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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A common pastime of the very rich is musing on where they’ll go to escape higher taxes. In the old days, my response was furious and full of English inverse snobbery: “How many yachts do you … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There are generally two reasons a company might go public when market conditions are difficult. Either it really needs the money, or it thinks there is a decent chance things are going to get even … 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 MP for Witney and a member of the business and trade committee Historically, the UK has been considered a good location for investors because we had an international reputation for having sensible, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a world increasingly afflicted by bad diet and obesity, weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have a magical aura. In many western countries obesity rates are heading towards the US tally of 40 per … 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 group chief economist at Société Générale Long bond yields in the Eurozone have risen sharply on the back of the “whatever it takes” fiscal measures presented by Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, on … Read more
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
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Flick through sell-side research notes from the end of last year and you’ll find plenty of analysts crowing about “US exceptionalism”, China’s “uninvestability” and Europe’s dull stock markets. In the two months since President Donald … Read more
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