Andrew* is a 63-year-old partner in a small consultancy in England who finds himself with too much free time and too little cash. Shambo, a 32-year-old associate management consultant in India, has the opposite complaint: his hours have increased dramatically as clients demand more work for the same fees. Sierra, a 23-year-old associate in New
High above the streets of downtown Montreal, Sir Keir Starmer insisted he was not complacent about a Labour election victory in Britain. But with some polls showing his party 20 points or more ahead of the Conservatives, he is starting to look over the political horizon. “I think there’s an opportunity for a progressive moment,”
Ray Dalio speaks during the 2023 Forbes Iconoclast Summit at Pier 60 on June 12, 2023 in New York City. Taylor Hill | GGetty Images U.S. billionaire Ray Dalio says new investors should have a diversified portfolio as economic and geopolitical headwinds persist. “I would like to have diversification, because what I don’t know is
The crypto industry is far too focused on token prices, rather than figuring out how smart contracts can be used to solve real-world business problems, according to Google Cloud’s Web3 lead. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Google Cloud’s Head of Web3 James Tromans stressed the need to focus more on the business logic in the
China: Property developer Sunac plans to hold a creditors’ meeting on its offshore debt restructuring. Trading in the indebted company’s shares was suspended for a year after it defaulted on liabilities in 2022. Another developer, Country Garden, faces a initial deadline to pay more than $15mn in bond interest. Australia: Michele Bullock becomes Reserve Bank
Sir Keir Starmer has promised to seek a major rewrite of Britain’s Brexit deal in 2025 if Labour win the next general election, saying he owes it to his children to rebuild relations with the EU. Starmer told the Financial Times that he would put a closer trading relationship with Brussels and a new partnership
Cryptocurrency users frequently fall prey to online hacks with Mark Cuban being just the latest high-profile example how nearly a million dollars can leave your digital wallet. It is possible to substantially bolster the security of your funds by heeding three simple guidelines that will be outlined in this article. But before delving into these, it’s
After forming successive Doji candlestick patterns on the weekly chart for the past three weeks, Bitcoin (BTC) is on target to end the week on a positive note. This is an early sign that the uncertainty between the bulls and the bears is resolving to the upside. Although the recovery is still in its early
Receive free US interest rates updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest US interest rates news every morning. The US Federal Reserve will defy investors’ expectations and raise interest rates by at least another quarter-point, according to a majority of leading academic economists polled by the Financial Times. More
Receive free US-China relations updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest US-China relations news every morning. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan met Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi in the latest effort to stabilise US-China relations ahead of a possible meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in
Receive free HS2 updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest HS2 news every morning. The future of Britain’s High Speed 2 rail project was hit with further uncertainty on Sunday after one of Labour’s most senior figures refused to commit to building the northern section of the line to
Receive free War in Ukraine updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest War in Ukraine news every morning. Two commercial ships have docked at a Ukrainian port as Kyiv steps up efforts to unilaterally break Russia’s blockade of it’s Black Sea coast. The two incoming vessels docked at Chornomorsk
Receive free EU immigration updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest EU immigration news every morning. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has appealed for greater European support as her country confronts a surge of people fleeing north Africa, amid growing tensions between Rome and other EU capitals over migration
Receive free UK tax updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK tax news every morning. Are promises of “tax cuts” credible in British politics today? The short answer is: “no”. The long answer is: it depends on what one means by tax cuts. It is certainly possible to
When Nancy Pelosi announced last week that she would seek another term in the House of Representatives, the news was met with some incredulity. Though some Democrats relished the prospect of two more years working alongside an experienced stateswoman — and a formidable fundraiser — many other political observers were less enthused. This is largely
CrowdStrike IPO at the Nasdaq exchange June 12, 2019. Source: Nasdaq While macro uncertainty continues to distract investors, it is prudent to focus on companies that are well-positioned to navigate challenges with their solid execution and deliver attractive growth over the long term by capitalizing on secular trends. Here are five such stocks chosen by
Bitcoin (BTC) circled $26,500 into the Sep. 17 weekly close after new September highs gave way to calmer conditions. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Bitcoin saves volatility for weekly close Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price performance stabilizing over the weekend. The largest cryptocurrency had seen a trip to $26,880 two
On Tuesday night, AC Milan will host Newcastle United for the opening Champions League game of what many pundits have badged this year’s group of death. The tie pits an Italian side owned by a US private equity firm against an English team backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The other two teams in
Receive free Coronavirus updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Coronavirus news every morning. The chief of the World Health Organization has urged Beijing to offer more information on the origins of Covid-19 and is ready to send a second team to probe the matter, as the genesis of
Some western Balkan leaders are growing increasingly frustrated that Ukraine is leapfrogging their countries in the EU accession process, adding further delays to their decades-long efforts to join the bloc. “I have nothing against Ukrainians,” Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić told the Financial Times. But the EU’s level of support for Ukraine, granting it EU candidate status
Receive free Global trade updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Global trade news every morning. Turkey is in “intensive negotiations” with regional partners over its alternative to the India-Middle East trade corridor plan that was agreed at this month’s G20 summit, as the country seeks to bolster its