Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is Schreiber Family Professor of Economics at Brown University On March 23, Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu — who has twice defeated President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling party in municipal elections — was formally … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Investors are on edge ahead of Donald Trump’s plan to hit imports to the US with new tariffs “immediately” on Wednesday, sharply escalating a trade war that has already rattled markets and trading … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Markets, investors and companies are all feeling a little bit jumpy about the state of the economy. Surveys of managers, consumers and investors are all grim. Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and Aiden Reiter … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Chris Ruddy, a rightwing media mogul and longtime friend of Donald Trump, has become a multibillionaire after Newsmax shares continued to surge following its public listing debut on Monday — an unlikely outcome … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK banks myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Metro Bank’s former chief executive accused the financial regulator of being “too busy” to properly supervise what was the UK’s seventh-biggest lender in the lead-up to its £900mn accounting error. Craig Donaldson, the lender’s ex-CEO, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK financial regulator has told the country’s highest court that a landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal “goes too far” in determining that car dealerships had a fiduciary duty to act in the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Unstoppable force meets no-longer-immovable object. Soaring gold prices typically bypass miners of the shiny stuff — but not this time. Shares in top duo Newmont and Barrick Gold are up by a quarter and fifth … Read more
The trading floor of InCommodities, on a commercial estate in the Danish city of Aarhus, shows off a dynamic, new side of Europe’s energy markets. Youthful traders at the company, part-owned by Goldman Sachs, keep their eyes on banks of huge screens, watching for the perfect moment to buy or sell electricity. Other staff are … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Investors are pouring cash into gold funds at the fastest pace since the Covid-19 pandemic, amid mounting concerns over the economic impact of US President Donald Trump’s tariff war. Gold reached a record $3,148.88 a … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The private equity backers of Spanish telecoms group MasOrange are exploring an initial public offering of the company next year, as buyout groups seek to cash out some of their assets. MasOrange, the largest mobile … Read more