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The Dow topped 45,000 for the first time but Wall Street’s main indexes closed lower on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq leading declines as technologystocksslumped ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Worries the Federal Reserve may be cautious about rate cuts after stubbornly strong US inflation data weighed on investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Averagefell 138.25 points,

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

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

BMJ Group Nov 28 2024 Certain hormone replacement therapy (HRT) tablets containing both estrogen and progestogen are associated with a higher risk of heart disease and rare but serious blood clots known as venous thromboembolism (VTE) in women around the age of menopause, finds a study from Sweden published by The BMJ today. Another HRT tablet called

American Academy of Neurology Nov 27 2024 People who have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) who have a family history of mental illness may have a higher risk of aggression in middle age, according to a study published in the November 27, 2024, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a political journalist and disability advocate I read the draft of the assisted dying bill as soon as it was published, just after 10pm on a Monday, fear and anger surging through

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If the fast-fashion group Shein manages to become one of the largest UK-listed public companies next year, no one can claim to be unprepared. Founded in China, headquartered in Singapore, spurned by US politicians and

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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Russia has used cluster munitions and other highly destructive bombs to target Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, prompting emergency shutdowns across the country on Thursday. “Again, the energy industry is under massive enemy attack,” said energy

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Net immigration to the UK exceeded 900,000 for the year to June 2023, the highest annual total on record and much more than previously thought, according to official figures issued on Thursday. The revised Office

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Sovereign bonds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. France’s borrowing costs have risen above those of Greece for the first time ever, as anxiety grows that Michel Barnier’s government could fail to pass a belt-tightening budget. The 10-year yield on French government debt

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The Bank of Korea on Thursday cut interest rates unexpectedly in a rare back-to-back move reflecting concern over the impact of Donald Trump’s second presidency on Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The BoK lowered the

Christine Lagarde has urged Europe’s political leaders to co-operate with Donald Trump over tariffs and buy more products made in the US, warning that an acrimonious trade war risks wiping out global economic growth. The European Central Bank chief said in her first interview since Trump won his second presidential term that the EU needed

This is an edited transcript of a Financial Times interview with European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde. The interview took place at the ECB’s Frankfurt headquarters on the afternoon of November 25. Financial TimesYou said recently that the geopolitical landscape was fragmenting into rival blocs where attitudes towards free trade were being called into question.

Just days after Robert F Kennedy Jr succeeded in putting his allies into the top health jobs in Donald Trump’s next administration, there are signs his “Make America Healthy Again” movement is starting to splinter. Behind closed doors at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago country club and at Kennedy’s nearby Palm Beach residence in recent days, tensions have

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When a stock market is shrinking, delistings are demoralising. On Wednesday, Just Eat Takeaway said it would ditch its secondary London listing. It’s a sensible move for the lossmaking company which needs to cut costs.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Tehran is opening its curtains. After decades of architectural opacity, Iranians are embracing a bold new trend: apartments featuring expansive, floor-to-ceiling glass windows in living rooms, bedrooms and even kitchens. This emerging aesthetic reflects more

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