Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. How should UK policymakers plan for its future? The usual reaction to such a question is to scoff: the British don’t plan; they muddle through. But even if that is what they will do, it … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK Treasury is offering its officials up to £100,000 to leave voluntarily as part of plans to cut hundreds of jobs in the finance ministry amid one of the deepest restructurings of the country’s civil … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Donald Trump has created all sorts of problems for American chief executives, from ever-changing tariff policies to the politicisation of interest rates to personal attacks on individuals who cross him. Yet business leaders … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Gold and silver prices have tumbled as a record-breaking rally in precious metals cooled while global stock markets were set to open lower. The price of gold fell 7.8 per cent on Monday to $4,515 … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK interest rates myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The Bank of England is likely to point the way to a further interest rate cut in the coming months after leaving policy unchanged on Thursday, as it balances evidence of a weakening jobs … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world President Donald Trump said he would shut the Kennedy Center, Washington’s top performing arts facility, for two years for a “complete” renovation, in his latest move to remake the US capital in his … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world A crypto venture linked to Donald Trump accepted a half-billion-dollar investment backed by an Abu Dhabi royal days before the US president’s inauguration. The Trump family’s World Liberty Financial (WLF) in January signed … Read more
Top Apollo Global Management executives including chief Marc Rowan held wide-ranging discussions over the firm’s tax arrangements with Jeffrey Epstein throughout the 2010s, despite the private capital firm having previously said it “never did any business” with the child sex offender. Files released by the US Department of Justice on Friday show that Epstein requested … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer has declared he will reconsider joining an EU rearmament scheme, in spite of talks breaking down last year when France was among the nations demanding an “onerous” entry fee. Britain decided to … Read more