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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. Giorgia Meloni’s government is examining ways to counter UniCredit’s takeover bid for smaller Italian rival Banco BPM, which has frustrated Rome’s own designs for banking consolidation, according to two people with knowledge of the plans.

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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. Britain’s MPs have voted to legalise assisted dying after an emotional and momentous House of Commons debate, heralding one of the biggest social changes the country has seen in decades. The vote to change the

Billionaire Elon Musk, tasked with slashing government costs by President-elect Donald Trump, on Wednesday called for the elimination of a federal regulatory agency charged with protecting consumers in the financial sector. The comment on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) followsMusk’srecent appointmentto a government efficiency role, further amplifying the influence of the world’s richest man, who

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg dined with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago after reportedly requesting the meeting with the president-elect to discuss the incoming administration Wednesday. Its an important time for the future of American Innovation. Mark was grateful for the invitation to join President Trump for dinner and the opportunity to meet with members of his

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President-elect Trump has tapped his former chief economist Kevin Hassett to lead the National Economic Council. Hassett helped craft the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which massively redistributed wealth to the richest 1% of Americans including Trump’s family and members of his administration. In 2020, Hassett argued COVID lockdowns should be lifted, predicting zero

Serena Williams husband and Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian has revealed that he had half his thyroid removed. On Thanksgiving, the father of two, 41, shared an update on his health with fans on social media, saying he underwent preventative surgery after “tracking some suspicious nodules” in the last four years. “The nodules were getting bigger &

A top Swiss court on Wednesday acquitted Credit Suisse, now part of UBS, of failing to prevent money laundering by a Bulgarian cocaine trafficking gang, overturning a 2022 conviction. The Federal Criminal Court’s original ruling was seen as a test case for the prosecution of banks. It had found an ex-employee of the bank guilty of money-laundering, and Credit Suisse of

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump tried mightily to reassure abortion rights supporters, vowing he would not sign into law a nationwide abortion ban even if Congress sent him one. About ‘HealthBent’ KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner, who has covered health care for more than 30 years, offers insight and analysis of

Billionaire Elon Musk, tasked with slashing government costs by President-elect Donald Trump, on Wednesday called for the elimination of a federal regulatory agency charged with protecting consumers in the financial sector. The comment on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) followsMusk’srecent appointmentto a government efficiency role, further amplifying the influence of the world’s richest man, who

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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The crypto entrepreneur who paid $6.2mn for a banana taped to a wall has eaten the art work in an onstage spectacle, declaring that, like a digital asset, “the real value is the

This article is an on-site version of our Inside Politics newsletter. Subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. If you’re not a subscriber, you can still receive the newsletter free for 30 days Louise Haigh has resigned as transport secretary after admitting that she had pleaded guilty to a criminal

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Eurozone inflation rose to 2.3 per cent in November, exceeding the European Central Bank’s target for the first time in three months. The rise in consumer prices was in line with economists’ expectations and surpassed

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Swiss private bank Lombard Odier has been charged with aggravated money laundering by Switzerland’s federal prosecutor. In charges filed on Friday, the prosecutor said Lombard Odier — one of the country’s most illustrious financial institutions

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Sovereign bonds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China’s long-term bond yields have fallen below Japan’s for the first time, as investors bet that the world’s second-biggest economy will become bogged down by the deflation that has long afflicted its neighbour. A rally