Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Fans of Newark’s airport — and there are some — used to smirk at the New Yorkers who preferred the traffic-jammed crawl east to fly from JFK instead of the hop west across the Hudson … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. First of all, let’s get serious. If you have decided to vote for Nigel Farage, the question is less likely to be “Can you admit to it?” than “Will you shut up about it?” … 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. The US and UK struck the first Trump-era trade deal yesterday. It was underwhelming. In return for more … 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 Last weekend in Washington, near the White House, dozens of economists from universities and institutions such as the IMF gathered to discuss the state of “geoeconomics”. Geo-what? some readers might ask. No wonder: … 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 time to have the outside of the Edelsten family home painted. The first quotes are in and I am now encouraging my children to abandon their careers and move into the decorating business. … 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 senior adviser at Engine AI and Investa, and former chief global equity strategist at Citigroup It is easy to blame US President Donald Trump for the recent convulsions in global financial markets, … 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 executive of the Messina Group and former campaign manager for President Barack Obama Donald Trump’s global trade war and his administration’s determination to radically remake the federal government have … Read more
I’m being hounded by Bear Grylls. The British adventurer and TV presenter keeps telling me that I need a water filter. And, as galling as it is to admit it, his incessant adverts for the under-sink Water2 filtration system have got me thinking. Do I need one? Perhaps you, like me, have been deluged by … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In 30 years, Google has gone from not-yet-existent to part of the furniture. To flaunt this fact, parent company Alphabet recently did something that’s typically the preserve of businesses that expect to be around for … Read more
