Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If Warren Buffett is to be believed, his announcement after Saturday’s annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway that he plans to step down as chief executive at the end of the year was news to all … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If Taylor Swift’s performances are said to boost whole economies, can Britpop returnees Oasis do the same this summer for UK hoteliers? Asking for Whitbread, owner of the Premier Inn chain. Whitbread’s shares are up … 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 The writer is chief Asia economist at Morgan Stanley By now, it is abundantly clear that US-China trade has collapsed, as tariff rates are too prohibitive. The recognition of the extent of the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. American chief executives are queueing up to praise Warren Buffett, as he prepares to step down as chief of Berkshire Hathaway. Well they might. What corporate chieftain wouldn’t admire a peer who created a return … 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 Like thrifters rifling for a discarded pair of Louboutins, investors in the market for second-hand items need a keen and discerning eye. Yet among the scuffed lookalikes, there are some shiny patent treasures to be … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. With Vladimir Putin to the east and Donald Trump to the west, the UK and the EU are rediscovering what they have in common. On May 19, Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government and EU leaders … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Primary school parents everywhere may be breathing sighs of relief at the news that fewer children are learning the recorder. In the wrong, slightly sticky hands, the instrument is capable of producing a piercing keen … Read more
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 Good morning. Warren Buffett announced over the weekend that he will step down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway at the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is fair to assume that, had any of the last few chief executives of Barclays bank been asked to sign a letter urging the government to rescind punitive regulations, they’d have jumped at the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britain’s banks are debating whether regulatory ringfences that were set up after the financial crisis should be bulldozed. Demolitionists — led by HSBC — say the rules trap capital that could help the wider economy. … Read more