Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. British Steel’s Chinese owner has rejected a £500mn offer from the UK government to help switch to greener production, in a move that will raise concerns about the future of one of Britain’s biggest remaining … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When activist investor Oasis Management called for change at Japanese consumer goods giant Kao — proposing boardroom reform through the election of outside directors and long term incentives — the response was clear and decisive. … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US tech stocks fell sharply on Wednesday, in a fresh jolt of volatility for Wall Street as uncertainty over Donald Trump’s trade tariffs and the health of the world’s biggest economy weighed on investor sentiment. … Read more
Shell set out a striking scenario as it gave a vision of its long-term future this week: over the next five years, the UK energy major may end up buying back as much as 40 per cent of its shares. In an effort to boost its valuation to the level of its US rivals ExxonMobil … Read more
In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Vroomfondel and Majikthise — representatives of Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries and Other Thinking Persons — attempt to shut down supercomputer Deep Thought before it threatens their livelihoods by providing some certainty in answering the ultimate question of Life, the Universe and Everything. Financial analysts face no … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Are you an FT Alphaville fan, or lucky enough to know one? Do you/they want to show your/their appreciation with your/their chest? Or tote bag? Or laptop sleeve? Well, you’re/they’re in luck. Head to the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Dragging out bad news rarely makes it better. The same applies to China’s slow-motion property-market crisis. Housing developer Sunac this week said it would try to restructure its debts for the second time in 18 … Read more
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. CoreWeave, the cloud computing group seeking to launch a blockbuster $32bn initial public offering, violated several key terms of a $7.6bn loan last year, triggering a series of so-called technical defaults. The US company, which … Read more
