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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. It has long been an EU aspiration that the euro would rival the US dollar for global dominance, or at least for monetary sovereignty at home. Now, the self-sabotage of Donald Trump’s Washington is a … 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. China has planted its red flag across Latin America this century, displacing the US as the main trading partner in South America and investing more than $130bn in everything from ports to copper mines. Now … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world John F Kennedy was fond of the expression “don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason why it was put up”. First laid out by English writer GK Chesterton, it … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world “I’m kind of a nerd when it comes to reporting . . . I’m the policy-type nerd,” said a woman to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at a briefing on Monday, before asking, in notably policy-nerdish … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If Warren Buffett is to be believed, his announcement after Saturday’s annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway that he plans to step down as chief executive at the end of the year was news to all … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If Taylor Swift’s performances are said to boost whole economies, can Britpop returnees Oasis do the same this summer for UK hoteliers? Asking for Whitbread, owner of the Premier Inn chain. Whitbread’s shares are up … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The writer is chief Asia economist at Morgan Stanley By now, it is abundantly clear that US-China trade has collapsed, as tariff rates are too prohibitive. The recognition of the extent of the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. American chief executives are queueing up to praise Warren Buffett, as he prepares to step down as chief of Berkshire Hathaway. Well they might. What corporate chieftain wouldn’t admire a peer who created a return … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Like thrifters rifling for a discarded pair of Louboutins, investors in the market for second-hand items need a keen and discerning eye. Yet among the scuffed lookalikes, there are some shiny patent treasures to be … Read more