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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The recurring question in liberal circles during Donald Trump’s first term as US president was whether to take him seriously or literally. Seven weeks into his second term, it has so far been … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Waste is bad in any industry. Even more so if dealing with it costs billions of pounds a year. No surprises then that UK ministers are exploring whether changes to electricity pricing could reduce costly … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As far as the stock market goes, the universal obsession with artificial intelligence has mostly centred on Nvidia. It is not surprising: the market capitalisation of the AI boom’s signature chipmaker has more than quadrupled … Read more
Senior State Department officials have drawn up plans to close a dozen consulates overseas by this summer and are considering shutting down many more missions, in what could be a blow to the U.S. government’s efforts to build partnerships and gather intelligence, American officials say. The department also plans to lay off many local citizens … Read more
Ten things you should know about Trump’s tariffs but were afraid to ask
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 vice-president Kamala Harris’s national security adviser. Daleep Singh, deputy national security adviser for international economics in the Biden administration, also contributed Europe’s response to the Trump administration’s shocking withdrawal of … 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 co-chair of Oaktree Capital Management and author of “Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side” The questions I get from clients enable me to understand in real … Read more
Una franja de la costa oriental de Australia, alrededor de Brisbane, la tercera ciudad más grande del país, se preparaba para la llegada a tierra del primer ciclón previsto en la región en décadas, mientras las autoridades advertían de la posibilidad de inundaciones generalizadas y vientos destructivos. Se esperaba que el ciclón tropical Alfred, de … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s almost 20 years since Industrial and Commercial Bank of China raised $22bn in a Hong Kong listing — the largest in history at the time. Since then, the city has been the go-to place … Read more
