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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Four decades ago, the swanky Plaza Hotel in New York became famous in finance lore. On September 22 1985, the US government persuaded Britain, Japan, Germany and France to jointly devalue the dollar, … Read more
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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. The writer is the founder of Lean In and Option B and former chief operating officer of Meta This is a critical moment for America and its economy. There are vehement disagreements on nearly every … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Which is hotter: a Burberry trenchcoat or a sausage roll? Britons’ hunger for Greggs was previously so healthy that the UK bakery chain was worth more than the British purveyor of luxury goods by market … Read more
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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. In a couple of weeks’ time I will become this newspaper’s brand new restaurant critic, dispatched to patrol the waterfront of how and where we eat out, from high to low and back again. My … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is hard to underestimate the enduring resonance of the 1980s comedy Trading Places in the finance world. The story of the Duke brothers seeking to profit in orange juice futures from ill-gotten inside information … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. How do you know when a bubble has popped? Twenty-five years ago on Monday, a multiyear US stock rally hit its peak and began a precipitous decline that would wipe 77 per cent off the … Read more
One person was missing, hundreds of thousands of homes were without power and communities were at risk of major flooding in eastern Australia on Saturday after the weakened storm formerly known as Tropical Cyclone Alfred neared the coast, still bringing heavy rains and dangerous winds. Australia’s third-largest city, Brisbane, which had been in the cyclone’s … Read more