Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Chinese investors are driving a sharp rally in mainland bank stocks listed in Hong Kong, as they hunt for alternatives to the near-record low yields offered by government debt. The Hong Kong shares … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the author of ‘Chip War’ and adviser to Vulcan Elements Shortly after Beijing announced new restrictions on exporting rare earth minerals and the specialised magnets they make, the world’s auto industry warned … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Fintech myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Metaplanet, the Japanese hotelier turned bitcoin purchaser, has said it is in a race with rivals to snap up as much of the cryptocurrency as possible so it can leverage its holdings to buy cash-generating businesses. … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil & Gas industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. BP has appointed a former chief financial officer of rival Shell to its board as the energy major seeks to bolster the oil and gas experience among its non-executive directors in response to … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Mining royalty company Royal Gold has agreed two acquisitions worth $3.7bn, in the latest deals to show how record bullion prices are driving consolidation in the highly fragmented sector. The Nasdaq-listed company said on Monday … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Violent encounters between police and US residents claim about 2,000 lives a year. Axon Enterprise claims it has a way to reduce the frequency of such tragedies: by selling “neuromuscular incapacitation” devices to law enforcement. Readers … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. CoreWeave has struck a $9bn deal to acquire its rival Core Scientific, in a transaction set to eliminate $10bn of expensive lease costs for the artificial intelligence data centre operator. CoreWeave announced on Monday that … Read more
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This article is an on-site version of our Swamp Notes newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Monday and Friday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Hello readers, I’ve returned from my first tranche of book leave and eager to wade back into … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A maternity wear group that was part of the 2021 rush of London stock market listings is on the verge of collapsing into administration, two years after being taken private by its former backers at … Read more