Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. President Donald Trump has been clear he wants lower interest rates. Cheaper money would goose the market and give the government room to spend. But interest rates haven’t exactly been co-operating. Today on the show, … Read more
We’ve written a few times about some rather fishy price swings involving China-based, Nasdaq-listed stocks and US regulators’ seeming inability to get to the root of the problem. So credit where it’s due — on Friday, Chicago federal law enforcement seized $214mn in an alleged “pump and dump” fraud investigation. They indicted seven defendants in … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Standard Chartered has failed in its attempt to narrow the scope of a £1.5bn lawsuit over claims that its breaches of sanctions against Iran were more widespread than it has acknowledged. The High Court in … Read more
new video loaded: SpaceX Rocket Launch Creates a Glowing Spiral in Night Sky transcript Back transcript SpaceX Rocket Launch Creates a Glowing Spiral in Night Sky Frozen fuel from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket created a luminous swirl that lasted for several minutes and could be seen from Britain and much of Europe. Look at … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Trafigura’s new chief executive, Richard Holtum, called for western governments to nationalise parts of the metals processing industry in order to compete with China as he placed the company’s struggling Nyrstar zinc smelter in Australia … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chief executives often claim they hate direct comparisons with rivals. Yet for Shell boss Wael Sawan, comparisons with London-listed competitor BP only serve to flatter. Since Sawan took the helm in January 2023, Shell’s share … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Credit rating group Moody’s has warned on the US fiscal outlook, saying President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs can hamper the country’s ability to cope with a growing debt pile and higher interest rates. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On paper, investors should be lining up for front-row tickets to StubHub’s initial public offering. The live entertainment industry just came off two blockbuster years thanks to the jumpsuit-clad efforts of Taylor Swift and Beyoncé. … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency group backed by Donald Trump and his sons, will launch its own stablecoin to tap into a market the US president has made a policy to promote. The … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump is living up to his “tariff man” brand. On Monday, he appeared to invent a new one altogether. Secondary tariffs — a mash-up of secondary sanctions and tariffs — will be … Read more