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Let it drape: good riddance to skinny menswear

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. We’ve rented our attic room to a lodger for almost five years. The tax-free income we make has covered trips away and we like having the security of someone there when we’re on holiday. But … Read more

Monopoly without the money? There’s an app for that

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Blowback against Elon Musk has lit a rocket under Europe’s besieged space sector, as countries rethink their reliance on Starlink, the satellite system of President Donald Trump’s favoured tech billionaire. In Italy, a proposed $1.5bn … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Private equity firms are circling the UK’s beleaguered listed real estate trusts. The interest could help breathe life into the sector after years of underperformance. Assura, which specialises in GP surgeries and other healthcare buildings, … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When times are tough, penny-pinching shoppers may cut back on a new car or washing machine, but they are still happy to splurge on small luxuries, such as a good quality $20 lipstick. That, at … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If you are a new government desperately searching for money, then there can be few more inviting targets than the British welfare system. The only points in the UK’s history that welfare spending has been … Read more

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is a contributing columnist, based in Chicago In some parts of my home state of Illinois, November’s election was about more than who runs the country. It was a resounding vote … Read more

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is an FT contributing editor and writes the Chartbook newsletter The ambushing of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office last week is driving a frantic search for historical orientation. … 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 jobs report on Friday was not nearly as bad as investors feared. The US economy added 151,000 … Read more