Vale’s relations with Lula government improve after tensions last year, says boss

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Relations between Brazilian miner Vale and the government have improved, according to the head of one of the world’s top iron ore producers, in a boost for a group that relies on public authorities for … Read more

Europe needs ‘big bang moment’ to boost investment, says Deutsche Börse chief

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Europe needs a “big bang moment” to boost long-term investment in companies and capitalise on this year’s surge in the region’s stock markets, according to the head of Germany’s stock exchange. Stephan Leithner, chief executive … Read more

five years that changed our money

Five years on from the first pandemic in more than a century it is salutary to recall how working habits were upended, leisure was curtailed and family relations severed because of the Covid-19 lockdown — except, of course, in Boris Johnson’s riotous entourage in Downing Street. Likewise, now that restaurants, theatres and holiday travel are vibrant again, to appreciate … Read more

How America weaponised the world’s economy

Dollar hegemony has long enraged governments around the world. In the 1960s the French complained of America’s “exorbitant privilege”. Forty years later, as the global financial crisis wreaked havoc, China called for a shift away from the dollar. More recently, Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, spoke for many when he asked with derision, … Read more

SpaceX Launches NASA’s Crew-10 Mission

new video loaded: SpaceX Launches NASA’s Crew-10 Mission transcript Back transcript SpaceX Launches NASA’s Crew-10 Mission The mission would allow Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, two NASA astronauts, to return to Earth. Their brief scheduled visit to the space station last June was unexpectedly stretched to more than nine months. “Ignition and liftoff.” [cheering] “[unclear] … Read more