Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is an FT contributing editor, chief economist at American Compass and writes the Understanding America newsletter Late in the US presidential election campaign, Democrats discovered a serious problem. Young men, minorities especially,
In spring this year, Elliott Management, the $70bn US hedge fund known for circling distressed assets, alighted on a new target: Britain’s largest water company. After scooping up hundreds of millions of pounds of Thames Water’s debt from panicked asset managers willing to sell at a discount, Paul Singer’s Elliott is now one of several
Top Stories of The Week BTC investors pour $1.1B into BlackRock ETF as Bitcoin marks another high The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, accumulated more than $1 billion of inflows to its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) across a record trading day as Bitcoin continued to break all-time highs. On Nov. 7, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Qatar said its efforts to mediate a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas had “stalled” in a sign of the Gulf state’s mounting frustration with the warring parties’ failure to agree to end
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump’s win gave Republicans their highest share of the popular vote in two decades — and revealed big shifts in the US electorate, from the Democratic party’s reliance on wealthier, college-educated voters
Cumulative monthly traffic to 20 leading crypto exchanges increased by 8% in October, reflecting heightened investor interest and increasing participation among retail traders heading into the 2024 United States elections. According to data from ICO Analytics, Pump Fun recorded the highest month-over-month increase in percentage terms — with 100% growth in October. BullX followed behind
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has introduced “info finance,” a new concept aimed at transforming how information is captured, validated and shared across multiple sectors. In his recent blog post, “From Prediction Markets to Info Finance,” Buterin explores how blockchain technology could help aggregate, organize and distribute insights more effectively. According to Buterin, “Info finance is
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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. Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds has held urgent talks with British Steel’s Chinese owner, as ministers prepare to raid Labour’s £2.5bn “green steel” war chest to try to persuade the company not to close its UK
Yahay Obeid, who arrived in the US from Yemen aged 8, trained as a pilot, and now controls air traffic at JFK airport, is more than just a model American immigrant. At the height of the first administration of Donald Trump, he was held up in a speech by his Democratic representative, the Bronx’s Alexandria
Current and former policymakers are warning that any attempt by Donald Trump to undermine the independence of the Federal Reserve in his second term as US president would destabilise the world’s largest economy and global financial markets. In his first presidency, Trump turned on Jay Powell, who he nominated in 2017 to lead the US
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK tax myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Owners of some of the UK’s historic houses and landed estates have warned that tax changes in Rachel Reeves’ Budget will “kill off” the farming and heritage businesses they run. In her first fiscal event
Bridget Phillipson, UK education secretary, is looking at letting local councils open new schools for the first time in more than a decade, as she vowed to emulate the reforming “energy and purpose” of her Tory predecessor Michael Gove. Phillipson is exploring ending the in effect 2011 ban on local councils opening new schools in
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer served as Nato secretary-general from 2014 to 2024. He will become the new chair of the Munich Security Conference in February 2025 The American people have spoken: Donald Trump is set
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has seen the highest daily inflows into its spot Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) in 94 days. BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) clocked $60.3 million in inflows on Nov. 8, the highest amount since Aug. 6, when it amassed $109.9 million, according to Farside data. BlackRock’s large inflows come
Binance’s chief executive has hailed Donald Trump’s US presidential win as the start of a “golden era”, as the crypto industry’s confidence soars that the election result marks a turning point in its acceptance in America. Trump’s success marked a “big win for crypto” that would result in an influx of new US regulators open
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Qatar has told the leaders of Hamas to leave the country following pressure from Washington, in a significant shift in policy by the Gulf state. The request was made around 10 days ago
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20211105/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals rallied Friday, fully recovering the losses from Wednesday’s selloff, as U.S. Treasury yields were mixed and equities ended up. Triple-A yields fell nine to 15 basis points Friday, depending on the scale, as investors flooded back into the market after the post-election selloff and FOMC rate cut. Those
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK has given the green light to building a new multibillion-pound fighter jet with Italy and Japan, ending fears that the flagship project could fall victim to the new Labour government’s strategic defence review.
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world How did the polls in the US fare over the past week? This may sound like a simple question, but depending on what you’re actually asking, your chosen yardstick and possibly even your
Nibbling on crabs, sushi and sugar cookies, some of the richest and the soon-to-be most powerful people in the world waited for the election results on Tuesday night at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s gilded fortress on the sea. At one of the tables, Trump sat with Elon Musk, the billionaire technology executive, and Dana White, chief