Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK tax myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Tax experts have taken to social media in an effort to reassure panicking UK gig economy workers and online sellers over new reporting rules affecting the digital platforms they use. Under regulations that came into
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Former Tory minister Chris Skidmore is quitting as an MP in protest at the UK government’s plans to drill for more North Sea oil, in a move that leaves the Conservatives facing another difficult by-election.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is, on the face of it, a paradox. Markets in October were mired in pessimism as inflation remained stubbornly high and investors feared that central banks would keep policy interest rates higher for longer.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is director of regional security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies In the Middle East, wars do not stay within state boundaries. The underlying emotions and grievances, foreign interference, absence of a
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Crypto investors are eagerly awaiting an imminent ruling from the SEC that will likely approve the trading of a spot bitcoin ETF, more than a decade after initial attempts were rejected. 13 companies have filed for a spot bitcoin ETF: Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Ark/21 Shares Bitcoin Trust Bitwise
Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the trial of himself, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James, at a Manhattan courthouse, in New York City, U.S., October 3, 2023. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters The New York attorney general on Friday asked a
Howard Davies, chairman of Natwest Group Plc. Bloomberg | Getty Images The chair of one of Britain’s biggest banks faced a backlash Friday after saying it is not “that difficult” to get on the property ladder. NatWest chair Howard Davies told the BBC’s “Today” program that the current economic landscape — which has seen interest
From baby bonds to pension funding, 2023 was a year for progress in Connecticut, according to the annual report released Wednesday by State Treasurer Erick Russell. “The work done by our agency often focuses on the long-term — sustained investment success, low-cost infrastructure funding, helping families save for college, and now our landmark ‘CT Baby
Continued financial pressure will impact the nonprofit healthcare system in 2024, Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings analysts said Thursday. “We think we have another tough year ahead of us,” Fitch Senior Director Kevin Holloran said during a webinar. Despite some positives, such as an increase in demand, labor costs remain a major problem for
Benjamin Netanyahu’s allies have privately hit out at Israel’s military leadership for moving ahead with an October 7 probe, laying bare tensions over failures before the devastating Hamas attack. Israel’s top general told the prime minister’s security cabinet on Thursday night the military would establish a committee to investigate intelligence and operational problems, sparking a
Moody’s Investors Service revised the New York State Thruway Authority’s outlook to positive from stable on Thursday. Moody’s also affirmed the A1 rating on the authority’s $3.2 billion of outstanding general revenue bonds and the A2 rating on the $2.5 billion of outstanding general revenue junior indebtedness obligations. Travelers see a sign for the Ardsley
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The young woman next to me buried her face in her hoodie while her two friends clutched each other, and their pints, with a nervous anticipation. Darts fever had gripped the UK — at least it
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Zhongzhi, the conglomerate at the centre of China’s $3tn shadow banking market, has filed for bankruptcy, saying that it was “severely insolvent”. A Beijing court accepted a bankruptcy and liquidation application from Zhongzhi
Jack’s Brasserie in Bern, founded in 1911, is the canteen of Swiss power. Here, between chandeliers and white tablecloths, five minutes’ walk from the federal parliament, corporate lobbyists schmooze politicians — insofar as it’s necessary to charm Swiss politicians into helping corporations. Giuliano da Empoli is an Italian whose bestselling debut novel about Russia’s political
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Last month the chief of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund struck the gong of the Hong Kong stock market. In doing so Yasir al-Rumayyan was not just marking the exchange’s opening that day, but also
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Economists believe the US jobs market weakened in December, bolstering the case for the Federal Reserve to consider cutting interest rates. A poll by Reuters showed economists, on average, predict data published on Friday will
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Stocks and bonds fell on Friday, deepening one of the worst starts to the year in the past decade for global markets as recent hopes that interest rates will soon be cut have dimmed in
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Eurozone inflation rose to 2.9 per cent in December, reversing six months of consecutive falls and raising questions over how soon the European Central Bank will start cutting interest rates. The annual rise of consumer
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Trade disputes myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China has launched a new investigation into French brandy imports, escalating a trade spat between Beijing and Brussels. Officials at the commerce ministry said its anti-dumping probe into brandy imported from the European Union followed
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the EU energy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. EU imports of Russian liquefied natural gas dropped slightly last year after a surge in 2022, as confidence is growing that the bloc can finally rid itself of fossil fuel imports from Russia. Policymakers in
Rishi Sunak may have shunned the opportunity of a big speech to kick off an election year, but he nonetheless managed to eclipse Sir Keir Starmer’s set-piece January address this week. The UK prime minister’s studiedly offhand remarks about the timing of a general election, made on the fringes of a visit to a youth