Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chinese consumers have been increasingly turning to local brands across a wide range of industries. In sectors such as sportswear, beauty and electric vehicles, local names have surged ahead, driven by rising national pride and … 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 This week, America celebrates 1776 — that is, the moment on July 4 of that year when it declared independence from the British. But as the holiday unfolds, leaders in Washington should also … 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 chair of Société Générale and a former member of the executive board of the European Central Bank Stablecoins are fast emerging as a disruptive force in global finance — and central banks … 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. This should have been a week when the UK government showed it was getting to grips with two key priorities: reform of welfare and the NHS. Instead, prime minister Sir Keir Starmer’s bumbling failure to … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When design software company Figma revealed its plans for a stock market listing this week, it felt like a throwback to an earlier era in the tech financing markets. Chief executive Dylan Field listed the … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is chair of the UN Statistical Commission When the UN created a Statistical Commission in 1946, the world was still recovering from the devastation of the second world war. Then, there was broad … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government wants to sell anonymised public data. That makes sense. There’s lots of it and more is accumulating every minute. Totting up industry revenue, the European Commission projects that UK data companies will … 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 Shari Redstone sold out her journalists — has she thrown her shareholders under the bus too? Paramount Global, the media group she chairs, said on Wednesday it would pay US President Donald Trump … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Invest long, borrow short and leverage up as much as possible. That is the way to make money in finance. It is how banks have always made their living. But we also know very well … Read more