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In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Vroomfondel and Majikthise — representatives of Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries and Other Thinking Persons — attempt to shut down supercomputer Deep Thought before it threatens their livelihoods by providing some certainty in answering the ultimate question of Life, the Universe and Everything. Financial analysts face no … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Are you an FT Alphaville fan, or lucky enough to know one? Do you/they want to show your/their appreciation with your/their chest? Or tote bag? Or laptop sleeve? Well, you’re/they’re in luck. Head to the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Dragging out bad news rarely makes it better. The same applies to China’s slow-motion property-market crisis. Housing developer Sunac this week said it would try to restructure its debts for the second time in 18 … 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. CoreWeave, the cloud computing group seeking to launch a blockbuster $32bn initial public offering, violated several key terms of a $7.6bn loan last year, triggering a series of so-called technical defaults. The US company, which … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Swiss trading house Mercuria is preparing to invest even more in its rapidly expanding metals division and buy further stakes in mines, according to top executives at the company. The Geneva-based group, which has roots … Read more
Institutional investors are increasing volatility in the corporate bond market by aggressively trading exchange traded funds, according to analysis from the IMF. This heightened volatility is particularly stark at times of market stress, when instability is most likely to bleed into real-world effects for corporate borrowers and the investors in their debt. The research feeds … Read more
Beijing has introduced environmental restrictions that would prevent Chinese companies from buying Nvidia’s bestselling processors, UK chancellor Rachel Reeves will update the country on Wednesday on the latest economic growth forecasts, and Shell has said it will cut costs and spending, especially in clean energy. Plus, individual investors have pumped almost $70bn into US stocks … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US equity investors were initially optimistic about the second presidency of Donald Trump. A so-called “Trump put” was one reason for this. The assumption was that the Republican leader would tweak his policies … Read more
