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When Kuangyi Wei’s favourite yakitori restaurant in London, Humble Chicken, changed to a tasting-menu-only format, she was bereft. She had liked choosing from a list of delicious smoky things on sticks. The solution, she decided, was to open her own place. Beijing-born Wei already had a job. She was a management consultant; a highly respected … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is co-founder and executive chair of firstminute capital, Founders Forum and Founders Factory The future is written by entrepreneurs. Europe needs more of them to choose it as a place to grow and … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. An initial public offering is like a gummy bear rescued from behind a sofa cushion. It may be sweet and delicious, but it also tends to come with a film of miscellaneous detritus. The would-be … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Geopolitics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and an adviser to Disruptive Industries, a threat intelligence company A spectre is haunting international waters: the spectre of modern life suddenly ceasing because critical subsea … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Imagine this set-up for a new stock market listing. A transformational new technology has sparked an infrastructure spending boom. Entrepreneurs from outside the tech industry have spotted the opportunity to borrow heavily to build a … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world One of the most significant intellectual influences on key figures in the Trump administration is Curtis Yarvin, an American computer engineer-turned-blogger who believes that the game is up for US democracy and only … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer was the ranking member of the US House Intelligence Committee after 9/11. She is author of ‘Insanity Defense: Why Our Failure to Confront Hard National Security Problems Makes Us Less Safe’ … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Like a handful of nails tossed into a busy road, here come President Trump’s punitive car tariffs. A 25 per cent levy on vehicles imported into the US from everywhere else in the world — … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a fellow at Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and the Cyber Policy Center. She is the author of ‘The Tech Coup’ Europeans keen to escape the dark clouds of concern … Read more
