Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Singapore has given international banks an unusual series of top-level briefings on geopolitics as it seeks to reassure them that the financial hub can remain stable and neutral at a time of rising tension between
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The dysfunction in the majority party in the US House of Representatives was as clear as Saturday’s final vote on $60bn in military aid for Ukraine: of the 218 Republicans in the House, most (112)
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US-China relations myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US secretary of state Antony Blinken will warn China that Washington will take punitive steps unless Beijing stops sending weapons-related technology to Russia. During a visit to China next week, Blinken will tell his counterparts
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US House of Representatives has begun voting on a $95bn package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, in what could be a big breakthrough after months of inaction on Capitol Hill. The
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In this article ROBT BOTZ NVDA META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Fotografielink | Istock | Getty Images Artificial intelligence has shaken up the investing landscape since the groundbreaking launch of ChatGPT in November 2022. Since then, investors have poured money into all things related to AI as they hunt for the next big
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Scottish Greens are to vote on the future of their power-sharing agreement with the Scottish National party after the government dumped climate targets this week. An emergency general meeting will be held “in due
After Iran fired a barrage of drones and missiles towards Israel a week ago, 70-year-old Hengameh removed the mirrors from her walls and urged family members to stay away from windows for fear of retaliatory strikes. The Tehran resident, who lived through her country’s 1980s war with Iraq, said: “I am haunted by thoughts of
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Aerospace & Defence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Rishi Sunak is preparing to announce a new warship programme, as he comes under pressure from Conservative MPs to make a manifesto pledge to increase defence spending 2.5 per cent of GDP by a
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government is struggling to seal a deal with British Steel to secure the future of the country’s second-largest steelworks 18 months after the Chinese-owned company asked ministers for a £500mn financial aid package. Jingye, which bought
Dado Ruvic | Reuters The Bitcoin network on Friday night slashed the incentives rewarded to miners in half for the fourth time in its history. The celebrated event, which takes place about once every four years as mandated in the Bitcoin code, is designed to slow the issuance of bitcoins, thereby creating a scarcity effect
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The US is urging Europe to slash taxes on earnings from frozen Russian assets as part of a proposal to fund Ukraine by borrowing against future profits that it says will free up $50bn.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. New York’s attorney-general has urged a judge to invalidate a $175mn bond posted by Donald Trump to halt enforcement of a half-billion dollar fraud judgment against him and his businesses, arguing that it is not
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Nvidia’s share price plunged by 10 per cent on Friday, helping to seal the worst run for US stock markets since October 2022, as investors shunned risky assets ahead of a flurry of Big Tech
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jeremy Hunt is targeting cutting another 2p off national insurance in a pre-election September mini-Budget that would allow the Conservatives to boast they had halved the rate of the tax in a single year. Hunt
A whopping $13 billion new-issue calendar awaits investors for the final full week of April in what has been a challenging month as macroeconomic data, Federal Reserve policy uncertainty and geopolitical turmoil have caused nearly daily mood swings in all markets. Triple-A yields were little changed Friday ahead of the larger calendar while U.S. Treasuries
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US foreign policy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A $95bn US aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan is set for a final vote on Saturday, after Democratic lawmakers backed the plan put forward by the House of Representatives’ Republican Speaker Mike
Improved finances brought Los Angeles Unified School District upgrades from two ratings agencies as it heads to market April 24 with a $2.98 billion Build America Bonds redemption and general obligation bond refunding. The upgrades affect roughly $11 billion in outstanding GOULT bonds and $472 million in outstanding COPs. The school district is the third
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Mysterious wreckages photographed in Iraq have given the clearest indication yet of how Israel might have launched its counterstrike against Iran. The pictures, scoured by military analysts and open-source intelligence enthusiasts, suggest that Israel may
A contentious rule proposal has a host of broker-dealer and investment firms calling for a rewrite as the effects on the municipal bond market portend calamity. “Overall, we recommend that the rules in general be reconsidered and ideally rewritten,” said Susan Joyce, head of muni trading & FI market structure, AllianceBernstein. “We definitely see a