Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK financial regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The UK financial watchdog has found no evidence of insider trading or market manipulation during the Budget leaks that caused turmoil in the run-up to Rachel Reeves’ financial statement last month. The Financial Conduct … Read more
Donald Trump has followed through on a threat he made last month to sue the BBC, alleging the UK national broadcaster defamed him in a documentary. The US president is claiming $10bn, saying the publicly funded corporation “intentionally and maliciously” sought to mislead viewers in a Panorama edit of a speech he gave in Washington … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US unemployment rate rose to 4.6 per cent in November, the highest level in more than four years, in an indication of weakness in the labour market. The world’s biggest economy added 64,000 jobs … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Global asset managers’ cash holdings have fallen to a record low in a sign of investors’ bullishness about the AI-fuelled stock market rally, despite recent jitters over big tech valuations. Average cash holdings in portfolios … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ministers have opened the door to a radical transformation of the BBC’s funding, with ideas ranging from introducing advertising across its channels to a paywalled premium subscription. The BBC is entering into negotiations over a … 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 On the grounds of never interrupting your enemy while he is making a mistake, Xi Jinping is 2025’s winner. The year’s hinge moment was Donald Trump’s cave-in to Xi in South Korea in … Read more
Rather than use the traditional policy process, foreign governments are dealing with the handful of envoys who appear to have the president’s ear
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At this time of year, juggling social drinks, work parties and pre-Christmas deadlines, while also scheduling when to pick up the turkey and host relatives, the electronic calendar can feel tyrannical rather than helpful. I … Read more
“Unlike, say, apples, a customer cannot pick up an entire chicken and place it unpackaged in a shopping basket.” — Plato MainFT reports: UK supermarket chain Morrisons faces a £17mn bill after it lost a long-running court battle to prevent value added tax being charged on its rotisserie chickens. The UK high court determined that … Read more
President hit with blowback for branding affordability issues a ‘hoax’ while flaunting expensive White House renovations