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Greensill Capital
Lex Greensill sues UK government over ‘misuse of private information’
...At one point he had a desk and security pass within the Cabinet Office, according to the Boardman review into Greensill Capital and its ties to government....
March 5, 2024
US society
Columbia University’s ‘Gaza encampment’ becomes centre of US stand-off
...Mike Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, visited Columbia on Wednesday afternoon to meet Jewish students....
April 24, 2024
FT Live
Bank of the Year Awards 2024
Recognising the best in banking globally
Wednesday, 4 DecemberLondon, UK
News updates from April 22: Huw Edwards resigns from BBC; Head of Israeli military intelligence to resign
Columbia University switches to remote learning as tension over protests grows
...“Over the past days, there have been too many examples of intimidating and harassing behaviour on our campus....
April 22, 2024
The Weekend Essay
The week that shook Columbia
...Polls indicate that a generational cleavage exists within American Jewry over the issue of Israel, one that is surely being exacerbated by the actions of the current Israeli government....
April 27, 2024
Minouche Shafik
Columbia president Minouche Shafik at centre of campus turmoil
...Marcel Agueros, a professor of astronomy and secretary of the Columbia branch of the American Association of University Professors, said the greatest shock for him and colleagues came shortly afterwards,...
April 25, 2024
News in-depthScottish National Party
Humza Yousaf’s leadership of the Scottish government is on the line
...The expected vote next month by Green party members on the fate of the Bute House agreement — after the government ditched emission reduction targets — accelerated the inevitable divorce, the SNP figures...
April 25, 2024
FT Live
Future of the Car
The technology and new business models shaping the next decade in automotive
Tuesday, 7 MaySancroft, Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7DQ, UK
US society
Columbia University calls in police to break up pro-Palestinian protest
...New York mayor Eric Adams said the police had made 108 arrests. Columbia also suspended the students who had occupied part of its main campus for more than 30 hours....
April 18, 2024
The FT ViewThe editorial board
The pursuit of happiness
...These drivers of fulfilment are a far better basis for policy. An equivalent approach is to see the role of government as reducing the causes of unhappiness....
March 22, 2024
Israel-Hamas war
New York police arrest NYU protesters as US campus tensions rise
...The arrests at Columbia last week have also sparked student protest encampments at other universities including at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts and Emerson....
April 23, 2024
UK prime property
Hot property: five homes for sale in the Peak District, England
...Who Savills House, Sheldon, £699,950 Where Above the River Wye in the heart of the Peak District National Park, Sheldon is a historic village featuring characterful stone cottages and views of the White...
April 10, 2024
Education
Columbia University faces pressure to help impoverished students
...A US government survey estimated in 2020 that 23 per cent of undergraduates and 12 per cent of graduate students across the US suffered from food insecurity, and 8 per cent and 5 per cent respectively experienced...
February 11, 2024
FirstFT
FirstFT: BHP proposes all-stock takeover of Anglo American
...But it has also plunged Columbia into a crisis over the bounds of free speech and harassment and tarnished the school in the eyes of many Jewish alumni as a hotbed of antisemitism....
April 25, 2024
News in-depthDonald Trump
Trump masks his rage as ‘hush money’ trial starts
...Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney....
April 23, 2024
Martin Wolf
The tree of debt must stop growing
...Some economists seem to believe that the demand for a sovereign’s money is infinite: so long as there is some slack in the economy, the government can keep printing....
April 9, 2024
Paul Killik
Why buying company shares has gone out of fashion
...Another blow for the retail investor community came with the government’s legislation on the rights of nominee holders at the implementation of Crest, an electronic settlement system, in 1996....
April 5, 2024
FT Live
Business Book of the Year Award 2024
The search for the best business book is under way
Monday, 9 December1 Grosvenor Pl, London SW1X 7HJ, UK
Europe Express
What Bulgaria’s government collapse means for the rest of the EU Premium content
...In February the Dutch government accused China of hacking into a military network last year....
March 27, 2024
News updates from February 29: US PCE inflation falls to 2.4%, Putin warns of wider conflict over Ukraine
US Supreme Court will hear Trump presidential immunity appeal
...The appeal stems from a unanimous ruling handed down earlier this month by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that barred Trump from using presidential immunity as a shield against...
February 28, 2024
LexBoeing Co
Why Boeing’s cash woes could merit an industrial policy lifeline Premium content
...Even if the idea of a government-sponsored aircraft seems remote, Boeing is considering some fundamental organisational questions....
April 26, 2024
Major League Baseball
Baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter charged with bank fraud
...A federal ban on sports betting was overturned by the US Supreme Court in 2018, paving the way for its legalisation in 38 US states and the District of Columbia. It remains prohibited in California....
April 11, 2024
Art Basel Miami Beach 2023
How Allapattah became the centre of Miami’s art scene
...Bakehouse Art Complex, Locust Projects and Dimensions Variable all started in the neighbourhood of Wynwood, along with BFI in the Design District, Diaspora Vibe in Little Haiti and Oolite Arts in Miami Beach...
November 24, 2023
The FT ViewThe editorial board
Nigeria’s kidnapping racket is a symptom of a failing state
...The discovery of oil did not help, transforming the business of government into divvying up rent, not creating wealth....
March 12, 2024
Live news: Police presence grows as pro-Palestine protests spread across US campuses
Police presence grows as pro-Palestine protests spread across US campuses
...Fresh protests also occurred at Columbia in New York, as the group Palestine Legal filed a demand for an investigation by the Department of Education into last week’s arrests on campus....
April 25, 2024
UK economy
The Bank of England is misusing its fiscal powers
...The Bank introduced the APF under Mervyn King in 2009, with support from the Labour government....
February 29, 2024
Live news: Alphabet shares jump 14% after first-quarter revenue beats Wall Street expectations
Police presence grows as pro-Palestine protests spread across US campuses
...Fresh protests also occurred at Columbia in New York, as the group Palestine Legal filed a demand for an investigation by the Department of Education into last week’s arrests on campus....
April 25, 2024
Letter
Letter: How government could solve the UK market’s lack of capital
...The UK government is short of funds but there is a simple solution — when offering tax relief, attach the condition that most of the money should be invested in UK assets....
March 11, 2024

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