Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. ASML has forecast bumper sales of its chip manufacturing equipment this year on the back of the AI boom, building on a blockbuster fourth quarter and sparking a rally across the tech sector on Wednesday. … Read more
Europe has a key role to play in building a successor to the US-led global order
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 launched a scathing attack on Reform UK’s candidate for next month’s Gorton and Denton by-election, claiming that Matt Goodwin would fight a campaign based on the politics of “toxic division”. Goodwin, … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Foreign exchange myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The Swiss franc has surged to its strongest level against the US dollar in more than a decade, as a stampede into what traders are calling currency markets’ last “reliable” haven poses an increasing problem … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The European Central Bank would need to consider another interest rate cut if further increases in the value of the euro start affecting inflation forecasts, one of its governing council members said. Austrian central bank … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Elon Musk has proposed timing SpaceX’s initial public offering to coincide with a rare planetary alignment and his birthday, as the world’s richest man seeks an auspicious date for what would be the largest listing … Read more
Hours after Alex Pretti was shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis at the weekend, Donald Trump was quick to blame the 37-year-old nurse for his own death. Within two days, in the face of widespread outrage, including from within his own party, the US president made one of the sharpest reversals of his second … 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 government has set an unrealistic deadline for inheritance tax payments on unused pensions, posing a “huge problem” for estate executors, a cross-party group of peers has warned. The House of Lords economic affairs … Read more
When Mancunian architect Ian Simpson was starting out in the early 90s, there were just a few hundred people living in Manchester city centre. “It was a place people came to and left,” said Simpson of a post-industrial “wasteland” of car parks, factories and a few scattered pubs. “It had no heart in the city … Read more
The UK’s largest household energy supplier says Britain should embrace Chinese technology in its energy market, adding its weight to a fierce debate about China’s role in a critical industry as the prime minister travels to the country. Zoisa North-Bond, chief executive of Octopus Energy’s power generation arm, said greater competition could cut wind farm … Read more