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
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
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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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
Scotland has lost up to £100mn a year in salmon exports to the EU because of red tape and increased costs associated with Brexit, according to data from trade body Salmon Scotland. The volume of Scottish salmon exports to the EU last year dropped 17 per cent to 44,000 tonnes from 53,000 tonnes in 2019.
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A top Federal Reserve official has said “disappointing” inflation data means the US central bank should “push back” the timing of cutting interest rates from their current 23-year high. Christopher Waller, a Fed governor and
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The board of Thames Water, Britain’s largest water company, was locked in crisis talks on Wednesday after shareholders refused to confirm they would provide about £3bn of fresh equity that is necessary for its survival.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will on Thursday ask all towns and cities in England not covered by devolution deals to form groups to bid for new powers of their choice, as he launches the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A green energy tycoon who plans to donate £5mn to the UK’s Labour party has been ordered by the High Court to inform his wife before he hands over more cash. Lawyers acting for Dale
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Amazon has committed a further $2.75bn to artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic, strengthening its ties to the company as Big Tech’s race to dominate the booming AI sector intensifies. The deal is Amazon’s largest ever venture
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. British car exports to Canada are facing tariffs of more than 6 per cent within days, as a deadlocked trade spat between the two allies descended into further acrimony on Wednesday. British government officials said
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US-China relations myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen plans to warn China not to flood the world with cheap clean energy exports, saying they would distort global markets and harm workers. Yellen was due to deliver her message
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Carmakers are preparing for months of lower sales as they reroute shipments away from Baltimore following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, while insurers have warned of multibillion-dollar claims stemming from the disaster.
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
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
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
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
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
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Tom Hayes has failed in his attempt to overturn his conviction for rigging an interest rate benchmark as the Court of Appeal in London upheld the guilty verdict handed to the former UBS and Citigroup