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Warren Buffett’s deputies are trailing both the legendary investor and the S&P 500 index, according to a Financial Times analysis that examined the performance of the two men set to take over Berkshire Hathaway’s $354bn stock portfolio. Berkshire will hold its annual meeting on Saturday without vice-chair Charlie Munger, whose death in November aged 99
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If at first you don’t succeed, try again. And again. And again. So far, the Norwegian government has been asked whether it would place some of its vast pot of national oil-derived wealth in to
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party is set to unveil a weakened package of workers’ rights in the coming weeks in its latest softening of radical policies ahead of the upcoming general election, the Financial Times
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. New York City police stormed Columbia University’s campus on Tuesday night, arresting dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters in an attempt to quash unrest that has spread to campuses across the nation and inflamed US divisions over
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Conservative candidates are distancing themselves from Rishi Sunak and his party’s brand in the run-up to local elections in England and Wales this week, in a sign of concerns over the party’s tarnished national reputation.
At a Windsor retreat for senior HSBC employees in early December, chief executive Noel Quinn made it clear he had no intention to leave the bank, three people who attended told the Financial Times. Yet during the Christmas break just weeks later, Quinn had made a decision to retire after five years in the role.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. You know stocks are getting pricey when investors get jumpy about even the slightest change in earnings expectations. This can be seen in the sharp moves in AI-related stocks in recent weeks, especially the sector’s
Server maker Super Micro Computer lifted its fully year sales outlook, signalling growing demand for AI chips. The company, which works closely with Nvidia, now expects $14.7bn to to $15.1bn in sales for its fiscal year that will end in June, better than the $14.6bn analysts expect. Revenues rose 200 per cent from a year
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Demand for artificial intelligence lent momentum to sales growth in Amazon’s cloud computing division, the company said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of the fast-growing technology reshaping the fortunes of Big Tech. Amazon Web
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A man has been sent to Rwanda under a voluntary relocation scheme for failed asylum seekers set up by the UK government, in what officials are keen to present as a “proof of concept” for
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK financial regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Jeremy Hunt has warned the Financial Conduct Authority against its plan to “name and shame” companies under investigation in an unusual broadside against the UK’s top financial regulator. “I hope the FCA re-look at
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Gig economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Deliveroo, Just Eat Takeaway and Uber Eats have agreed to conduct direct checks on all UK riders’ immigration status after coming under pressure from ministers to tackle illegal working and exploitation in the sector. The
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Elon Musk has shut down the division that runs Tesla’s Supercharger business, dismissed two senior executives and fired hundreds more staff as the electric-car maker continues its restructuring amid a sharp downturn in the EV
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Scotland’s former first minister, Labour’s Lord Jack McConnell, used to say “do less, better”. The trouble for his successors from the Scottish National party, their critics say, is they have been doing plenty, badly. Independence,
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. BlackRock has struck a deal with the Saudi Arabian government to open a multi-class investment firm in Riyadh, anchored by a $5bn mandate from the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund. BlackRock Riyadh Investment Management will be
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel’s prime minister vowed on Tuesday to push ahead with an offensive in the Gazan city of Rafah whether or not a ceasefire deal is reached with Hamas, as he held urgent talks with ministers
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. House Democrats have said they would kill a right-wing effort to oust Republican Mike Johnson as the chamber’s Speaker, in a display of bipartisanship that comes after he defied members of his own party to
In the autumn of 2020 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, Australian mining behemoth BHP completed a relatively small oil deal in the Gulf of Mexico, buying out minority partner Hess Corporation. In hindsight, the $505mn transaction marked BHP chief Mike Henry’s nascent acquisition drive. This ambition culminated with the biggest takeover approach in
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump has been found in contempt of court and fined $9,000 for repeatedly attacking potential witnesses and jurors in his Manhattan “hush money” case, in violation of a gag order imposed on the former
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The race to be the next first minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National party has whittled down to two likely candidates as the governing nationalists look set to see off an opposition