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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. Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthis are threatening merchant ships hundreds of miles out in the Indian Ocean after striking a container vessel well beyond the Red Sea last week, maritime officials and experts have warned. The drone

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK financial regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Jeremy Hunt has warned the Financial Conduct Authority against its plan to “name and shame” companies under investigation in an unusual broadside against the UK’s top financial regulator. “I hope the FCA re-look at

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. HSBC’s chief executive Noel Quinn is to retire unexpectedly after five years, setting off a hunt for a successor at the UK-based bank. Quinn has overhauled the lender since taking charge in 2019, selling off

When Humza Yousaf tore up a power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens last Thursday at Bute House, he sought to improve his nationalist party’s prospects by shifting away from the progressive policies associated with the coalition. Four days later, that political miscalculation boomeranged back on the first minister in historic fashion as Yousaf returned to

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Scotland’s beleaguered first minister Humza Yousaf is considering quitting ahead of crunch votes of no confidence expected this week. Yousaf, who faces two attempts to bring down his premiership and government, is set to decide

The largest western banks that remain in Russia paid the Kremlin more than €800mn of taxes last year, a fourfold increase on prewar levels, despite promises to minimise their Russian exposure after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The seven top European banks by assets in Russia — Raiffeisen Bank International, UniCredit, ING, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank,

Rishi Sunak will face a challenge to his leadership if the Conservatives suffer heavy losses and lose high-profile Tory mayors in next week’s local elections, rightwing rebels have claimed. Most Conservative MPs believe the prime minister would survive even a terrible set of results on May 2 because there is no viable alternative and a

Investors are pushing back their expectations of interest rate cuts around the world, as the US Federal Reserve’s battle with price pressures complicates other central banks’ loosening plans. As the US reported the latest in a string of poor inflation figures, markets reined in their forecasts for rate cuts by the European Central Bank and

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Microsoft and Google’s owner Alphabet have quashed investor scepticism around the vast sums spent on developing artificial intelligence, after being boosted by rampant corporate demand for their cloud computing services. The combined market value of the two US tech giants rose by more than $250bn on Friday, a day after each reported double-digit revenue growth

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Mining myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Anglo American has rejected BHP’s offer to break up and buy the UK-listed miner, saying the proposal “significantly undervalues” the company and its future prospects and that the deal would be “highly unattractive” to its shareholders.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Alphabet’s revenue jumped 15 per cent in the first quarter of 2024 and it announced it would pay its first dividend of 20 cents a share, buoyed by a rise in earnings across its main

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. BHP has proposed a takeover of Anglo American, in a deal that would bring together two global mining giants and rank as one of the industry’s largest transactions in years. BHP has made a proposal

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Meta’s revenues jumped by more than a quarter in the first three months of the year, beating expectations, but its forecasts left Wall Street underwhelmed and the shares fell 10 per cent in after-hours trading

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Brussels has raided a Chinese security equipment supplier, deploying new anti-foreign subsidy powers in a move that will further inflame tensions between the trading superpowers ahead of a planned visit by President Xi Jinping to

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK financial regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Some banks are unable to quantify their exposure to private equity, the Bank of England has found, in the latest warning that the $8tn industry could threaten the wider financial system.  BoE regulator Rebecca

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US interest rates myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Traders have built up bets that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates again, a once-unthinkable prospect that highlights a shift in market expectations after stronger than expected US economic data and hawkish comments

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The FTSE 100 closed at an all-time high on Monday as rising expectations for UK interest rate cuts weakened sterling and boosted corporate valuations in London. Britain’s blue-chip index rose 1.6 per cent to close

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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK financial regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The UK’s top financial regulator is facing a fierce backlash from the government and City executives over its plan to “name and shame” companies under investigation more frequently and at a much earlier stage.