Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The big question over the Labour government’s goal of providing the UK with clean power by 2030 is not whether it is achievable — it is probably not — but whether having such aspirational targets … 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 City editor at FT Alphaville About once a month someone sends me a photo of a shopfront, a boutique in London’s Marylebone called Bryceland’s, to ask whether I’ve branched out to … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Car prices are on the rise around the world. Yet despite this inflationary wave, one carmaker is moving in the opposite direction. BYD has cut prices on 22 of its electric and hybrid models, bringing … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Digital currencies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is senior counsel at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, co-founder of the Digital Dollar Project and former chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission The US Senate last week advanced a major cryptocurrency … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The backup doctor is always in favour of the second opinion. So it is in some ways unsurprising that credit rating agencies are jostling for position on the big business of assessing the riskiness of … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Does it make sense for a company to hold a huge pile of cash on its balance sheet? Theoretically, no — it’s better to give the money back to shareholders and let them decide what … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This month the UK has signed trade deals with India, the US and the EU. At a time of worry about the prospects for world trade, this should be a reason for feeling less depressed … 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. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the 50 per cent tariffs on EU imports, which he threatened would start on June 1, would be delayed until July 9. If only we had … Read more
Defence spending is up — but on all the wrong things
