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 resisting Jeremy Hunt’s effort to make pension funds reveal more about their investments, setting the scene for a clash with the Treasury ahead of next week’s Budget. The
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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. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to announce new investment to boost public sector productivity as he seeks to curb the growth in government spending and focus on tax cuts in next week’s Spring Budget. A
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On Tuesday morning, five days before the 2024 Tokyo Marathon, the sportswear supremo and race sponsor, Asics, was forced to issue a formal apology over something it might have embraced. An illustrated map of the
Tech stocks fell by the most in a week in another session of declines for Wall Street’s major indices. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite closed 0.5 per cent lower on Wednesday, its biggest one-day drop since February 20. The S&P 500 dropped 0.2 per cent. The Nasdaq closed at a record high on February 22, while
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US Supreme Court has agreed to take up an appeal over whether Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for acts committed in office, putting another potentially blockbuster case involving the former president on
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Joe Biden is “fit for duty”, his doctor said on Wednesday, following his annual physical examination in which he identified “no new concerns” about the president’s health. “He continues to be fit for duty and
A New York judge has denied Donald Trump’s request to temporarily stop the state’s attorney-general from collecting on a $450mn judgment against the former US president as he appeals against the civil fraud ruling. The decision on Wednesday means Trump will have to find hundreds of millions of dollars to deposit with the court, or
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The Bank of England is struggling to bring inflation back to target because price rises are increasingly driven by people who are immune to the pressures of higher interest rates, a senior policymaker has said.
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK tax myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Jeremy Hunt has drawn up emergency Budget plans to scrap or scale back Britain’s “non-dom” tax rules, in the event that he needs to raise billions of pounds to fund mass-market pre-election tax cuts. The
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Many people have seen enough of artificial intelligence by now to appreciate its potential benefits to humanity, as well as its risks. Not so many may be aware of what a big guzzler of natural
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in US history who has played a pivotal role in Washington for decades, will step down from his post as the Republican minority leader in November. McConnell announced his
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Lawyers for Newcastle United football club director Amanda Staveley asked a High Court judge on Wednesday to set aside a Greek shipping magnate’s multimillion-pound demand against her as an “abuse of process”. Staveley’s barrister told
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. MPs and campaigners have accused the government of a “shameful” attempt to delay payments to victims of the infected blood scandal to give itself “fiscal wriggle room” for tax cuts in the Budget. Dame Diana
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Red Bull said the complaint against Formula One team boss Christian Horner had been dismissed after a barrister-led investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour against a female employee. The energy drinks company, which owns the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Just Eat Takeaway has declared a €1.5bn impairment charge from past acquisitions as the online food delivery group bore the cost of buying rivals in its push to become the biggest in the sector in
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Financial adviser St James’s Place could use some guidance itself — of the legal variety. Otherwise unexceptional full-year results included yet another blow for its shareholders. SJP, already forced to overhaul its business model thanks
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US politics & policy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The standard history of great powers’ decline is that they overextend and go bankrupt. Nothing of the sort is happening to the US. America might be morally exposed to overseas conflicts that lack
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A man who was until recently Conservative deputy chair accuses London’s mainstream Muslim mayor of being controlled by Islamists. A former Tory prime minister sits mutely on a US platform as her host describes a
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “You ain’t a beauty, but hey you’re alright,” sings Bruce Springsteen in his 1975 anthem Thunder Road. “Oh, and that’s alright with me.” This iconic tune from New Jersey’s unofficial poet laureate sprang to mind
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Alexei Navalny will buried in Moscow on Friday, with a memorial service set to take place in the neighbourhood where he lived for many years, according to the late Russian opposition leader’s team. The anti-corruption
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Ursula von der Leyen said windfall profits from Russian frozen assets should be used to buy weapons for Ukraine as discussions intensified between European allies about how to continue supporting the war-torn country. “It