In Gaza, pottery for those who have lost everything
In Gaza, pottery for those who have lost everything
Cal-Maine Foods’ revamp could give M&A bidders free range
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Why put all your eggs in the same basket, when you can put them in someone else’s? That is the message from the four daughters of Fred “Big Chicken” Adams, collectively the family behind the … Read more
Time for ESG investors and defence stocks to call a truce
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Friday’s blistering spat in the White House produced one winner. On Monday morning, European defence stocks including Germany’s Rheinmetall, France’s Thales and BAE Systems shot through the roof. Expectations of government spending have pumped up … Read more
CoreWeave IPO puts a new twist on Big Tech’s ‘power law’
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Venture capitalists have a concept they call the “power law” — the idea that the bulk of returns in a portfolio comes from just a few investments. CoreWeave, a US data-centre operator that has filed … Read more
British start-ups need a new road to driverless vehicles
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The five-way roundabout under the Oxford bypass near BMW’s Mini factory is a stiff test for any driver. But the self-driving Ford E-Transit passenger van in which I am riding navigates its way deftly through … Read more
Doge snaps at the ankles of government consultants
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Consulting firms have long thrived on the inefficiencies of the public sector. In the US, they are called in to help the government perform all kinds of functions, from beefing up cyber security … Read more
Delaware braced for change after attacks from Elon Musk and others
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Professor Eric Talley may soon have a surprise summer project: a major rewrite of his long-running syllabus for his core class on corporate law at Columbia Law School. The standards for US mergers … Read more
Tariff Tuesday: into the unknown
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. Yesterday was rough. It began with the ISM manufacturing survey for February, which showed new orders falling into … Read more
For some bankers, the Trump-Vance showdown had a familiar ring
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The intensity and hostility of the Oval Office clash between Donald Trump, JD Vance and Volodymyr Zelenskyy has left many observers taken aback. For those of us who have spent careers in investment … Read more
Fund manager aberdeen’s rebrand could put it back on the map
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Es are back. Aberdeen, a fund manager with prospects as dreich (Scottish for drab) as its home city, axed the vowels in a bid to revive its fortunes in 2021. No dice: abrdn floundered … Read more