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Letter
Letter: It’s worth recalling how Clinton achieved a budget surplus
...Such tax increases would be more palatable if accompanied by a genuine simplification of today’s mind-bogglingly complex federal income tax system. William W Chip Washington, DC, US...
May 1, 2024
Inside Politics
Metro mayors ditching ideology
...It comes in huge slabs with a pot of melted chocolate on the side and I am absolutely obsessed with it....
April 25, 2024
FT Live
Managing Operational Risk in M&A Transactions
Examining the value of business licensing and property tax in the deal cycle
Thursday, 20 JuneDigital Conference
UK politics
Two founders of Teesworks project hit out at mayor Houchen
...The stinging criticism of Houchen’s decision to hand over most of England’s biggest regeneration scheme to private developers comes just days ahead of voters in Tees Valley deciding on whether to give him...
April 26, 2024
Manchester
Manchester’s Co-op Live mega-venue delays opening for second time in a week
...The further delay comes as Gary Roden, Co-Op Live’s general manager, stepped down after remarking that some grassroots music venues were poorly run....
April 26, 2024
Transcript
Transcript: A glow-up for China’s state-owned enterprises
...William SandlundWell, the government has come out with recent reforms where they’re starting to use the market valuation of these companies to assess senior management....
April 17, 2024
Chinese economy
China’s politburo pledges more support for economy facing ‘many challenges’
...In a meeting on Tuesday, the Communist party’s 24-member leadership body, the politburo, laid out measures to shore up growth and announced that a long-awaited important policy gathering, the so-called third...
April 30, 2024
FT Live
Inside Politics: who will win the UK general election?
Exclusively for FT subscribers
Wednesday, 8 MayDigital Conference
Chinese equities
Hong Kong rallies close to bull market territory
...The rally comes as Hong Kong’s stock exchange is trying to revive its fortunes and attract foreign investors, with the Hang Seng index down more than 42 per cent since early 2021 and investors showing little...
April 29, 2024
News updates from April 26: US PCE rises 2.7% in March; Anglo American rejects BHP takeover bid
What to watch in Asia today
...The capital’s metropolitan area is home to just under a third of Japan’s population, and its inflation reading is seen as a leading indicator for the country....
April 26, 2024
News updates from April 25: US economy grew less than expected in Q1; Microsoft and Alphabet beat Wall Street estimates
What to watch in Asia today
...Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese commemorates Anzac Day alongside Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape in a ceremony on the Kokoda Track....
April 25, 2024
Live news: More banks push back expectations of US rate cuts
What to watch in Asia today
...Events: Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella begins a south-east Asia tour in Indonesia....
April 30, 2024
News updates from April 17: UK inflation falls less than expected; Boeing engineer says safety concerns are ignored
UK MPs overturn amendments on Rwanda asylum bill
...to come....
April 17, 2024
Live news: France’s 0.2% growth augurs well for European bloc
Hong Kong’s first spot cryptocurrency ETFs begin trading
...Hong Kong’s first spot cryptocurrency exchange traded funds started trading on Tuesday, as the city pushes ahead with plans to become a virtual assets trading hub despite strict controls in mainland China...
April 30, 2024
News updates from April 26: US PCE rises 2.7% in March; Anglo American rejects BHP takeover bid
Markets update: Asian equities rise as currencies weaken
...Asian equities rose in early trading on Friday, with Hong Kong leading gains in the region for a fifth consecutive day....
April 26, 2024
News updates from April 26: US PCE rises 2.7% in March; Anglo American rejects BHP takeover bid
UK charges man with hostile activity to benefit Russia
...A fifth man has been charged with having information about terrorist acts, the CPS said....
April 26, 2024
UK local elections
‘What will change?’: council funding woes loom over UK local elections
...“I feel a real sense of decline,” said Enid, a 74-year-old retired nurse who had voted both ways in the past. “I am thinking about it a lot but wondering: what will change?”...
April 30, 2024
FT Live
The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition
FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government
Wednesday, 4 DecemberDigital Conference
Management consulting
Former Tory leader William Hague joins corporate intelligence group Hakluyt
...Hakluyt, the corporate consultancy founded by ex-MI6 intelligence officers, is appointing former UK Conservative party leader Lord William Hague as chair of its international advisory board....
April 18, 2024
News updates from April 25: US economy grew less than expected in Q1; Microsoft and Alphabet beat Wall Street estimates
China’s offshore renminbi strengthens to record high against yen
...China’s offshore renminbi has reached a record high against the yen, complicating Beijing’s export-oriented growth strategy as Japan’s shipments become more globally competitive....
April 25, 2024
News updates from April 16: Powell says inflation fight will take ‘longer than expected’; China GDP jumps 5.3%
Xi tells Scholz that China’s exports ease global inflation
...China’s President Xi Jinping met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Beijing on Tuesday, saying China’s exports were easing global inflation and the clean energy transition at a time of tension with the EU...
April 16, 2024
Crown Prosecution Service UK
Two British men charged with helping Russian intelligence in London arson attack
...Reeves, meanwhile, faces charges of agreeing “to accept a material benefit from a foreign intelligence service”, as well as arson....
April 26, 2024
Trade Secrets
Ajay Banga tries to build a better World Bank Premium content
...But none of this, and Banga himself is the first to admit it, comes close to generating the trillions of dollars that people estimate are needed to pay for the energy transition in the so-called global south...
April 15, 2024
UK immigration
40,000 migrants living in limbo in the UK, Home Office says
...The officials said the 40,000 migrants included 33,000 people who had arrived in the UK without prior permission by the end of 2023, and a further 6,200 who had come this year....
April 15, 2024
UK housebuilding
State housing schemes in England have ‘materially underdelivered’ since 2020
...The conclusions of the review into the arms-length body, whose remit is to stimulate housebuilding nationally and regenerate struggling areas as part of the government’s “levelling up” agenda, come as the...
April 8, 2024
Live news: Yen rebounds amid speculation of intervention by Japanese authorities
Markets update: Hong Kong equities extend rally and yen rebounds
...Equities in Hong Kong extended their rally on Monday afternoon in a rare display of optimism for the city’s stock market....
April 29, 2024
Travel
William Dalrymple on the trail of Puglia’s ancient kings and castles
...they had come from....
February 10, 2024
Cryptocurrencies
Hong Kong joins global crypto ETF race
...Hong Kong announced its push to become a cryptocurrency hub in 2022 after years of pandemic restrictions and Beijing’s tightening grip on the city tarnished its image as a global financial centre....
April 30, 2024

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