Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. UK public expectations for inflation have fallen to the lowest in well over two years and close to their long-term average, according to official data that will reinforce the case for interest rate cuts by
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Ukraine has urged western allies to fund its domestic weapons production with its recently ramped up manufacturing capacity now vastly exceeding the money available for orders. “The fastest way to start production is to
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. TikTok has hit $16bn in sales in the US, where the viral video app that has hooked Gen Z users is at risk of being banned. Three people with knowledge of its finances said the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel’s war cabinet was set to convene on Friday to discuss the latest Hamas response to a potential ceasefire deal in the Gaza war that would also allow for the release of Israeli hostages. Qatar,
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer has sought to reassure business leaders that they will have a say in shaping the party’s workers’ rights plans if Labour wins the next general election. The Labour leader has dispatched senior
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A new Abu Dhabi investment company is in talks to back OpenAI’s ambitious chip venture, in the latest effort by the United Arab Emirates to become a global powerbroker in the development of artificial intelligence.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Unions representing millions of UK workers have called on the Labour leadership to commit to scrapping state pension age rises, saying they could push retirement out of reach for today’s young. The call came from
Russian oil tankers circumventing western sanctions are relying on insurance that appears impossible to claim against, according to leaked documents exposing the risks taken by Moscow’s “dark fleet”. The cache of shipping files, seen by the Financial Times and the Danish media group Danwatch, reveals that a number of Russian vessels travelling from the Baltic
On the morning of August 12 2020, the day he decided to fight the Uber Eats algorithm, Armin Samii woke earlier than usual. He dressed, made coffee and sat down at his computer where he remained for the next 16 hours, coding a web application and filming videos to show other couriers how to use
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The western world has a growth problem. From the postwar boom to the global financial crisis in 2008, gross domestic product per head in G7 countries drifted higher by the decade. But for the past
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The “Wendy’s Dave’s Triple” is a fast-food offering that stacks two possessives and three hamburgers. I am not sure how easy it is to swallow in either regard, but what has really been sticking in
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is chief strategist global gas at S&P Global Commodity Insights Will Europe go back to Russian gas? The EU has vowed to give up once and for all its “addiction” to Russian gas,
Argentina’s senate has rejected a sweeping emergency decree issued by president Javier Milei to deregulate the economy, serving a major blow to the libertarian leader. Senators voted 42 to 25 to reject the decree, with four abstentions. Issued in December, Milei’s plan modifies or eliminates more than 300 regulations on areas such as the rental
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. ByteDance’s US investors are reviewing a range of options to address US government concerns over TikTok while salvaging their investments, including steps to take voting control of the popular video-sharing app, said people familiar with
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ruled out calling a general election in May, dashing the hopes of opposition MPs who believed there could be a new UK government by the summer. Sunak told ITV news
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. RedBird IMI is leaning towards a full sale of the Telegraph Media Group following the UK government’s decision to block its Abu Dhabi-backed takeover of the rightwing newspaper, according to two people with knowledge of
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US-Israel relationship erupted on Thursday after America’s most prominent Jewish politician called for Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government to be replaced, accusing him of weakening his country’s “political and moral fabric” and being an “obstacle
A rally in Italian government bonds has narrowed the closely watched gap between the country’s borrowing costs and Germany’s to the lowest level in more than two years, as investors become increasingly optimistic about the prospects for Italy’s economy and position for interest rate cuts. The so-called spread, or gap, between 10-year borrowing costs in
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK banks myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is the author of several books on the City and Wall Street “We’re not a . . . bank” says Nationwide’s website. “In that case, why are you considering buying one?” the mutual’s members might ask
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. There are not many issues that attract bipartisan support in Washington these days. TikTok, however, is one. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a bill to ban the social media app unless it is
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. More companies have defaulted on their debt in 2024 than in any start to the year since the global financial crisis as inflationary pressures and high interest rates continue to weigh on the world’s riskiest