Why foreign investors love Boston

Saudi 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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The FT News Briefing is produced by Victoria Craig, Sonja Hutson, Saffeya Ahmed, Katya Kumkova, and Fiona Symon. Our editor is Marc Filippino. Our show was mixed by Sam Giovinco. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann, Michael Lello and David da Silva. Our intern is Cole van Miltenburg. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music. 

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