Mr News Breaker

‘Billionaires’ playgrounds’: the $1mn fees upending Florida’s golf clubs

...The Breakers, an elite club in Palm Beach, charges $550,000 for new members, while those familiar say it was closer to $300,000 before the pandemic....

April 10, 2024

War in Ukraine

EU to give member states power to block Russian gas imports

...The Netherlands has banned new contracts for the trans-shipment of Russian LNG, which involves the transferral of gas between Russian Arctic-bound ice breaker ships and tankers that take the fuel on to more...

December 8, 2023

FT Live

Innovation in Wealth Management Summit

Augmented intelligence for client-centric services

UK local government finance

The Monaco hedge fund boss tied up with an indebted English town

...Warrington’s report said the property was now being marketed to new buyers but that this would cause a “large impairment to the council”....

April 24, 2024

Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: April

Piaget thinks thinner to gain an edge on rivals

...Comar, however, dismisses the suggestion he will attempt to break Bulgari’s new record. “Breaking records is not a crusade,” he says....

April 9, 2024

City of London

City of London promises flexibility in drive to entice big companies

...“I have a policy: there is no such thing as deal breakers,” Hayward told the Financial Times in an interview....

February 15, 2024

Equities

A contrarian take on short-selling bans

...And you probably wouldn’t have clicked on this post if the headline was: “Circuit breakers appear to work as intended”....

October 13, 2023

FT Live

Evolving retirement strategies in an ever-changing world

What new regulatory developments mean for IFAs

NextEra Energy

Power giant NextEra plays down Republican threat to US climate law

...The group said it had stocked up on enough transformers and breakers — key pieces of electrical equipment that have faced supply shortages — to cover its buildout until 2027 and that declining interest rates...

January 25, 2024

FT SeriesTen ways to feel good in 2024

Incense, but make it modern

...But in more recent scent-seeking endeavours, I can’t help but notice a new ubiquity of incense. It’s a homecoming, of sorts....

January 18, 2024

FT SeriesBest books of the year 2023

Best books of 2023 — Visual arts

...Seeking solace after his brother’s death, Patrick Bringley spent a decade looking after treasures in New York’s Metropolitan Museum. Greek vases, an Iroquois turtle rattle, Picassos....

November 14, 2023

Due Diligence

Shell has a London problem Premium

...In stock-financed deals, having a misvalued currency is a deal-breaker, and a threat....

April 10, 2024

LexSouth Korea Politics & Policy

Short sell bans: Korea’s blunt market tool has a political aim Premium

...News of a short selling ban in South Korea on Monday sparked a 6 per cent jump in the country’s benchmark Kospi index, the most in more than three years....

November 7, 2023

Turkey

Turkish stocks tumble after Erdoğan steps up Israel criticism

...The steep drop triggered multiple trading curbs known as “circuit breakers”, which are designed to soothe panicky markets....

October 25, 2023

UK politics

Johnson fought against lockdown in autumn 2020, inquiry told

...A circuit breaker was proposed in response to this increase and the health secretary was pushing hard for this to take place. “However, the opposition to any form of lockdown was intense....

November 7, 2023

ReviewDance

BalletBoyz’ England on Fire is chaotic but intermittently beguiling — review

...Lucy Bennett’s Water has three men turn puppeteer, enabling Stamouli to bodysurf invisible waves to Mukul’s electronic soundscape of gulls and breakers....

November 10, 2023

Management consulting

Flexibility is a deal-breaker for consultancies to hire and keep staff

...Creating new entry routes into the profession is important, too....

February 17, 2023

FT Live

Diversity in Finance Awards 2024

Celebrating diversity, inclusion and equality in the financial services sector.

FT Wealth Management

Investors ask if the price is right for buying into India’s growth story

...These inflows, and the success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party in state elections, have helped to push the NSE Nifty 50 and S&P BSE Sensex stock market indices to new record highs...

December 5, 2023

Special ReportInvesting in Peru

Peru’s megaport aims to reshape region’s maritime traffic

...The wave breakers alone used enough concrete to construct 20 buildings of 10 storeys and will protect 1.5km of dock space, capable of berthing some of the world’s largest cargo ships....

October 20, 2023

ReviewTheatre

The Divine Mrs S, Hampstead Theatre, London — entertaining portrait of an actress ahead of her time

...Siddons observes of her new character, with astonishment....

April 3, 2024

Live news: Russia’s deputy defence minister detained on suspicion of receiving a bribe

Ex-tabloid publisher says he sought to shield Donald Trump from infidelity claims

...David Pecker, former publisher of the National Enquirer, told the court he had agreed to “publish positive stories about Mr Trump and . . . publish negative stories about his opponents” and to be the reality-television...

April 23, 2024

News updates from April 23: Tesla to speed up launch of ‘affordable’ models; US regulator bans non-compete agreements

Ex-tabloid publisher says he sought to shield Donald Trump from infidelity claims

...David Pecker, former publisher of the National Enquirer, told the court he had agreed to “publish positive stories about Mr Trump and . . . publish negative stories about his opponents” and to be the reality...

April 23, 2024

Centerview Partners LLC

Ex-Centerview banker did not clinch partner deal at meeting, US court rules

...A representative for Handler said in a statement: “The judge found that when Mr Handler left Centerview in 2022, he had vested rights in Centerview and that there is evidence in the record supporting this...

April 23, 2024

Donald Trump

Trump finds a sympathetic crowd in New York’s Harlem neighbourhood

...In 2017, King told Politico: “I say, ‘Mr President, you know what it’s like to be a Black man . . . No matter what you say or do, you’re guilty as hell.’”...

April 20, 2024

Germany

Germany jails jewellery robbers for spectacular €116mn raid

...“The rule is just as applicable to a Mr Remmo as it is to a Mr Müller or Mr Meier,” he said. It was the law, he added, that confessions and reparation are mitigating circumstances....

May 16, 2023

Disrupted Times

Is the airline industry bouncing back?

...making jobs disappear, as our new Big Read explains....

January 25, 2023

ReviewTelevision

Ripley — Andrew Scott is a calculated operator in new Netflix series

...The new eight-part Netflix series — like Anthony Minghella’s 1999 film, The Talented Mr Ripley — is based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel about a chameleonic conman....

April 4, 2024

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