Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Financial services myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Private credit firms snapped up nearly 14 times as much consumer debt this year as in 2024, piling into riskier areas such as credit cards and buy now, pay later debt. In 2025, private credit … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US companies have sold $1.7tn of investment-grade bonds in 2025, a near-record sum stoked by a rush of borrowing to fund AI infrastructure that has spurred concerns over a debt glut. This year’s issuance — … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Social affairs myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. According to one account, Britain’s labour market is a Dickensian den of exploitation that will be dragged into the 21st century by the Labour government’s new Employment Rights Act. According to another, it is a … Read more
Reduced thirst for Scotch whisky and the uncertainty of Donald Trump’s trade war has led to an oversupply of the drink reminiscent of the “whisky loch” crisis of the 1980s, heightening the risk of job cuts and distillery closures across Scotland. Global whisky sales fell 2.5 per cent in the first half of 2025, the … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Pharmaceuticals sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The US drug regulator approved a daily pill version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy injection, giving the Danish drugmaker a head start as the first to market in the next big competitive frontier in weight-loss treatments. … 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 announced plans to build two “Trump-class battleships” for a new “Golden Fleet” for the US Navy, after criticising some vessels as “old”, “tired” and “obsolete”. The president said construction of … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil & Gas industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Harbour Energy, one of the UK’s largest independent oil and gas companies, has announced a $3.2bn cash-and-shares offer for LLOG Exploration in the US, as it continues to expand its business beyond the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A growing number of British exporters are expressing dissatisfaction with EU-UK trading arrangements, a leading business survey has found, adding to calls for Sir Keir Starmer to be more ambitious in his “reset” with Brussels. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Larry Ellison’s Oracle launched a hostile bid for PeopleSoft in the summer of 2003, many on Wall Street thought it was a stunt. The target’s board rejected the offer, adopted a poison pill defence … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Boiling lobsters alive will be banned in the UK as ministers promise to raise welfare standards for all types of animals. An animal welfare strategy published on Monday promised a series of legal changes that … Read more