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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. Endeavour Mining turned to its longstanding law firm, Linklaters, to undertake investigations into its ousted chief executive, Sébastien de Montessus, despite complaints from employees at the gold producer about the firm’s independence, according to three

Were ITV to produce a show about a drama that ignited public rage and spurred new legislation, then Polly Hill and Kevin Lygo would take starring roles. The ITV executives were responsible for bringing to the screen Mr Bates vs The Post Office, a four-part series showing the real-life impact of a Post Office accounting

The US and UK had for weeks warned of retribution against the Houthi rebels menacing a vital maritime trade route. Late on Thursday, under cover of darkness, their response arrived. The US Navy fired dozens of Tomahawk cruise missiles towards Yemen from its destroyers and submarines around the Red Sea, while British jets launched laser-guided

The semiconductor industry has begun the year with growing confidence that it left its latest cyclical downturn behind in 2023, as analysts hail a “turning point” for the $600bn market. But behind headline forecasts of a double-digit recovery in chip spending this year lies uncertainty about how broadly based that bounceback will be, as rising

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Taiwan started counting votes on Saturday afternoon in a pivotal presidential and parliamentary election that could influence China’s approach to its democratic neighbour. The eighth national vote since the country of 23.5mn first held free

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Post Office scandal was uncovered not by officialdom but by dogged, independent-minded heroes. These included journalists at the BBC, Computer Weekly and Private Eye; an engineer who blew the whistle at Fujitsu; several MPs;

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US has bombed Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen for the second day in a row, fuelling concerns that the conflict in the region could escalate. US Central Command described the attack on a radar

Vijay Parekh had just turned 50 when the Post Office took him to court on trumped-up charges alleging he had stolen tens of thousands of pounds from the government-owned business. The former sub-postmaster, now 65, was pursued by investigators and lawyers acting for the Post Office, who tried to convince him that pleading guilty would

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Dinner with friends. All junior in age, all prolific readers. I come with bad news, and it isn’t humane to postpone or embroider these things. Literature — I notify them — is a lesser

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Post Office claimed tax relief on compensation it paid to victims of the postmasters scandal, sparking warnings that it risks a £100mn bill and insolvency if authorities rule the move unlawful. In its latest

BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink has been searching for years for the right private markets partner to make his $10tn money manager as formidable a player in alternative investments as it is in traditional asset management. His overtures to private equity, private credit and hedge funds rarely got beyond the first meal. Often the cultures

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The right thing for investors to do in 2023 was to ignore the worrywart consensus huggers (myself included) and leap with both feet in to a heady portfolio of the zingiest stocks. You only live

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Iowa caucuses on Monday night will mark the official start of the presidential primary season and serve as an early test of Donald Trump’s frontrunner status for the party’s nomination for the White House.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Dave Calhoun, chief executive of Boeing, addressed its employees this week about a brush with disaster on a 737 Max aircraft carrying 171 passengers, he choked up. “I got kids, I got grandkids and

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Cryptocurrencies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is chief executive and chief investment officer of Richard Bernstein Advisors Proof of concept typically means evidence that a design idea is feasible. Cryptocurrency enthusiasts have suggested that the approval of bitcoin ETFs by

Just a day after the Israel-Hamas conflict began, the US sent its newest, most advanced aircraft carrier to the eastern Mediterranean. Washington hoped the USS Gerald R Ford strike carrier group, plus further US forces, would deter Iran and its myriad proxies in the region and contain the crisis. But three months later, the US

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Hopes that inflation will fall much quicker than the Bank of England expects have been boosted by a key commodity that feeds into its forecasts, lifting the UK’s economic prospects ahead of the general election

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US aviation regulators said on Friday they were considering whether to strip Boeing of its right to conduct some of its aircraft inspections, the latest fallout after a door panel blew out of a 737

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Morgan Stanley agreed to pay $249mn to settle long-running federal investigations into misconduct at its block trading business, as one of its former top investment bankers admitted to leaking confidential information to clients. On Friday,

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 former sub-postmaster and founder of the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance Thanks to the TV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office, the Horizon scandal and the plight of hundreds of sub-postmasters

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Property sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Sellers of UK residential property are expected to rein in lofty price expectations this year as buyers remain cautious despite falling mortgage rates, according to agents and housing market experts. “I think those sellers who