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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britain’s chancellor Rachel Reeves did not want this week’s UK Spring Statement to be a fiscal event, but it has veered close to becoming one. Her choices in last autumn’s Budget are partly to blame. … Read more
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
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In economics, shifting from a concentrated market with a handful of dominant players to a highly competitive market of small players is usually considered a good thing. But when the products these players are targeting … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Belatedly but determinedly, Europe is taking up the burden of its own defence. Part of this will be to spend more on weapons. As big a part will be to overcome the parochialism that has … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Inside the entrance to Tangerine, a small design agency in Southwark, south London sits a historic object. It is an example of the first lie-flat business-class airline seat, introduced by British Airways 25 years ago, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I always prepare myself for some level of discomfort when travelling to new countries but I never would have expected to be so befuddled by American bedding. I have lived in the US for almost 15 … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The sight of two giant US Hercules planes disgorging bulletproof cars on to the runway in Nuuk has moved President Donald Trump’s obsession with Greenland into a new, dangerous phase. The US national security adviser, … Read more
Kristine Carroll plopped herself down in the only shade on the beach — a triangle cast by the makeshift lifeguard station — and slathered sunscreen all over her freckled skin. Squinting at the scorching midday sun, she glanced over at her 8-year-old daughter, Zoe, who had already plunged into the blue-green water without hesitation. “She’s … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When a company announces a big acquisition, a share price fall of more than 15 per cent rather suggests it is based on shaky foundations. That’s the situation Dublin-headquartered, Chicago-based and Australia-listed building materials provider … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Not all activist campaigns are equally highly charged. Some cage-rattling shareholders launch all-out political campaigns, demanding complete strategic overhauls. Others are defused with relatively minor concessions. Markus Krebber, chief executive of German utility RWE, has … Read more