Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...Indian steelmaker JSW last month launched a $1.5bn tie-up with China’s SAIC Motor to build and sell EVs in India....
...Goldman Sachs estimates that AI-related investment could rise to between 2.5 per cent and 4 per cent of GDP in the US, compared with 1.5 per cent to 2.5 per cent in other leading economies....
...By contrast, Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous driving company, clocked up 2.9mn driving miles in California in 2022 and had still not reached a comparable performance....
...John Burn-MurdochYeah. So the number that we really care about here is 2.1 births per woman. That’s what we call the replacement rate....
...Israeli spending increased 24 per cent, rising from an average of $1.8bn per month before Hamas launched its assault on Israel in October last year to $4.7bn in December, said Sipri....
...The UK government has pledged this week to increase defence spending from about 2.3 per cent to 2.5 per cent of national income....
...Pencil holder by Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, £90 each Patterned boxes to keep desks tidy. shop.sibylcolefax.com Washing-up bowl & brush by Normann Copenhagen, £70 Add a pop of colour with this vibrant...
...john.burn-murdoch@ft.com, @jburnmurdoch...
...its defence budget to 2 per cent by 2027....
...“This is America, we replace our presidents with elections, not with coups.” ★★★☆☆ Episodes 1 and 2 on Apple TV+ from March 15; new episodes released weekly Find out about our latest stories first — follow...
...The defence ministry has admitted, however, it can only produce at most half of the 4mn 152mm-calibre shells and 1.6mn 122mm-calibre shells Putin’s military estimates it needs to break through....
...briefs, £680 Gucci light-stretch-wool dress with lace inserts, £2,970 Loewe wool and cashmere Knot top, £725, and matching trousers, £1,100....
...The 1984 film Starman, directed by John Carpenter and starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen, has an alien cartographer (the Bridges role) discovering Voyager 2’s gold disc and acting on its “come see us”...
...John Lobb suede loafers, £1,310. Paul Smith cotton/silk socks, £41. Ayooluwa wears Burberry gabardine coat, £2,290. Fendi cotton shirt (just seen), £1,050. Manolo Blahnik suede loafers, £725....
...Departing US climate envoy John Kerry has accused asset managers of “turning away from science” just weeks after a clutch of the world’s biggest investors stepped back from an industry group set up to tackle...
...Five more top stories 1....
...Global emissions are estimated to rise another 2 per cent this year....
...In November, a jury hit Bayer with $1.5bn in punitive damages in a Roundup case. The company has set aside billions of dollars to pay for Roundup litigation costs....
...Mifid 2 already It is starting to feel like at least parts of Mifid II were a really weird dream....
...Parents are worried The independent sector in the UK educates approximately 620,000 children in more than 2,500 schools, according to the Independent Schools Council, an umbrella group for 1,400 schools...
...estimated of $2.58bn, according to LSEG data....
...With a defence budget of £54bn, equivalent to 2.1 per cent of GDP, the UK is Nato’s biggest military spender after the US in absolute terms....
...john.thornhill@ft.com...
...As a result, revenues for this year would be between $1.83bn and $1.96bn. That is below analyst estimates of $2.58bn, according to LSEG data....
...However the weighted cost of debt is only about 2.5 per cent, so affordable....
International Edition