China Launches Mission to Capture Pieces of an Unusual Asteroid
China Launches Mission to Capture Pieces of an Unusual Asteroid Source link
Japanese Company’s Moon Lander Has Crashed
Japanese Company’s Moon Lander Has Crashed Source link
US semiconductor maker Wolfspeed to file for bankruptcy
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Wolfspeed, a North Carolina manufacturer of semiconductors for electric vehicles, said it had struck a deal with creditors to reduce its near $6.5bn debt by more than two-thirds as a part of a bankruptcy package. … Read more
Oil price expected to surge after US strikes Iran
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil & Gas industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Oil prices are expected to rise when trading resumes on Sunday after the US bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities, increasing the likelihood that Tehran will respond by attacking energy infrastructure in the region or … Read more
Vera Rubin’s Legacy Lives On in a Troubled Scientific Landscape
Vera Rubin’s Legacy Lives On in a Troubled Scientific Landscape Source link
‘I hate to be politically correct’
In the late 1990s, as rebels overthrew the longtime dictator Mobutu Sese Seko in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Claudio Descalzi, then a 41-year-old regional manager for Italian oil major Eni, slept under his bed with his children to avoid being shot in the night. “My wife was pregnant. Fortunately she was … Read more
Trump has handed Europe a chance to shape its own future
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The writer is a former prime minister of Italy, president of the Jacques Delors Institute and a dean at IE University Donald Trump’s actions in his second term make clear that we are … Read more
Venezuela arrests dozens in crackdown on black market dollars
Venezuela’s authoritarian government has arrested dozens of people, including a former finance minister, in a crackdown on black market dollars and independent economists that analysts fear could return the country to economic ruin. The country’s bolívar currency has lost about two-thirds of its official value since President Nicolás Maduro abandoned a fixed exchange rate in … Read more
Pimco bets on long-term Japanese debt in ‘dislocated’ market
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Sovereign bonds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Bond giant Pimco has been buying long-term Japanese government debt to take advantage of what its global fixed income chief Andrew Balls called a “dislocation” in the market. Japanese government bonds have been hit hard … Read more
Jet fuel prices soar in Europe as war in Middle East threatens supplies
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil & Gas industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The war between Iran and Israel has driven European diesel and jet fuel prices to their highest levels in 15 months, as traders fret about potential disruptions to exports from the Middle East. … Read more