Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. They’re at it again. “MicroStrategy Incorporated d/b/a Strategy” — the enterprise software company turned bitcoin maximalist — has announced a new financial instrument to raise money to buy more bitcoin. It’s called Series A Perpetual … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US stocks fell on Friday as a recent rebound fizzled out, putting the S&P 500 on course for its fifth week in a row of declines. The S&P was down 0.7 per cent in early … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Carlyle’s $945mn acquisition of a portfolio of oil and gas projects from London-listed Energean has collapsed in a blow to the buyout group’s plans to build a Mediterranean-focused energy company. The acquisition was set to … Read more
CoreWeave is facing nearly $7.5bn in debt repayments by the end of next year, requiring investors in its blockbuster public listing to take a leap of faith in the cloud computing group’s ability to grow fast enough to settle the looming obligations. The US company, which leases computing capacity to tech groups building artificial intelligence … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Turkish stocks plummeted on Friday after thousands of people took to the streets of Turkey’s largest cities overnight to protest against the arrest of the main political challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The fall … Read more
This article is an on-site version of our The State of Britain newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every week. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Good afternoon and welcome back to the State of Britain. I’m Martin Arnold, the FT’s financial regulation … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. After years in the toilet, European stocks are back. Trump is threatening to withdraw US security guarantees, Europe’s defence spending is ramping up, and the continent’s once-beleaguered industrial champions are newly energised. Also, meme 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 Followers of markets may have noticed it is tin hat time. Many are reading the headlines and banking their substantial profits from the past few years. Who can blame them? The early weeks … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Global companies have started to drop climate goals from executive pay plans, as the corporate world retreats from ESG initiatives in the face of fierce US opposition and mounting costs. Payouts linked to environmental, social … Read more
