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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Retail & Consumer industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Embarrassment is a powerful emotion in dogs as it is in humans. Baskerville, our family pet, returned from the vet on Monday last week wearing a “cone of shame” — a plastic collar … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Good morning. Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Indonesia yesterday. Indonesia will be hit with a 19 per cent tariff on exports to the US — the initial threat was 32 per cent — … Read more
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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. The writer is a former British diplomat and author of ‘Hard Choices’ “France and the United Kingdom agree that there is no extreme threat to Europe that would not prompt a response by our two nations.” … 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 philanthropist, private investor and co-founder of Pimco Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.— Robert Frost The American poet Robert Frost once wrote of the world’s potential … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As a new parent, I’m eager to start saving for my child’s future. Are Junior Individual Savings Accounts still the most tax-efficient way to save, or should I consider alternative investment vehicles? Laura Ripley, chartered … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Nobody loves a good bandwagon like a venture capitalist. Among European start-up investors, “resilience” and “sovereign” tech are giving even artificial intelligence a run for its money as the hottest new buzzwords. Led by Germany’s … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rachel Reeves says British banks and insurers are choking under unnecessary regulations. This is not quite true. Even if it were, some of the first rules she has picked to unwind barely cause a hiccup. … 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 chancellor of the exchequer Today I announced the Leeds reforms. The widest ranging set of changes to financial regulation in over a decade, they form a prospectus for driving growth for the … Read more
