The UK government needs a proper plan for steel
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government has engaged in a dramatic rescue of British Steel, operator of the country’s last two blast furnaces at Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire. After recalling parliament from recess to pass emergency legislation, ministers have … Read more
Fire sales define moribund M&A market
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Yard sales signs spring up when households need to tighten belts and bolster savings. What was bright and shiny a decade ago may have lost its lustre. But for collectors with a discerning eye, there … Read more
When aliens call, look to the ‘little green swan’ trade
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Investors have ploughed billions of dollars into the quest to send earthlings into the stars. Astronomers’ discovery that a faraway planet teems with molecules usually produced by living organisms suggests it’s time to apply a … Read more
What can workers do if they’re fired by AI?
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. One day last month, a man with a neatly trimmed white beard stood on the pavement outside Uber’s head office in London. He clutched a clear plastic folder which contained a pile of letters, printed out … Read more
Want a winning economic policy for America? Learn from Andy Grove
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 longtime Silicon Valley investor There is one notable thing lacking in Donald Trump’s declaration of economic and diplomatic war on the world — a strategy for winning. To many … Read more
Do we have the humanity to meet the Sudan crisis?
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief co-ordinator. He heads the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The scaffolding built to reduce the threats of war, famine and … Read more
Japan hosts unlikely winners of the global AI boom
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When most people think about artificial intelligence, the spotlight is on US and Chinese start-ups racing to build the next best model. On the surface, it is a battle of algorithms, powerful image generators and … Read more
BBVA-Sabadell merger will hurt local enterprise
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is chief executive of Banco Sabadell The first months of 2025 have been profoundly disconcerting. Old certainties have crumbled to dust and decisions have been taken that would have been unthinkable a short … Read more
A mini-gold rush brews three miles below sea level
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “It’s better down where it’s wetter,” crooned Sebastian, the Disney crab, to the Little Mermaid. The sentiment is enthusiastically shared by a group of investors who have bet millions on extracting useful metals from the … Read more