Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I wish there was a word in the English language for the queasy feeling I get when an issue that matters is co-opted by people I can’t stand. I feel it every time I see
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Electric vehicles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Stellantis boss Carlos Tavares has warned carmakers cutting electric vehicle prices too fast risked a “bloodbath” in the industry, hours after Ford said it was reducing production of its battery-powered F-150 Lightning pick-up truck because
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Until this week, the UK economy looked increasingly set for a smooth “soft landing”, with inflation dropping sharply and early signs of growth picking up. But data releases in the past few days have added
This article is an on-site version of our Swamp Notes newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every Monday and Friday It is easy to dismiss the 45 per cent or more of America that would vote for Donald Trump as mad or bad. There are plenty of both,
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The German parliament has passed a law that will make it easier for foreigners to acquire citizenship, as Berlin looks to immigration to solve a dire shortage of skilled workers. Under the law, passed by
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the German economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Germany is the “tired man” of Europe in need of “a strong cup of coffee”, the country’s finance minister said on Friday, arguing the recent economic downturn was a useful wake-up call to enable the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the UK government’s former chief digital officer and a founding partner at Public Digital The Post Office-Horizon affair is a human tragedy and a humiliation for the British establishment. Without a radical
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Anyone who recently insured their car was probably shocked by the sharp rise in the cost of driving. Even drivers with long records of accident-free motoring have faced sudden jumps in prices for the policies
A sharp divide in Israel’s war leadership has broken into the open after former military chief Gadi Eisenkot called for elections within months and said the government was not being truthful with the public about its offensive against Hamas. A blunt television interview, in which Eisenkot also declined to say that he trusted Israeli Prime
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Mexico and Chile have asked the International Criminal Court to investigate possible crimes committed during Hamas’s attack on Israel and the Jewish state’s subsequent invasion of Gaza. The move is the latest sign of mounting
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Electric vehicles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China has said it will rein in expansion of the country’s electric vehicle sector, as Beijing responds to western criticism of its industrial and trade policies that have contributed to a wave of Chinese car
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. British retail sales plummeted in December, marking the biggest decline in nearly three years and raising the risk that the UK economy slipped into a technical recession at the end of last year. The quantity
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Private equity myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Private equity executives are predicting a sharp increase in takeover activity as buyout firms that have held on to investments in the hope of higher prices finally begin to capitulate. There has been a marked
“I’m going to tell you the truth,” says Vanya, a Ukrainian soldier serving in a reconnaissance unit fighting alongside marines on the east bank of the Dnipro river in southern Ukraine. “The situation is deplorable.” His damning assessment follows months of daring raids into enemy territory by Ukrainian forces last autumn to establish a tenuous
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When news outlets called Donald Trump’s election defeat in November 2020, my neighbours in Washington DC celebrated by banging pots and pans from their windows. Because nothing says, “This is nearly over” like the clang
Last week’s launch of the FT’s annual stock picking contest prompted a flurry of emails from readers. The purpose of the competition is educational — we want to encourage more people to get into investing. However, some of you are (quite rightly) concerned that trying to select the best or worst performing shares in 2024
The US House of Representatives passed a short-term spending bill on Thursday that will avert a partial government shutdown and free up lawmakers to focus on contentious negotiations over aid to Ukraine. Passage in the House came after the Senate overwhelmingly approved the bill earlier on Thursday. The bill will now go to President Joe
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US politics & policy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The US House of Representatives passed a short-term spending bill on Thursday that will avert a partial government shutdown and free up lawmakers to focus on more contentious negotiations over aid to Ukraine.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has signalled he wants to cut taxes further in the coming months and left open the possibility of holding two Budgets ahead of this year’s general election. Hunt said on Thursday
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Tata Steel will announce the end of primary steelmaking in Wales on Friday as part of a wider restructuring of its UK operations that will lead to the loss of around 2,800 jobs in a
Giorgia Meloni’s government has started formal proceedings to put Europe’s largest steelworks under special administration after failing to agree with ArcelorMittal on the plant’s future. Invitalia, Italy’s state investment agency and a stakeholder in the plant’s operations, took the first step in formally requesting the appointment of a special administrator to run the company earlier