Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is FT Working It editor and author of ‘The Future-Proof Career’ Women are more likely than men to be in jobs at risk of being automated, but are also 25 per cent less … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nippon Steel agreed to pay a $7bn premium to acquire US Steel way back in December 2023. It turned out that wasn’t enough to get control. In the end, Nippon has had to pay twice, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Attempts to merge European banks are becoming more common. Most recent deals, though, will require a major stakeholder to be dragged kicking and screaming — be it the target, a national government, or both — … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. What does a mass-market carmaker have in common with a luxury goods provider? Investors may well be pondering that question as they digest news that Luca de Meo, lifetime car executive and architect of Renault’s … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Watching Rachel Reeves deliver her spending review, I once again felt I was being embraced by the rhetoric of Gordon Brown. The blizzard of figures bore all the hallmarks of Labour’s former chancellor and prime … Read more
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is author of ‘How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations’ and an associate professor at Oxford university Each time fears of AI-driven job losses flare up, optimists reassure us that … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is chair of Rockefeller International. His latest book is ‘What Went Wrong With Capitalism’ The great half-truth about China is that its economy consumes too little and invests too much. Over-investment 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. A few years ago, I reared a baby hare — a leveret — that had been chased by a dog and separated from its mother. I didn’t cage the hare or treat her as a … Read more