Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A key economic adviser urged Prime Minister Tony Blair to join the European single currency by arguing that the benefits within 30 years would be enough to cover the annual cost of the NHS, newly … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Octopus Energy has reached a deal to sell a minority stake in its Kraken Technologies unit, a transaction that would value the software business at $8.65bn and pave the way for its potential public listing. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Actors Idris Elba, Meera Syal, Bill Bailey and Cynthia Erivo are among the stars to have received New Year honours, while the chief executives of Sainsbury’s and National Grid were also given recognition in the … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Retail & Consumer industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Lululemon founder and major shareholder Chip Wilson has nominated three new board directors to oversee the appointment of a new chief executive at the struggling activewear maker, which has also been targeted by … 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 the US carried out an attack on a “dock area” in Venezuela, confirming that Washington had struck inside the country. “There was a major explosion in the dock area where … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Copper is on track for its largest annual price rise in more than a decade as US tariffs, supply disruptions and fears of a global shortage fuelled a frantic rally at the end of the … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Commodities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Silver prices tumbled on Monday, dragging down gold and other precious metals, as a record-breaking rally went abruptly into reverse. Spot silver prices were down almost 9 per cent by late afternoon trading to just above … 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 The US has offered Ukraine a 15-year security guarantee, but Kyiv wants a period three times as long to deter future Russian aggression, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday. The Ukrainian president called for … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. SoftBank Group has agreed to acquire DigitalBridge, a US-based investor in data centres and telecoms infrastructure, for about $4bn, marking the latest move in Masayoshi Son’s artificial intelligence-fuelled dealmaking spree. Son, the Japanese conglomerate’s founder … 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 International politics in 2025 was dominated by the return of Donald Trump to the White House. But the US president generates such a blizzard of news that it can be hard to remember … Read more