Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Aerospace & Defence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has suggested that a beleaguered project to build a fighter jet with France could continue in scaled-back form, after Airbus said the partners should part ways. Merz said that there … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Apple reported a big rise in sales to a record $144bn for the final quarter of last year as a surge in iPhone purchases during the holiday season helped it surpass already ambitious revenue targets. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Starbucks is planning to open thousands more coffee shops around the world and make them more inviting places to linger, even as competitors focus on speedy drive-through and mobile order options. The Seattle-based beverage and … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Norway’s $2tn wealth fund would lose almost a quarter of its equity portfolio value in the event of climate shocks and more than half would be wiped out by a correction in AI valuations, its … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The chief executive of Mercedes-Benz has said Howard Lutnick suggested the German carmaker relocate its headquarters to the US in a move that he warned highlighted Europe’s battle with the US for investments. Ola Källenius … 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 said Vladimir Putin agreed not to fire on Kyiv for a week after the US president personally asked his Russian counterpart to halt attacks due to frigid temperatures in the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Apple has acquired a secretive Israeli start-up Q.AI whose technology can analyse facial expressions to understand “silent speech”, in one of the iPhone maker’s biggest ever acquisitions. The deal is designed to help the iPhone … Read more
Companies including Palantir and Deloitte have collectively reaped more than $22bn from contracts with agencies at the heart of Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown over the past year. Consultants, tech groups, charter airlines and a gravel company headed by an ally of the US president have been among the biggest beneficiaries of a surge in … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US prosecutors have indicted First Brands founder Patrick James and his brother Edward on fraud charges after the company collapsed into bankruptcy. In an indictment unsealed on Thursday, federal prosecutors in the Manhattan US attorney’s … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US tech stocks dropped sharply on Thursday after Microsoft reported a surge in data centre spending, reigniting investor nerves about the vast expenditure by Silicon Valley giants. The Nasdaq Composite was down 2.2 per cent … Read more