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Receive free OpenAI updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest OpenAI news every morning. OpenAI is in advanced talks with former Apple designer Sir Jony Ive and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son to launch a venture to build the “iPhone of artificial intelligence”, fuelled by more than $1bn in funding from

The view from Heathrow airport’s 87 metre-high control tower stretches more than 20 miles, overlooking the constant flow of aircraft taking off and landing. For nearly two years during the pandemic, those skies were unusually quiet. But the travel industry has since roared back to life, propelling the UK’s biggest airport towards its largest passenger

Receive free Denmark updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Denmark news every morning. Soaring sales of celebrity-endorsed pharmaceuticals have sparked fears that Denmark’s economy risks a similar fate to its Nordic counterpart Finland, whose over-reliance on Nokia led to a lost decade when the phonemaker’s fortunes turned. Ozempic,

Receive free Private equity updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Private equity news every morning. The writer is president and chief executive of the American Investment Council The US is a beacon for global investment and innovation. And private equity plays a vital role in building better businesses,

Receive free Mergers & Acquisitions updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Mergers & Acquisitions news every morning. Global dealmaking is languishing at a 10-year low as high interest rates chill private equity activity and a more hostile antitrust environment deters companies from pursuing rivals. At $2tn, the value

Receive free UK house prices updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK house prices news every morning. UK house sellers are increasingly cutting prices to secure deals even as the normally busy autumn selling season gets under way, according to data from property platform Zoopla. Discounts have increased

Argentina’s poverty rate reached 40.1 per cent in the first half of 2023, as the South American economy descended into its worst crisis in two decades. The figure, released by Buenos Aires on Wednesday, comes four weeks ahead of Argentina’s high-stakes presidential election. The poverty crisis is at its worst since the height of the

Receive free US Treasury bonds updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest US Treasury bonds news every morning. US stocks and government bonds are on course for their worst month of the year as investors respond to the US Federal Reserve’s message that interest rates are set to stay

Receive free Meta Platforms updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Meta Platforms news every morning. Meta is launching artificial intelligence-driven persona chatbots across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp and giving developers the power to create their own versions of AI assistants, as the US tech giant seeks to drive

Receive free Markets updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Markets news every morning. Oil prices surged nearly 3 per cent to a fresh 10-month high on Wednesday, approaching $100 a barrel, as lower than expected US stockpiles added to concerns over the impact of tighter global supplies of

Receive free Outlook updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Outlook news every morning. What do emails smell like? My visit to a new exhibition at London’s Design Museum suggests they give off a woody scent with a strong hint of juniper. Or perhaps, as Christian Widlic, the force

Receive free GB News updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest GB News news every morning. GB News, the broadcaster backed by hedge fund boss Paul Marshall, has suspended Dan Wootton, one of its most popular hosts, after airing sexist comments made by actor Laurence Fox about a female

Receive free UK public finances updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK public finances news every morning. Four years ago, I was seduced by the idea that the UK should adopt a new fiscal rule based on assets as well as debt. Running the public finances with the

Receive free UK politics updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK politics news every morning. So the “real Rishi” turns out to be more like the abominable no-man. The main feature of the prime minister’s strategic reset is ditching Conservative promises he now considers to be undeliverable. From

Receive free UK financial regulation updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK financial regulation news every morning. The UK’s top financial regulator is preparing to launch a sweeping review of valuations in private markets, according to people familiar with its plans, amid growing fears over the impact of

Receive free UK energy updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK energy news every morning. UK regulators have approved plans for a vast new oilfield in the North Sea, sparking immediate objections from climate campaigners. The North Sea Transition Authority on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to Norwegian company

This summer the pretty, peaceful town of Görlitz in eastern Germany was roiled by its biggest demonstrations in years. The trigger — a scuffle at a high-school graduation party. What began as a fight at a popular disco, the L2 Club, quickly escalated into unrest that appeared to capture Germany’s political divisions over migration. While the

Receive free PricewaterhouseCoopers (Australia) updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers (Australia) news every morning. PwC’s Australian partners overlooked rule-breaking by “rainmaker” colleagues in the pursuit of revenue growth, according to a damning report on a scandal involving the misuse of government tax secrets. The independent report, released

Six weeks into the UK’s first pandemic lockdown, employees at the British engineering group Dyson received an email from chief executive Roland Krueger. The UK campus, a sprawling complex in rural Wiltshire, had “reopened”, said the May 15 2020 email.  The government had announced five days earlier that people who were unable to work from

Receive free JPMorgan Chase & Co updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest JPMorgan Chase & Co news every morning. Sometimes the only way to win is not to play. JPMorgan Chase has learnt the hard way that this advice applies not just to nuclear conflict in the film

Linda Yaccarino was in full flow when a text message from a friend stopped her in her tracks. It was May 11 and the head of global advertising for NBCUniversal was rehearsing for upfronts, the annual showcase of forthcoming television programming designed to woo marketers. The event, due to take place four days later at