Troubled satellite operator EchoStar is now a proxy for Trump-Musk animus
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. A phrase that is catchy, sometimes true, and perhaps, in Donald Trump’s America, an investment strategy. A possible example of this comes from telecoms mogul Charlie Ergen. … Read more
Our homes may be smarter — but are we getting dumber?
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. I cannot stand to be proved wrong. Especially by my husband. The audacity. But as I sit in the inescapable blinding sunlight that holds my living room captive for several hours every afternoon, I … Read more
Bitcoin-buying companies
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters … Read more
Musk vs Trump is a cautionary tale for Silicon Valley
Musk vs Trump is a cautionary tale for Silicon Valley
Even with low oil prices, Opec could come out on top
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Opec does two things well: produce oil and manage the market to its advantage. The cartel has long held that cutting production and keeping the oil price high beats selling more barrels at lower prices. … Read more
The great family saga is catnip for today’s readers — and writers too
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. All happy families are alike, Leo Tolstoy proclaimed; each unhappy family is a gift to novelists and readers. If fiction writers pounce upon blazing feuds, lovingly nurtured grievances and icy estrangements as fodder for deathless … Read more
SXSW must keep its Austin soul as it comes to London
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There were pink T-shirts everywhere in a patch of east London last week as South by South West, the music, film and technology festival from Austin, Texas, came to the UK capital. Clusters of brightly … Read more
Rising debt burden puts UK on a trajectory of more volatility
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is professor of economics at King’s College, London, and a former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee The discussion on the UK fiscal position is focused on whether it is … Read more