Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I think there is an unwritten law that every article or policy discussion about the ageing population must begin with some scary statistics to frame the debate. So here are a few from the UN.
When Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani casually mentioned to his long-term business partner Donald Trump over dinner that he planned to expand into US data centres, the president-elect sensed an opportunity. “He says, ‘I have a press conference in a few days, and I would like to announce that’,” Sajwani said in a Financial Times interview
Last week Amazon announced plans to release a “behind the scenes” documentary about Melania Trump, produced by the incoming US first lady herself. The tech giant reportedly paid $40mn for the exclusive deal just weeks after it donated $1mn to her husband Donald Trump’s inauguration committee and committed to livestreaming the ceremony on its Prime
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Brussels is reassessing its investigations of tech giants including Apple, Meta and Google, just as the US groups urge president-elect Donald Trump to intervene against what they characterise as overzealous EU enforcement. The review, which
When Alfred H. Williams got his start in the industry, the only way to know what was in the market was the “blue list.” “Most people had their blue list delivered to their office,” said Glenn Williams, Williams’s son. “Along with the morning paper, we had a blue list on our front porch.” Williams’s dedication
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21148409/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipal yields continued to climb higher Monday as U.S. Treasuries were weaker and equities ended mixed. Municipal yields were cut one to eight basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields rose, pushing 10-, 20- and 30-year yields to yearly highs. “Fixed income is beginning 2025 where it
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chancellor Rachel Reeves will this week step up pressure on Britain’s regulators to rip up anti-growth rules, in the face of renewed criticism from business that the government is making things worse. CBI chair Rupert
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US-led mediators have sent the final draft of a ceasefire proposal to Israel and Hamas after a “breakthrough” in talks over a deal to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of hostages.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The lack of confidence in the British economy has become infectious. From businesses it has now spread to financial markets. Last week investors dumped gilts and sold the pound, as concerns over the UK’s fiscal
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Los Angeles was braced for near “hurricane force” winds on Monday that weather forecasters said could fan the devastating wildfires that have swept across southern California over the past week. As firefighters struggled to contain
“It’s a chance for the market to come to us and lay out what they think would be good and what would be a cost,” said John Bagley, the MSRB’s chief market structure officer. The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board floated a “concept release” Monday that seeks market feedback on a potential initiative to collect pre-trade
Florida mining company Mineral Development, LLC failed to pay $10 million in principal and interest on January 1. Adobe Stock Florida mining company Mineral Development, LLC defaulted on $85 million of outstanding industrial development bonds at the start of the year, the first municipal default of the new year, according to Municipal Market Analytics’ Default
“Though the Biden-Harris Administration is drawing to a close, today we’re proud to announce one more major round of grants to keep that work going and further modernize our roads and rails, build out a national EV charger network, and ensure that transportation in the 21st century lives up to its basic promise and connects
Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor January 10, 2025 Actor Stelio Savante said he was left “seething” after seeing how some California leaders reacted to deadly wildfires that have been ripping through the Los Angeles area. Listen to the latest episode of Quick Start ? “[It has been] awful, unfathomable, unrecognizable,” Savante said of the dire situation
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg slammed the Biden Administration for censorship, took shots at one of his biggest tech rivals and said hes optimistic about President-elect Donald Trump during a wide-ranging interview with popular podcaster Joe Rogan. Wearing a brown T-shirt and gold-chain, the suddenly conservative-sounding tech tycoon spent the first hour of the nearly three-hour
China has a chokehold on the worlds supply of critical minerals and experts are warning the situation is a major risk to US national security if the government doesnt step up its efforts to compete. Control over rare earth metals which are needed to build everything from the semiconductors that power iPhones to wind turbines,
Walmart stores recently recalled more than 12,000 cartons of chicken broth amid concerns that the product’s packaging was compromised. The recalled product is the Great Value brand of chicken broth, which was sold in 48-ounce containers, according to a release from the Food and Drug Administration. The recall was initiated on Dec. 11, but the
Chuck Todd’s days at NBC News are winding down as the former “Meet the Press” moderator is plotting his next steps in journalism once his contract expires later this year, according to a report. Todd, who was once a central figure in NBCs political coverage, is quietly mulling his options for life after 30 Rock,
JPMorgan Chases decision to enforce a full-time return-to-office policy has sparked employee backlash, leading the bank to disable comments on an internal webpage where the policy was announced, according to a report. The move, which affects roughly 300,000 employees, was outlined in an internal memo on Friday, stating the requirement would take effect in March,
Longtime municipal trader Tom Greene is retiring after more than a half-century in the business. Greene is retiring from Wintrust Wealth Management, where for more than a decade he was institutional fixed income manager and head of the institutional municipal bond desk. Greene came out of retirement to work for Wintrust; prior to that, he
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. EU shipyards are repairing Russian ice-class tankers and offering them dry dock facilities, enabling Moscow to continue moving gas through the Arctic despite western sanctions on its energy sector. Without the maintenance work —
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