Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US tech stocks fell on Wednesday, as news that Oracle has lost a key backer for a data centre project reignited investor concerns over soaring spending by artificial intelligence companies and the debt that is … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The chief executive of Cinven has stepped down as UK regulators weigh asking a court to ban him over price-gouging by a drug company the private equity group owned. The firm, which manages €45bn in … 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 Varun Chandra, Sir Keir Starmer’s business adviser, has missed out on the job of Britain’s next ambassador to the US and will instead remain in Downing Street with an expanded role. Chandra, an … Read more
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 issued a licence to transfer £2.5bn of frozen assets from Roman Abramovich’s sale of Chelsea Football Club to Ukraine, warning the Russian former owner that the UK government is prepared to … Read more
Oracle’s largest data centre partner Blue Owl Capital will not back a $10bn deal for its next facility, as the software group faces increased concerns about its rising debt and artificial intelligence spending. Blue Owl had been in discussions with lenders and Oracle about investing in the planned 1 gigawatt data centre being built to … 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 A year has not been well spent unless you have changed your mind about something important during it. For me, 2025 was well spent. But more on that later. First, to Ukraine. If … 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 Vladimir Putin has said Russia will not back down from its mission to “liberate its historic lands” and predicted the European “swine” backing Kyiv would ultimately lose power, in a speech that showed … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK borrowing costs are set to edge down next year, according to Wall Street forecasts, as the Bank of England’s rate cuts help ease worries over the sustainability of the public finances. The UK’s 10-year … 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 has urged its shareholders to reject Paramount’s $108bn hostile bid for the Hollywood studio, calling its attempt to gatecrash the deal “inferior” to the terms agreed with Netflix. In a sharply … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK house prices myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Property prices in London have fallen at the fastest pace in nearly two years, as a steep decline in the cost of flats helped widen the gap between the UK capital and the rest … Read more