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War in Ukraine
G7 moves closer to seizing Russian assets for Ukraine
...The US official said the G7’s legal discussions reflected the importance of abiding by international law in responding to Russia’s invasion....
December 15, 2023
ReviewNon-Fiction
3 Shades of Blue — the jazz geniuses of mid-century America
...As James Kaplan writes in his book about trumpeter Miles Davis, saxophonist John Coltrane and pianist Bill Evans — three mid-century geniuses — 1959 brought on “jazz’s future with ruthless speed”....
March 28, 2024
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival: U.S. edition
Where the Financial Times weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 4 MayThe REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Fiction
James by Percival Everett — a master at the peak of his powers
...movie American Fiction) to 2020’s Telephone — the story of a grief-stricken geologist-slash-paleobiologist published in three separate versions — Everett has often invited readers to consider their own...
April 3, 2024
US employment
US jobs growth of 303,000 outstrips forecasts and weighs on rate cut bets
...Stocks advanced, with the S&P 500 closing 1.1 per cent higher to recoup almost all of its fall on Thursday that marked the biggest drop since mid-February....
April 5, 2024
ReviewMusic
EFG London Jazz Festival review — a resounding finale with tributes to Wayne Shorter and Miles Davis
...The Davis recording combined a strong collaborative aesthetic with technical flair, but here the musicians seemed to hold back....
November 21, 2023
FirstFT
FirstFT: Global M&A drought ends as blockbuster deals double in first quarter Premium content
...Futures contracts tied to the value of the Vix index — the so-called fear gauge that measures expectations of near-term swings in the S&P 500 — are pricing in a rise in market stress in the weeks before...
March 28, 2024
FT Live
Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific
Celebrating innovations from both law firms and in-house teams in the region
Thursday, 16 MayHong Kong
War in Ukraine
US and UK launch crackdown on Russian metals trade
...The move against Russian metals follows the G7’s campaign to curb Moscow’s revenues from crude and petroleum exports, including through a price cap on seaborne oil trades involving western shipping servicers...
April 12, 2024
House & Home
In search of James Baldwin’s lost house
...During its heyday, Baldwin’s Saint-Paul home was a sanctuary for artists — especially black Americans in the twilight of their lives, from Miles Davis to Josephine Baker....
September 29, 2023
World
FirstFT: Uber chief unlocks $136mn in shares
...Khosrowshahi was hired in 2017 from Expedia, where he was once the best-paid chief executive in the S&P 500....
February 29, 2024
Life & Arts
FT Weekend Quiz: Museum of Modern Art, Andrew Carnegie and Brangelina
...Between 1995 and 2002, who was the third host of BBC1’s The Generation Game, following Bruce Forsyth and Larry Grayson? Click here for the answers James Walton is co-host of “The Booker Prize Podcast”...
January 19, 2024
Special ReportThe Business of Formula One
Can Max Verstappen’s domination prove bad for F1’s business?
...In the most dominant season by any driver in F1’s 74-year history, Verstappen has won more than 80 per cent of the races....
November 24, 2023
Transcript
Transcript: Swamp Notes — Is it the economy, stupid?
...Inflation is down, jobs are up, and the S&P 500 is continuing its joyride. And that must mean that voters are feeling pretty good about President Joe Biden, right? Right?...
February 10, 2024
News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
What the landmark ICJ genocide case against Israel means for the world
...“Whichever side prevails at this preliminary stage will feel vindicated legally,” said Chimène Keitner, a professor of international law at the University of California Davis School of Law....
January 23, 2024
ReviewScience fiction books
From the multiverse to a steampunk London — the best new sci-fi books
...The Marvel films have mined the idea for storylines, likewise another superhero movie, The Flash; it was also central to 2022’s mind-bendingly unique Oscar-winner Everything Everywhere All at Once....
February 19, 2024
James Henderson
When yesterday’s company heroes move into recovery mode
...James Henderson is co-manager of the Henderson Opportunities Trust, Law Debenture and Lowland Investment Company....
December 1, 2023
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival
Where the FT Weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 7 September London, UK
James Max
Rich People’s Problems: Should I be clothes shopping in the sales?
...You’re better off going to the revitalised M&S and getting a pair for £25. Did I just say that? However, despite the renaissance at M&S, its own branded shirts are still terrible....
January 25, 2024
Life & Arts
FT Weekend Quiz: B52’s, Arthur Miller and Evelyn Waugh
...What was the collective nickname for the group of showbiz friends in the 1950s and 60s, who included Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr and Frank Sinatra?...
June 16, 2023
777 Partners
Everton FC bidder 777’s funding structure starts to unravel
...Additional reporting by Josh Noble and James Fontanella-Khan in New York...
March 12, 2024
Marks & Spencer Group PLC
M&S wins legal challenge against government over Oxford Street store
...James Souter, a partner at law firm Charles Russell Speechlys, called Friday’s judgment an “embarrassment” for the government, “not least because of the public perception on the costs incurred”....
March 1, 2024
Disrupted Times
Inflation eases in the US and eurozone raising hopes of rate cuts
...Shares in New York were higher in late-morning trading, with the S&P 500 up 0.2 per cent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 0.4 per cent higher....
March 1, 2024
Cravath
Cravath creates non-equity partner tier as it seeks to retain legal talent
...It has since continued to lose younger talent, including Eric Schiele and Jonathan Davis to Kirkland & Ellis; Andrew Elken to Latham & Watkins; and Damien Zoubek to Freshfields....
November 7, 2023
ReviewVisual Arts
The Time Is Always Now, National Portrait Gallery — Black figurative art takes its place in the canon
...In 1980, Kerry James Marshall painted a carbon-black silhouette of a face, only the whites of the eyes and gleaming teeth visible....
February 24, 2024
Data visualisation
And the winner is…
...Chart 1 is the market cap of the Magnificent Seven (aka the Yankee GRANNNOLASS) as a percentage of the S&P 500. Yeehaw!...
February 26, 2024
US economy
US economy defies recession fears with 3.3% growth in fourth quarter
...US stocks and bond prices moved higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 gaining 0.5 per cent....
January 25, 2024
Life & Arts
FT Weekend Quiz: Glasgow Prestwick airport, Beverly Hills and Trooping the Colour
...Which 1989 Gus Van Sant film stars Matt Dillon as Bob Hughes and William S Burroughs as a priest?...
November 24, 2023

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