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close Video Trump nominates Pam Bondi for US attorney general Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier has the latest on the Trump transition team on ‘Special Report.’ President-elect Trump announced Thursday evening that he’s nominating former attorney general of Florida Pam Bondi as the next attorney general of the United States. Trump’s latest Cabinet
Bitcoin touched a fresh record high on Friday, with its sights set firmly on the $100,000 barrier, in a stellar rally for the cryptocurrency sparked by expectations of a more friendly regulatory environment under a Donald Trump administration. It has more than doubled in value this year and is up about 45% in the two weeks since Trump’s sweeping election
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK business activity slumped to a 13-month low in November, as companies gave a “thumbs down” to policies announced in the Budget, according to a closely watched survey. The S&P Global flash UK PMI composite
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Northvolt’s chief executive has resigned a day after Europe’s big battery hope filed for bankruptcy in the US. Peter Carlsson took responsibility for the dramatic collapse during a town-hall meeting with employees on Friday morning,
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK companies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Winter is coming and the mood among parts suppliers to Nissan’s car plant in Sunderland is troubled. When I met some last week near the UK’s largest automotive factory, they were grappling with the changes
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israelis across the political divide lashed out at the International Criminal Court after it issued an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a rare display of unity in the politically polarised country. The warrants
As he squeezes his way through the throng that has packed the entrance of Il Pasticcio with polite smiles and softly spoken apologies, I’m struck by how unlikely a figure António Costa cuts as the man the EU will rely on to face off against US president-elect Donald Trump. Yet the Portuguese socialist, child of
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK arm’s-length bodies lack accountability and some have become a “law unto themselves”, the new chair of parliament’s public administration committee has warned, as he set out plans for an inquiry into scores of quangos.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The adoption of Palantir’s data platform across the health service has accelerated across England over the past six months but has fallen behind internal rollout goals set by the NHS amid pervasive doubts over its
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ever since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has tried to deter the west from supplying Kyiv with ever more potent weaponry by threatening retaliation and escalation of the war. On each
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Studies of discrimination are often both depressing and unsurprising. It doesn’t pay to be part of a minority group? Well, knock me down with a feather. But some do manage to defy expectations. Several academic
Donald Trump has been riding high since his decisive win over Kamala Harris, working at a breakneck pace to name loyalists to top jobs in his incoming administration while basking in the glow of his victory. Last weekend, the president-elect received a hero’s welcome from the crowd at a packed UFC fight at New York’s
Battling to win back credibility with investors after a damaging short seller attack last year, India’s powerful Adani Group repeatedly flew business partners and journalists to its showpiece “green” project: a vast solar and wind farm in Khavda in the north-western state of Gujarat. Now Adani’s renewable power business is itself at the heart of
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US president-elect Donald Trump has nominated Pam Bondi for attorney-general just hours after Matt Gaetz, his initial pick, withdrew from consideration for the role. The unexpected move injected fresh drama into Trump’s selection
Australian logistics company WiseTech has cut its revenue and profit forecasts after a series of allegations about its founder and chief executive Richard White disrupted its development and product release plans. WiseTech stock fell 14 per cent on Friday after the company cut its revenue forecast for the current financial year to between A$1.2bn ($780mn)
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20420841/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipal were little changed Thursday as inflows into muni mutual funds topped $1 billion. U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities closed the session up. Municipal bond mutual funds saw $1.288 billion of inflows for the week ending Wednesday, according to LSEG Lipper. That compares to $303.2 million of inflows
“We describe the budget as being in fair shape,” said Gabriel Petek, California’s legislative analyst. “There is no new capacity for new budget commitments for the upcoming budget or in the out years” beyond the upcoming budget.Legislative Analyst’s Office The stock market surge propelled by artificial intelligence company gains has set California up for a
&lt;img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20420283/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /&gt; As yearend approaches, investors have traditionally turned to tax-loss harvesting to use some of their losses to offset gains. However, this year may see less of the tactic than in previous years due to the strength of the muni market. Investors use tax-loss harvesting to sell investments at a
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Gary Gensler plans to step down as chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, when Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as president. Officially, Gensler’s five-year term
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Ken Griffin has warned Donald Trump’s plan to raise tariffs would put the US “on a slippery slope to crony capitalism” and offered other harsh critiques of the incoming president’s agenda, in surprisingly