High Tech High

Health tech businesses thrive post-pandemic even as VC funding drops. Plus: Singapore draws in start-ups; new models of corporate success in Japan; India’s EV expansion

April 3, 2024

High frequency trading

High-speed trader XTX Markets to build vast data centre in Finland

...UK high-speed trader XTX Markets is building a vast data centre in Finland to handle the information for the $250bn worth of deals that it makes every day, bucking the trend among financial services groups...

April 12, 2024

FT Live

Wealth Tech Awards 2024

Recognising the prominent role of technology in private banking.

News in-depthShipping

Shipping industry turns to high-tech wings for faster decarbonisation

SGS expects to be able to cut vessels’ fuel consumption by up to 30 per cent with its wind-sail technology

April 21, 2024

Live news: Tesla notches seventh straight loss ahead of Tuesday earnings release

FTSE 100 closes at record high

...The UK’s FTSE 100 closed at a record high, boosted by weakness in the pound and rising expectations of interest rate cuts from the Bank of England....

April 22, 2024

Unhedged podcast15 min listen

High interest rate anxiety

How long can the economy last without a recession?

April 16, 2024

Live news: G7 prepares to move against subsidised Chinese imports

FTSE 100 reaches record high amid continued European equity rally

...Contracts tracking Wall Street’s S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite were up 0.1 per cent ahead of the New York trading session....

April 23, 2024

FT Live

Building an AI-First Organisation

How can business leaders use AI to drive value?

Inside BusinessRichard Waters

Question of pay-off from AI hangs over Big Tech earnings

...Meta, after dialling back the high spending on the metaverse that had antagonised Wall Street, is experiencing an earnings surge....

April 18, 2024

News updates from February 13: US inflation slows to 3.1%, Gazans flee Rafah ahead of expected invasion

Strong tech earnings push Japanese stocks to record highs

...Japanese stocks surged on Tuesday on strong tech earnings, leaving domestic equity markets close to surpassing all-time highs hit more than three decades ago....

February 13, 2024

Live news: Indonesia raises interest rate to 6.25% in surprise move

German business confidence at near year-long high

April 24, 2024

Eurozone economy

Eurozone business activity rises to 11-month high

...Investors expect the ECB to start cutting its benchmark deposit rate from an all-time high of 4 per cent at its meeting on June 6....

April 23, 2024

World

Conflicts drive global military spending to record high

War in Ukraine and tensions in Middle East and Asia lead to 7% increase in worldwide defence expenditure, says think-tank

April 22, 2024

Letter

Letter: Grappling with WFH is a seemingly impossible task

...Alistair EnserChief Executive, Reliance High TechBracknell, Northamptonshire, UK...

February 19, 2024

Transcript

Transcript: High interest rate anxiety

...This is an audio transcript of the Unhedged podcast episode: ‘High interest rate anxiety’ [MUSIC PLAYING] Ethan WuOn the very first episode of this here show, Katie Martin and I made a bet about when interest...

April 16, 2024

News updates from February 7: Netanyahu rejects Hamas ceasefire demand, Disney unveils $3bn buyback

S&P 500 notches record high in tech-led rally

...The S&P 500 notched a record high close on Wednesday as tech stocks led a broad rally in the benchmark index....

February 7, 2024

News updates from February 8: S&P 500 breaks through 5,000, Zelenskyy appoints new top general

S&P 500 notches record high in tech-led rally

...The S&P 500 closed at a record high on Wednesday as tech stocks led a broad rally in the benchmark US index....

February 7, 2024

FT Live

Global Insurance Summit

Strengthening resilience, capital and innovation as systemic risks evolve

News updates from February 15: White House discloses Russian ‘anti-satellite capability’, UK GDP contracts by more than expected

S&P 500 closes at record high despite losses for Big Tech

...The S&P 500 closed at a record high on Thursday despite a decline in Big Tech stocks....

February 15, 2024

News updates from February 16: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies, Trump ordered to pay more than $350mn in New York fraud case

S&P 500 closes at record high despite losses for Big Tech

...The S&P 500 closed at a record high on Thursday despite a decline in Big Tech stocks....

February 15, 2024

Inside BusinessKana Inagaki

Oil and water: why Nissan and Honda are setting aside their rivalry

...Nearly four years later, Japan’s second- and third-largest carmakers (behind Toyota) are planning to combine forces to develop electric cars in a bid to survive the coming wave of high-tech, low-cost models...

April 9, 2024

UK equities

FTSE 100 closes at record high as sterling weakens

...The benchmark is just 16 per cent above its 1999 dotcom-era high, while the S&P has more than trebled in value in the same period....

April 22, 2024

Live news: US FTC bans non-compete agreements

US new home sales jump to 6-month high

...Sales of new single-family homes in March unexpectedly increased to the highest level since September, as the lack of housing inventory in the US continues to boost demand for new builds despite high mortgage...

April 23, 2024

Live news: South Korea’s economy grows faster than expected in complication for rate cutting bets

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 February 2: US adds 353,000 jobs in January, US hits Iraq and Syria after drone deaths

Big Tech stocks propel S&P 500 to a record closing high

...The S&P 500 closed at a record high, finishing a busy week of corporate earnings, central bank announcements and labour market data on a positive note....

February 2, 2024

News updates from February 7: Netanyahu rejects Hamas ceasefire demand, Disney unveils $3bn buyback

S&P 500 sets record intraday high as tech stocks lead broad rally

...US stocks rose, with gains for tech groups leading a broad rally that put the S&P 500 on track for a record high close....

February 7, 2024

News in-depthUK house prices

London house prices underperformed rest of UK for past 8 years

...Experts said the fast and sustained rates of growth had been boosted by strong employment growth and high levels of new business investment....

April 19, 2024

News updates from April 8: Millions watch solar eclipse; Elon Musk predicts AI will overtake human intelligence in 2025

Gold hits new all-time high

...The haven asset hit a high of $2,353.79 a troy ounce on Monday morning, up from about $2,000 an ounce in mid-February....

April 8, 2024

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