Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rachel Reeves has said she reserves the right to take action “at any point” after she was asked whether a further fiscal repair job was possible as soon as the spring on top of last … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Geopolitics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Before he died in 2008, Samuel Huntington could have said “I told you so” without too much dissent. The US was then several years deep into its missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Such violence between the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK gambling company Evoke, the owner of William Hill and 888, has put itself up for sale after it was hit with steep tax rises in last month’s Budget. Shares climbed more than 10 per … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has said that the central bank will probably lift its growth forecasts for the Eurozone economy when rate-setters meet next week. Pointing to the ECB’s previous upgrade to the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. EY has been hit with a new probe by the UK accounting watchdog, piling further pressure on the Big Four firm already dealing with four investigations and £5mn in fines this year. The Financial Reporting … Read more
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing questions from MPs on the Budget. Appearing alongside senior civil servants, Reeves expressed her “frustration” at leaks in the run-up to the event and the accidental release of the UK’s fiscal watchdog’s forecasts. The chancellor called the Financial Times’ pre-Budget revelation that she had abandoned plans to raise income tax … Read more
Antitrust concerns and ties to Trump administration complicate picture of who may ultimately own media group
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 on Tuesday said he accepted prices were too high but insisted they were “coming down tremendously” as he sought to address politically damaging claims of a cost-of-living crisis gripping the US. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Robert Tchenguiz intends to use a large chunk of the proceeds from his new Liz Truss-fronted club to pay off a mortgage owed to property moguls the Reuben brothers. Companies connected to the financier owe … Read more
“I’ve seen the apps and I don’t like them,” says a DHS official who left this year. “It’s rife for abuse. I imagine they’re being used in ways they were not intended.” He highlighted the risks of misidentification, noting that facial recognition often has elevated error rates for people of colour. “I have no confidence that … Read more