Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. WPP is the ad agency behind the Mayo Cat, a bow tie-wearing feline that advises shoppers to douse leftover food in Hellmann’s mayonnaise. Sadly, there’s no similar trick for livening up the company’s own prospects. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Viewers of the NBA basketball playoffs and French Open tennis have sighted many a celebrity in the VIP box, from moviemaker Spike Lee to cinematic hotshot Timothée Chalamet. And sitting among them was Warner Bros … 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 editor at large of The American Prospect and the former executive editor of LA Weekly History sometimes needs a push. In sending his immigration police to disrupt Los Angeles, US … Read more
Good morning. On Friday, the May jobs report came in much better than feared. The US private sector added 139,000 jobs and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2 per cent. There were soft spots, including downward revisions for March and April. But broadly speaking, this was a good report. The US stock market approved, … Read more
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Hours before King Charles, former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell-Horner and astronaut Tim Peake were among the stars gracing the “blue” carpet at the London screening of Ocean with David Attenborough last month, the real premiere of the documentary took place at the same venue. Rather than adults, it was more than 1,000 students from England … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. John Kerry served as the 68th US Secretary of State and President Biden’s Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. He drives oceans and climate initiatives at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Our global ocean, which … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic are hell-bent on steering more pension money into private markets. The Trump administration is considering an order that would open up American employees access to private markets through … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Work & Careers myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Messages from the archive of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist WhatsApp to Stephen: Was just talking to one of our rivals at Portbury — apparently he is now using ChatGPT to do all his … 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 For years, private equity’s expedient playbook for making money out of flipping businesses has been a simple formula: raise cash, buy low, add cheap debt, exit high, return capital, and repeat. This flywheel … Read more