Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The chair of problem-plagued French IT services group Atos Bertrand Meunier is set to step down, throwing the restructuring and asset sale plan he had championed into uncertainty, according to people familiar with the matter.
Republicans’ failure to select a new Speaker of the House risks complicating White House efforts to send billions of dollars in extra US military aid to Israel and Ukraine, as lawmakers brace for a third week of chaos on Capitol Hill. Jake Sullivan, Joe Biden’s national security adviser, said at the weekend that the US
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Opposition leader Donald Tusk could return as Polish prime minister, according to an exit poll after Sunday’s parliamentary election that put the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) ahead but with insufficient votes to govern alone
The S&P 500 Index nudged higher by 0.45% to record its second positive week. While the United States equities markets were a slow mover, gold witnessed a massive run-up of more than 5% this week. Its rally of 3.11% on Oct. 13 was its best one-day performance since Dec. 1 of last year. However, the
At the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, there is no more room in the morgue for people killed in Israel’s bombardment of the territory, so staff have placed 20 bodies in an in ice cream van still decorated with pictures of happy children licking cones. At least 10 bodies wrapped in sheets
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is assistant professor at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University Israel awoke last weekend to a new and shocking reality that few had believed possible: attacks by Hamas on
Bitcoin (BTC) cruised into a new weekly close on Oct. 15 as “ultra boring” trading conditions still offered hope of a $27,000 breakthrough. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView “Ultra boring” BTC price may yet surprise at weekly close Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked a typically sideways weekend, with BTC price volatility absent
Over the past week, Jews living in Germany’s capital Berlin have been waking up to a chilling sight — Stars of David sprayed on the front doors of their apartment blocks. Police say there have been just three such incidents. But for many, they are a painful echo of the 1930s, when Nazi stormtroopers marked
Western capitals have privately urged Israel to delay a full-scale land invasion of Gaza as they seek to limit the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory and fear that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has no long-term plan to follow the destruction of Hamas. Israel’s military said late on Saturday that it was increasing “operational readiness for
In this article COST MU INTC META AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Amazon delivery truck at the Amazon facility in Poway, California, Nov. 16, 2022. Sandy Huffaker | Reuters Investors are confronting several headwinds, including macro uncertainty, a spike in energy prices and the unanticipated crisis in the Middle East. Investors seeking
Just a day after Israel ordered 1.1mn civilians to leave northern Gaza, two blasts on Friday destroyed multiple cars driving along one of the enclave’s main roads south. Videos of the aftermath verified by the Financial Times show 12 bodies of men, women and children in Salah-ad-Din street, which Israel later designated a “safe route”.
The white, sandy beaches that decorate the coast of Florida are certainly no secret. In Miami Beach alone—with a full-time population of about 80,000—just under 11 million visitors stay overnight in the small beach town every year. A similar story can be seen across many coastal towns across the Sunshine State. However, with an incredible
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US is sending a second aircraft carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean in a bid to ease tensions in the region as Israel prepares a ground offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza
© Jalal Morchidi/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The spectre of a wider conflict in the Middle East poses a fresh threat to the global economy, finance ministers and officials have warned. Broader regional tensions would have significant economic ramifications, they said, as they rounded off meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Morocco this week. The biannual events
The crisis in the Middle East triggered by Hamas’s attack on Israel is becoming a big test of China’s ambitions to build influence in a region traditionally dominated by the US, according to diplomats and analysts. Washington remains overwhelmingly the strongest military power in the Middle East and demonstrated its might by dispatching two carrier
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Santander has set aside $250mn to turbocharge the expansion of its corporate and investment bank over the next two years, as rivals on Wall Street prepare for some of the biggest job cuts since the
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Regulators must quickly find a way to manage risks posed to financial stability by the concentration of power in artificial intelligence platforms, the chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission has urged. Gary Gensler
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Merck’s research chief has called on the UK government to make the country more welcoming to pharma companies, ahead of the US-based drugmaker breaking ground on a £1bn research centre in London next week. Dean
The spectre of a wider conflict in the Middle East poses a fresh threat to the global economy just as the world emerges from shocks triggered by Covid-19 and the Ukraine war, finance ministers and officials have warned. Broader regional tensions would have significant economic ramifications, they said, as they rounded off meetings of the
On the campaign trail in 2009 Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Israeli city of Ashkelon, which had been hit by recent rocket fire from Palestinian militants in nearby Gaza, and vowed to “return security . . . to the citizens of Israel” and topple Hamas. Such tough-talking helped Netanyahu win the election, and he has positioned himself ever since as
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Sovereign bonds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The war between Israel and Hamas is heaping pressure on borrowing costs in neighbouring countries, as international investors grow increasingly concerned that the conflict will rapidly escalate. The spreads — or gaps — between the