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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. Dragging out bad news rarely makes it better. The same applies to China’s slow-motion property-market crisis. Housing developer Sunac this week said it would try to restructure its debts for the second time in 18 … 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 is chair of Rockefeller International. His latest book is ‘What Went Wrong With Capitalism’ Many of the same people who hyped the election of Donald Trump to the White House as … 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, chair of Legal & General and Barclays UK, is a former Treasury official and a member of the government’s Industrial Strategy Advisory Council Make no mistake: the UK prime minister’s commitment to cut … 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 is a contributing columnist, based in Chicago Veronica Diaz is just the kind of Latina voter whose support was crucial to President Donald Trump’s success last November. Democrats hope voters like … Read more
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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 US equity investors were initially optimistic about the second presidency of Donald Trump. A so-called “Trump put” was one reason for this. The assumption was that the Republican leader would tweak his policies … 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 the governor of the Bank of Italy In a statement earlier this month, the European Central Bank’s governing council noted that policy rates are becoming “meaningfully less restrictive”. This means they are … 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. Chief executives often claim they hate direct comparisons with rivals. Yet for Shell boss Wael Sawan, comparisons with London-listed competitor BP only serve to flatter. Since Sawan took the helm in January 2023, Shell’s share … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Persistence is in Anne Wojcicki’s DNA. The co-founder of 23andMe, an innovative at-home genetic testing service, has watched her company go from hotshot Silicon Valley start-up to $6bn unicorn to penny stock. As 23andMe slid … Read more