Why foreign investors love Boston

Financial Times Financial Times · 10min

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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