Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The economic sentiments from last week’s IMF and World Bank meetings were sanguine, at least compared to warnings of a ponderous recovery at the last meetings in October. Key to the mood is the surprising
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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. The FTSE 100 closed at an all-time high on Monday as rising expectations for UK interest rate cuts weakened sterling and boosted corporate valuations in London. Britain’s blue-chip index rose 1.6 per cent to close
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is chair of the Royal Shakespeare Company Artists from different disciplines coming into schools and attempting to boost an element of children’s education is nothing new. Their input, often seen as injecting fun
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Manhattan prosecutors accused Donald Trump of lying “over and over again” about payments made in the days before the 2016 election to prevent claims of an extramarital affair with a porn actor becoming public, as
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Greece and Spain are under intense pressure from their EU and Nato allies to provide more air defence systems to Ukraine, as Kyiv demanded more aid at a meeting of EU foreign and defence
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A husband and wife team conspired to smuggle sensitive military technology, including a sophisticated laser, out of Europe on orders from Chinese state intelligence, German prosecutors have alleged. The couple — named only as Ina
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US foreign policy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer directs the Center on the US and Europe at the Brookings Institution At the weekend, Congress finally unblocked the $61bn Ukraine aid bill, and sighs of relief were heard across European capitals,
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rishi Sunak has acknowledged that his showpiece policy to transport asylum seekers to Rwanda will miss his original spring deadline. But as he stepped up his bid to win final parliamentary approval of the plan,
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The head of Israel’s military intelligence has resigned, making him the first senior official in the country’s military or political leadership to step down over the failures that led to Hamas’s devastating October 7 attack
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The public listing of European private equity firm CVC Capital Partners will net one of its co-founders, Donald Mackenzie, a windfall of up to €150mn. Mackenzie, who recently stepped back from the company he founded
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is chair of Rockefeller International When the US reports gross domestic product growth later this month, it is expected to come in at a solid pace of at least 2 per cent for
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Proxy advisers are used to being caught in the crossfire between boards and shareholders. Still, it was a surprise to see AstraZeneca chair Michel Demaré take a direct shot at the messenger in the Financial
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Connor Teskey, the 36-year-old president of Brookfield Asset Management and the designated successor at the global investment firm, is also known as “the next Bruce” (Bruce Flatt is the chief executive officer). In 2022 Teskey
Small and medium-sized importers of food and plants from the EU will face punitive monthly charges running into tens of thousands of pounds when post-Brexit border checks come into force at the end of this month, industry bodies have warned. Fees on EU goods arriving at Dover and Eurotunnel, which handle the bulk of UK
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK house prices myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Asking prices rose to a near-record level in April, driven by larger properties, according to data that points to a continuing recovery in the UK housing market despite recent volatility in mortgage rates. The
It’s a busy week for results with a smorgasbord of companies reporting quarterly results, including more of the Magnificent Seven, or Big Tech gang, whose ability to drive up US markets has been curtailed amid concerns about their ability to capitalise on AI. Also likely to be of interest is troubled aircraft manufacturer Boeing, reporting
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK banks myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Complaints about “debanking” in the UK have surged in the past year as more customers turn to the industry ombudsman over concerns their accounts have been frozen or closed. Figures published on Sunday showed individuals
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK financial regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The UK’s top financial regulator is facing a fierce backlash from the government and City executives over its plan to “name and shame” companies under investigation more frequently and at a much earlier stage.
Ukraine faces tough weeks ahead in its fight to stem Russian battlefield advances despite this weekend’s passage of a long-awaited US funding bill, according to Ukrainian officials, soldiers and military analysts. The US House of Representatives passed the $60bn military aid package on Saturday night after months of delay that have left Ukraine short of