Industrial glove giant stretches to high-tech sectors
Ansell’s new boss is refocusing the Australian group and pruning its sprawling product range
Letter: Successful entrepreneurs treat tax as part of the board game
From John W Mullins, Associate Professor of Management Practice, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, London Business School, London NW1, UK
Letter: Boer republic’s challenge to Rhodes’ great power gambit
From ADH Leishman, Barnard Castle, County Durham, UK
Letter: Don’t blame governors for school uniform policy
From Anthony Langan, London SW16, UK
Letter: EU must understand where the Big Tech puck is headed
From Karl May, Menlo Park, CA, US
Letter: Computer-aided design — architects feared its arrival
From Richard Bird, Retired Architect and author of ‘The Guide to CAD on the Mac’, London W11, UK
Letter: Who was it that said the past is a foreign country?
From Nancy Kolff-Rodriguez, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Letter: A Mississippi murder that Dylan captured in song
From John Webster, Aldershot, Hampshire, UK
Letter: Reform UK’s ‘Fachidiot’
From Barry Willcox, London KT2, UK
Letter: Navigation without GPS? You should try a compass
From Torsten H Sommer, Nuremberg, Germany
Correction: Vanessa Paradis
Vanessa Paradis acted as a character witness for Johnny Depp in his libel case against The Sun in 2020, not in the defamation case with his ex-wife Amber Heard as wrongly stated in an article in today’s edition of HTSI
Correction: Gelman collection of Mexican art
The Gelman collection of Mexican art is owned by the Zambrano family, not the Santander Foundation as wrongly stated in a picture caption in the Vintage Collecting supplement on September 19
Brazil’s Lula to ban online gambling before election
Leftwing president moves to prohibit fixed-odds sports betting and digital casinos, which have exploded in popularity
Cape Town offers best-value winter sun for UK tourists, despite strength of rand
New survey puts South African city ahead of 24 other short- and long-haul destinations
UK parents charge adult children £300 a month to live at home
Many in the ‘boomerang’ cohort are saving for a property deposit
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OpenAI says governments among ‘dozens’ of organisations hacked by its agents
Company says its models leaked images shared by users in a disclosure that is likely to further inflame AI safety fears
Transcript: Will Burnham call a snap election?
Lucy Fisher talks to George Parker and Jim Pickard
Walmart chief rules out personalised pricing as AI transforms retail
Largest US retailer issues open letter saying it will not use electronic shelf labels to change costs based on shopper identity
Iran offers US new seven-day ceasefire proposal
Foreign minister says plan could see Strait of Hormuz reopen within a week
Houthis promise not to target European ships
Pledge comes as container shipping through key Bab al-Mandeb Strait reaches highest level in almost three years
US bond sell-off pushes long-term yields to highest since 2004
Investors ‘don’t want to hold risk going into the weekend’, said one investor, as market heads for worst week since 2024
Blackstone’s top private equity executive prepares exit for possible public service move
Joseph Baratta, one of the company’s best-paid employees, plans to leave the group after almost three decades