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Poland and Hungary could lose billions of euros in EU regional aid as the European Commission prepares to wield powers linking the funds to human rights standards in member states, and the ride-hailing group Uber says it is on course to report its first-ever profitable quarter, on an adjusted basis, after more than a decade of burning through billions of dollars in cash, and Gulf states are struggling to balance relations between Washington and Beijing. 

Behind the Money, Inside ESG: is the $1.7tn wave of sustainable investing hope or hype?

https://www.ft.com/behind-the-money

Poland and Hungary face threat to EU regional aid over human rights concerns

https://www.ft.com/content/3ca265c0-d1d1-4acf-bc9e-b208dab98293

Uber on course to post first profitable quarter

https://www.ft.com/content/ee8c9dfa-b59e-4415-b380-1cdf2f15976c

‘More of China, less of America’: how superpower fight is squeezing the Gulf

https://www.ft.com/content/4f82b560-4744-4c53-bf4b-7a37d3afeb13

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