Fin'l Times
Natalie Harp, the devoted ‘human printer’ in Trump’s entourage
The executive aide’s relationship with the president symbolises a broader sycophancy around him...
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Citadel offloads 80% of portfolio scooped up from Situational Awareness
Ken Griffin’s hedge fund has executed more than $4bn worth of block trades...
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US and Canada haggle over trade deal as midnight tariffs threat looms
Officials talk up prospect of agreement after Trump paused $20bn of new levies on North American trading partner...
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Apple paid $17bn in taxes to Ireland after court ruling on back levies
New filings highlight iPhone maker’s global tax liabilities...
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Bitcoin and gold surge as Bessent’s bond market intervention weighs on dollar
World’s biggest cryptocurrency on track for best week in more than three years...
6 hours ago
Samsung to return record $80bn to shareholders
South Korean chipmaker has come under pressure to distribute more of its bumper profits from AI boom...
8 hours ago
Feminism didn’t kill the male breadwinner model, the economy did
Young non-graduate men face unique setbacks...
13 hours ago
What is Bessent doing with the $32tn Treasury market — and will it work?
US Treasury secretary has made a high-stakes bet he can beat back soaring borrowing costs...
18 hours ago
Guggenheim loan trades in distressed territory after investor call
Chief executive Mark Walter’s business empire has come under pressure amid probe into his insurance holdings...
22 hours ago
Quant funds rocked as Treasury boosts buybacks and Moderna shares leap
Tumultuous session puts further pressure on momentum trades that have been unsettled since AI-related stock sell-off...
23 hours ago
The US Treasury is buying long bonds, but not very many
Speaking loudly but wielding a teeny-tiny stick in...
23 hours ago
Walmart shares tumble as sales growth slows to six-year low
Retailer to use almost $2.9bn in tariff refunds to deliver price cuts for squeezed American consumers...
1 day ago
Western oil refinery closures set to continue despite war shock
North America and Europe to lose further capacity to turn oil into petrol, diesel and jet fuel because of investor wariness...
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US long-term bonds slide as Bessent intervention fails to soothe investors
Yield on 30-year Treasuries rises despite move to ‘at least double’ purchases of securities...
1 day ago
From balloons to pans: in praise of useful tech
Companies developing new materials with previously unknown properties could change the material world...
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Investors cut bets on US and UK rate rises
Weaker economic data has changed expectations despite a rally in oil prices...
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Trump is losing his war of independence on rare earths
Inefficiency, untrustworthiness and cronyism are weakening the administration’s plans to stand up to China...
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Trump announces new drive to isolate and crush Iranian economy
UAE, long a crucial trading hub for Tehran, has also suspended commercial ties...
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Russian missile attack kills at least 13 in Kyiv
Strikes come as Ukraine struggles with a shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles...
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Founder of collapsed Chinese property giant given life sentence
Evergrande chair Hui Ka Yan jailed following developer’s default almost five years ago...
1 day ago
North Korea dismisses Trump overture
Kim Jong Un’s sister casts doubt on claim there has been communication between Pyongyang and Washington...
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Trump proposed reviving the Keystone XL pipeline. Does Canada still want it?
The bilateral relationship has soured significantly since the project was first proposed two decades ago...
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Hudson River posts $11.4bn trading windfall as it seizes on market tumult
Wall Street firm benefited from swings in AI stocks and volatility triggered by Iran war...
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US government debt hits $40tn as borrowing rises at historic rate
Public spending surges despite Donald Trump’s vow to stabilise America’s public finances...
1 day ago
Fed officials express rising concern over persistently high inflation
Minutes from July central bank meeting show ‘many’ policymakers are prepared to increase borrowing costs...
1 day ago
Moderna’s cancer shot: exciting for investors, inconclusive for patients
A glimmer of hope for sufferers, a potential revenue platform for a cash-burner, and a whole heap of unknowns...
2 days ago
US Treasury to double buybacks of long-term government debt
Sharp sell-off in recent weeks has sent borrowing costs soaring...
2 days ago
Moderna share price doubles on melanoma vaccine trial success
Company’s melanoma cancer vaccine being developed with Merck...
2 days ago
Europe should wish Marco Rubio a bright future
Americans who support reckless wars are sometimes also the likeliest to defend Europe...
2 days ago
Ukraine anti-corruption team raids home of top Zelenskyy aide
Searches come hours after ousted defence minister launches a blistering attack on wartime president...
2 days ago
Chinese humanoid robot maker surges 600% in trading debut
Unitree makes stellar start in Shanghai as investors clamour for shares...
2 days ago
Iran eyes military targets in Europe if Trump escalates war, insiders say
Proposals to retaliate against US assets beyond the Middle East come as many in Tehran see renewed conflict as inevitable...
2 days ago
Venezuela abandons Nicolás Maduro to fate in US jail
Government makes no mention of freeing former leader after nearly two weeks of talks...
2 days ago
Global food security may be collateral in Ukraine war
Moscow and Kyiv’s attacks on one another’s agricultural exports could result in a worldwide grain crisis...
2 days ago
Mark Walter sought loan from Apollo backed by Lakers stake
Talks over the financing continued until Guggenheim chief reached a deal to sell the holding in the basketball team...
2 days ago
Soaring diesel prices rip across US economy
Rising fuel costs threaten new jolt of inflation ahead of November’s midterm elections...
2 days ago
Israeli strikes on Syrian air base criticised by US and Turkey
Bombing of military site is ‘an unnecessary escalation’ and underlines regional tensions over Damascus regime...
3 days ago
Government borrowing costs hit multi-decade highs
Fears over inflation and AI issuance spur bond sell-off...
3 days ago
OpenAI adds stricter controls for teens on ChatGPT amid backlash
AI start-up overhauls its chatbot for young people after high-profile lawsuits...
3 days ago
Seoul rattled by Trump’s threat to drills at heart of US alliance
US president’s eleventh-hour demand to ‘reduce’ annual exercises and praise of Kim Jong Un unsettles ally...
3 days ago
Trump ballroom official held quiet Kremlin talks
Rodney Mims Cook Jr showed Russian officials pictures of his ‘dacha’ at Vladimir Putin’s flagship economic forum...
3 days ago
Mark Carney in last-ditch effort to avoid Trump’s latest tariffs
Canadian prime minister plans call with US president before a Wednesday deadline for levies on $20bn of trade...
3 days ago
Chelsea shareholders Walter and Boehly in talks to sell stakes to Clearlake
Negotiations come amid clashes over strategy and as Walter’s business empire faces scrutiny from regulators...
4 days ago
Crime and punishment in the Middle East
Lebanon and Syria are trying to improve the application of justice but challenges remain...
4 days ago
US tech stock correction likely, warn ECB economists
Boom-bust pattern could become ‘question of financial stability’ for euro area, central bank team writes in blog post...
4 days ago
The realignment of the Middle East
Iran conflict is reshaping alliances in a way neither America nor Israel foresaw...
4 days ago
Kushner to hold talks with Netanyahu after meeting Hamas leader
Donald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy is pushing Washington’s peace plan for Gaza...
4 days ago
Trump orders Pentagon to scale back military drills with South Korea
US president claims joint exercises send a ‘hostile’ message to North Korea...
4 days ago
Private credit under strain as troubled loans swell
FT analysis shows signals of stress in the market are back to levels last seen in 2017...
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