“I don’t want to have to work into my seventies,” says Rochelle White, who runs a marketing agency in Milton Keynes. The 38-year-old instead plans to retire at 56. It’s an early target, but not that unusual. The popularity of the “Fire” movement — reaching financial independence and retiring early — has grown in recent
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Remote work has unlocked a world of opportunity. It means I can type from my sofa, a blanket on my legs and a cat at my feet. It means I can work at my preferred
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the past six weeks, depending on which poll you look at, US President Joe Biden has held anything from a 28-point lead over Donald Trump with under-30s to a 21-point deficit. If realised in
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The equal pay claim that tipped Birmingham city council into bankruptcy last year is probably much smaller than the original £650mn-£760mn estimate, according to the man parachuted in by Westminster to run Europe’s largest local
UK culture secretary Lucy Frazer has demanded fortnightly updates on the sale of the Telegraph newspaper to encourage a speedy resolution to a saga that she describes as the one of the most “intense” periods of her ministerial career. In an interview with the Financial Times, Frazer defended the decision to block the sale of
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Apple shares rose on Thursday after it surpassed analysts’ downbeat expectations for revenue in the first three months of 2024 as it navigates lower sales for the iPhone and in China compared with the prior
Elections were held on Thursday in 107 councils in England and Wales, as well as for 10 regional mayors and 37 police and crime commissioners. This is less than a third of all local authorities in the two countries — there are 317 councils of various types in England and another 22 in Wales, not
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Boris Johnson was turned away from his polling station in England on Thursday, as the former UK prime minister fell foul of voter identification rules he pushed for in government that have left some electors
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hamas said it would send negotiators back to Cairo “as soon as possible” to resume talks on the latest proposal to secure the release of Israeli hostages and halt the war in Gaza, after the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Google is making its last attempt to fight back against a historic effort by the US Department of Justice to break the tech giant’s grip on online search, as the most significant antitrust trial in
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Russian energy giant Gazprom plunged to its biggest loss in at least a quarter of a century after gas sales more than halved in the fallout from Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. The loss of
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Bank of England’s failure to forestall the post-pandemic surge in inflation was the result of collective amnesia in the economics profession about the role of money supply, according to a former governor. Lord Mervyn
The father of Christian singer Mandisa told an audience during a “Celebration of Life” service Saturday that his daughter did not die from self-harm and that she had been battling COVID-19 in the weeks prior to her death. “She did not harm herself,” John Hundley, Mandisa’s father, said during the service at Brentwood Baptist Church
Google fired approximately 200 employees and relocated some of the jobs overseas the latest sign of a long-running effort by the Big Tech firm to cut costs and restructure itself. The job cuts — announced internally on the eve of Googles blowout first-quarter earnings report — targeted members of Googles core team, which works on
Peloton’s chief executive officer is stepping down from the role as the fitness company plans to cut roughly 15% of its global workforce. Chief Barry McCarthy told Peloton’s roughly 3,500 employees of his resignation in a note sent Thursday morning that his “one lasting legacy at Peloton” is the “GREAT lead team” he’s recruited since stepping
ABC News weatherman Rob Marciano was fired by the Disney-owned network this week after engaging in a “heated screaming match” with one of the show’s producers that was witnessed by other staffers, according to a report. News of Marciano’s tirade, which was reported by the Daily Beast, got back to Ginger Zee, chief meteorologist for
The faith-based movie Unsung Hero exceeded expectations in its first weekend, finishing No. 2 at the box office and nabbing a rare A+ CinemaScore grade from moviegoers. The film follows the true story of an Australian father who moves his wife and six children to the U.S. in search of a brighter future but is
May 2 2024 University of Queensland A University of Queensland researcher has found molecular doorways that could be used to help deliver drugs into the brain to treat neurological disorders. Dr. Rosemary Cater from UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience led a team which discovered that an essential nutrient called choline is transported into the brain
ABC News weatherman Rob Marciano was fired by the Disney-owned network this week after engaging in a “heated screaming match” with one of the show’s producers that was witnessed by other staffers, according to a report. News of Marciano’s tirade, which was reported by the Daily Beast, got back to Ginger Zee, chief meteorologist for
The faith-based movie Unsung Hero exceeded expectations in its first weekend, finishing No. 2 at the box office and nabbing a rare A+ CinemaScore grade from moviegoers. The film follows the true story of an Australian father who moves his wife and six children to the U.S. in search of a brighter future but is
May 2 2024 University of Queensland A University of Queensland researcher has found molecular doorways that could be used to help deliver drugs into the brain to treat neurological disorders. Dr. Rosemary Cater from UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience led a team which discovered that an essential nutrient called choline is transported into the brain