Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Elliott Management is preparing for a multibillion-pound flotation of Barnes & Noble and Waterstones, the booksellers owned by the US investor, with a listing expected to come next year in London or New York. 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 Donald Trump defended his domestic policies in a campaign-style speech from the White House on Wednesday night, using a primetime televised address to try to revitalise his second term as US president. In … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japan, collectively, has amassed a quite stupendous amount of stuff over the years. Very nice stuff, much of it; gleaming with brand names and in pristine condition. At current second-hand market prices, says a new … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. BP chief executive Murray Auchincloss has said he will step down after less than two years in the role, and will be succeeded by Meg O’Neill, head of Woodside Energy. Auchincloss said on Wednesday he … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A battle is reaching a fever pitch over the biggest acquisition of the year: Warner Bros Discovery. Netflix first submitted an $83bn takeover offer of WBD’s streaming and studio assets, beating out Comcast and Paramount … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is an open-internet activist and president of the Mozilla Foundation We cannot go a day without people asking: when will the artificial intelligence bubble pop and what will be the cause? I increasingly … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The biggest undershoot in UK inflation in at least a year has added to signs of a cooling economy, economists warned on Wednesday, as households restrain spending and the labour market sputters. November’s 3.2 per … 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 Congress has passed a defence policy bill that mandates the Pentagon retain at least 76,000 troops in Europe, in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s threats to scale back commitments to … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Warner Bros Discovery’s board on Wednesday told investors to reject Paramount’s $108bn hostile bid for the Hollywood media group, saying it was inferior to an $83bn deal agreed with Netflix. The letter from WBD’s board … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Faced with a $108bn bid backed by Oracle chair Larry Ellison, the directors of Warner Bros Discovery seem to have found themselves thinking of Elon Musk. The Tesla boss signed a merger agreement for social … Read more