Will the Jony Ive-Sam Altman show challenge Apple?

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The reverberations that ChatGPT sent through one of Silicon Valley’s most powerful technology empires say a lot about the nature of disruption in the tech industry. Google had seen off any number of would-be search … Read more

Europe has a new economic orthodoxy

This article is an on-site version of Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters There was a time, not so long ago, when Italy and Germany were typically seen as opposite poles … Read more

The deficit and dollar dynamics

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

Making jokes in India is a serious business

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On a Saturday night in Gurugram, New Delhi’s corporate suburb, comedian Prashasti Singh is doing some crowd work. “Who’s here by themselves?” she asks. When one brave man in the audience replies, Singh asks why … Read more

Maga world’s new split: Bannon vs plutocrats

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world To grasp a party’s true values, study its budget. By that test, Donald Trump’s Republicans loathe science, medical research, victims of overseas disasters, food stamps, education for all age groups, healthcare for the … Read more

Vladimir Putin’s manipulation of Donald Trump

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world “Nothing’s going to happen until Putin and I get together,” Donald Trump declared last week after Russia’s president failed to turn up for Ukraine peace talks in Turkey that the Kremlin had instigated. … Read more

Pressure is mounting on Lund at BP and Novo Nordisk

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. After garnering an early reputation as a successful if somewhat boring Norwegian chief executive, Helge Lund has now found himself at the centre of corporate drama at not one but two of Europe’s biggest companies. … Read more