Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Top companies are abandoning searches for new London offices as a post-Brexit building slump and a sharp rise in fit-out costs persuade tenants to stay put. Amid a supply crunch for high-end buildings, Accenture, Vodafone … Read more
Robot vacuum maker Narwal unveiled its new set of smart vacuum cleaners at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with AI-powered features such as monitoring pets, finding valuable objects, and notifying users about misplaced toys. The company said that its new flagship Flow 2 robot vacuum has a rounded design and easy-lift tanks for better cleaning. … Read more
The Daily Show is back from its winter hiatus tonight and it’s going into the show with some wind in its sails. In 2025, the Comedy Central show scored its highest-rated year since 2020 among people aged between 18 and 49 and landed its biggest share since 2015. The show, which is hosted by Jon … Read more
Fresh from his Venezuela adventure, US president shows no sign of backing down on Arctic island
EXCLUSIVE: Distribution Workshop has closed a sale to Japan on Juno Mak’s Cannes Midnight title Sons Of The Neon Night, which was been acquired by leading Japanese distributor Toho-Towa. The Hong Kong crime drama, starring Takeshi Kaneshiro, Sean Lau Ching-wan, Tony Leung Ka-fai and Louis Koo, will be released theatrically in Japan in the second … Read more
Leading in 2026 might feel less rocky compared to 2025. Luxury executives have been busy steering through a downturn and a series of challenges including tariffs, geopolitical insecurity, difficulties in China’s housing sector and low consumer confidence, and creative transitions. While for their part, jewelers faced rising gold prices. “One of the most important challenges … Read more
Crypto and AI-based initial public offerings last year reportedly dragged down the performance of all US public debuts to fall behind the tech-heavy index S&P 500. Shares of all companies that went public last year, not including closed-end funds and blank-check companies, gained 13.9% on a weighted average basis, underperforming the S&P 500’s comparative 16% … Read more
Venezuela’s opposition leader weighs when to return — and whether to mobilise her supporters
Saks Global ended 2025 in a bind. Now, 2026 is shaping up to be its make-or-break year. The struggling US retail company kicked off the year with a CEO switch-up. On January 2, Marc Metrick, who had been at the company for 30 years, stepped down, to be replaced by executive chairman Richard Baker (who … Read more
Shares of newly public Versant Media fell on the first day of trading as an independent public company, closing down 13% at $40.57 on Monday. Executives led by CEO Mark Lazarus were on hand at the Nasdaq market for the debut of the newly stand-alone entity that houses TV networks and complementary digital businesses including … Read more