Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japan’s currency rallied on Friday by the most in almost six months as speculation swirled that authorities could be planning an intervention. The yen jumped 1.7 per cent against the US dollar to ¥155.7 on … 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 In a three-day period this week, US President Donald Trump sued JPMorgan and its chief executive, snubbed the head of Bank of America and doubled down on capping credit card interest rates, an … 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 Conservative peers have forced Sir Keir Starmer to pause legislation to ratify the UK-Mauritius treaty on the Chagos Islands, following Donald Trump’s claim this week that the deal is an “act of great … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Goldman Sachs paid chief executive David Solomon $47mn last year, up 21 per cent from 2024 and his highest remuneration since he took the helm at the Wall Street bank in 2018. In a filing … Read more
While some people go into their local pub to buy a pint, Britain’s super-wealthy have been snapping up the entire business. Lady Loretta Rothschild, wife of financier Lord Nathaniel Rothschild, is the latest to take over her local, buying The Seven Stars in Bottlesford in Wiltshire, two hours outside London. As the number of pubs … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One of the reasons this moment in history is such a headfake for investors is that it demands they do opposite things at the same time. They need to shut out the noise but also … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Angela Rayner is set to back Andy Burnham being allowed to stand in a by-election that could pave the way for him to challenge Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader, a move that … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nigel Farage attended Davos on a pass sponsored by the family office of Iranian billionaire Sasan Ghandehari, which told the World Economic Forum that the Reform UK leader had advised the company since 2018. The … 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 BlackRock executive Rick Rieder has emerged as a leading contender in the race for Federal Reserve chair as Donald Trump’s decision on who to nominate to lead the world’s most important central bank … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Electric vehicles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China’s Chery would use a British plant owned by Jaguar Land Rover to manufacture cars, under proposals backed by the UK government and set to be discussed during Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to Beijing … Read more