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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. Stock traders have begun placing bets on an upsurge of volatility around November’s US election, which is shaping up to feature a tense rematch between President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump. Futures contracts
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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. Blockbuster deals more than doubled in the first quarter of this year, signalling a nascent recovery in the mergers and acquisitions market following a lengthy drought. The number of takeovers worth at least $10bn jumped
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From below, the ALTIUS-600M looks like a black cross sailing through the sky. It has a slender fuselage and a stretched wingspan that makes it twice as wide as it is long. Up close, it’s a blend of metal and circuitry, a sleek and ominous testament to human ambition. It is also one of the
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If you want to live, dig, goes the adage by which Ukrainian soldiers have lived since Russia’s all-out invasion two years ago. The deeper their trenches, the better protected they are from exploding shrapnel and snipers’ bullets. “It’s still true,” said Yevhen, a soldier on the eastern front. “But now, if we don’t want to
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You can enable subtitles (captions) in the video player Their only hope… this is a memento. They are… All right, I’ll get the map. OK, let’s do that again. There’s another one for the scrapbook. This is Sketchy Politics: To Boldly Go! Robert, we haven’t had a chat for a while. No. But I feel
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Japanese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. When the Tokyo stock market closed on Wednesday afternoon, the sun was shining, a weekend of cherry blossoms lay in prospect and the once leaden-footed Topix index — the broad benchmark of corporate
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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. Formula One owner Liberty Media is in exclusive talks to buy the company that owns MotoGP for more than €4bn, in a deal that would unite the elite car and motorcycle racing series, according to
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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. Bain Capital has promoted one of its top dealmakers in Asia to co-managing partner, the highest position at the asset manager, as the broader buyout industry grapples with succession planning. According to a letter to
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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. It is a sad but undeniable aspect of the internet era that debate is too often dominated by the loudest and ugliest voices. Reputations and platforms are built on rage. Strong opinions and emotions are
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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. Brace yourself, Nicole Shanahan. Most Americans have not heard of the ex-wife of Google’s co-founder, Sergey Brin. Having being introduced on Tuesday as Robert Kennedy Jr’s running mate, Shanahan’s life will now be turned inside
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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 number of raw sewage discharges into rivers and seas in England and Wales hit an all-time record in 2023, according to official figures that sparked calls for Rishi Sunak’s government to declare a national
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