strategies are

Sunland, California-based Independent Studio Services is one of the largest prop houses in Hollywood with more than one million props for rent. ISS also designs and manufactures unique props for productions. Chief Executive Office Gregg Bilson, Jr. tells Bloomberg how his job has become more challenging as camera technology has improved. Not only do they

Worksman Cycles has been making industrial tricycles and consumer bicycles for more than 100 years in New York City.

The founder of GMO, known for calling several of the biggest market turns of recent decades, talks to the FT’s US finance editor Robert Armstrong about his fears for a stock market crash in 2021. See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start a £1 trial: https://subs.ft.com/spa3_trial?segmentId=3d4ba81b-96bb-cef0-9ece-29efd6ef2132 ► Check

Hin Leong was one of the most powerful and secretive names in Asia’s oil trading industry. But an epic gamble by its founder Lim Oon Kuin left the Singaporean company badly exposed, eventually leading to its collapse. #Singapore #Oil #Storylines ——– Like this video? Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg?sub_confirmation=1 QuickTake Originals is Bloomberg’s official premium video channel. We

Companies are on the hunt for engineers, but relatively few students are going for the hard science majors and even fewer are graduating.

Millions of Hindu worshippers start every day with a ritual offering of flowers. Temples dump those flowers into the Ganges, adding harmful chemicals and pesticides to a river that’s a lifeline for over 400 million people. Phool, an Indian startup, collects the discarded flowers and transforms them into handmade incense sticks. MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE:

Foxconn is known for being the biggest assembler of iPhones. Terry Gou is the chairman and largest shareholder of Foxconn. He’s also one of Taiwan’s richest men. This is the story of how Gou turned a small operation in a shed into the biggest electronics operation on the planet. Now he’s building a $14.5 billion

June 13 (Bloomberg) — Shopping malls across the country are dying. Occupancy rates remain low. So, what’s an owner to do? Pimp their mall! Bloomberg’s Sheila Dharmarajan tours the oldest mall in America, where a last-ditch effort for survival is a transformation into micro apartments. (Source: Bloomberg) — Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg Bloomberg

The white-collar world has been forced by Covid-19 into a “work from home” experiment, and the results are in. It turns out we can be just as productive at home, if not more so, and many don’t want to go back to the office — at least not full time. So what will happen to

Welcome to The City of London, once the preserve of stuffy bankers – The City is re-inventing itself as the place to be. New restaurants, bars and hotels have moved into this ancient part of London injecting some late-night atmosphere into The Square Mile.

One of the most lavishly funded gadget startups in Silicon Valley last year was Juicero Inc. It makes a juice machine. The device transforms single-serving packets of finely chopped fruits and vegetables into liquid freshness. But is it worth $399? Video by David Nicholson, Henry Baker ———- Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube:

Half of the world’s cork wine stoppers come from Portugal’s cork oak trees. These trees are so important to the country’s ecosystem and economy, they’re protected under Portuguese law. We went inside the forests of Alentejo to see how the cork bark is carefully harvested every nine years so it doesn’t hurt the trees. This

It has been called a telecoms group, a semiconductor group, an investment group – even a hedge fund – but what exactly is SoftBank? The FT explains why the Japanese multinational is like a jigsaw puzzle, with the enigmatic founder and chief executive Masayoshi Son at its core See if you get the FT for

Sơn mài is a traditional Vietnamese form of lacquer painting. Created using a toxic lacquer harvested from one region of the country, it requires months of application and sanding back layers of paint to build up the image. Last year, a sơn mài painting sold at auction for $972,000. So what makes these paintings so

German payments company Wirecard was the darling of the nation’s fintech industry. Then came the admission that almost $2 billion of the company’s funds had gone missing. The scandal led to the sudden disappearance of its chief operating officer, Jan Marsalek. With his mysterious links to the Austrian secret service and Russian mercenaries, Bloomberg investigates

Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) –- Ever wonder who choreographs and designs the fight scenes and stunts for action movies? One Los Angeles-based company, 87Eleven Action Design, does just that. They are the stunt team behind more than 100 productions, including “The Hunger Games,” “Wolverine,” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” Bloomberg heads to 87Eleven’s training gym to

Richard Branson sits down with CNN’s Christine Romans after Elon Musk’s Falcon Heavy SpaceX launch last week. Branson expects Virgin Galactic to be in space with people on board within the next few months.

Limited land resources mean that seaweed farming could play a part in satisfying our ever-growing demand for food and animal feed. The industry in Europe is only in its infancy, but in Norway, researchers and seaweed farmers believe the country’s long coastline and clean, cold waters mean seaweed has the potential to be a significant

FT’s Robert Armstrong looks at the surging stock prices of Tesla, Bitcoin and Nasdaq index stalwarts which the Federal Reserve could view as a tech-led asset bubble See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start a £1 trial: https://subs.ft.com/spa3_trial?segmentId=3d4ba81b-96bb-cef0-9ece-29efd6ef2132 ► Check out our Community tab for more stories or