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High Speed Two Ltd
HS2 considers scrapping first-class seats to maintain passenger capacity
...A new high-speed rail line will now only be built from London to Birmingham, with HS2’s custom-built trains shifting on to existing tracks the rest of the way to the north of England....
January 26, 2024
HS2
Cost of London-to-Birmingham leg of HS2 jumps by a fifth to £54bn
...The transport department said in a statement that HS2’s “governance [was] being strengthened to further increase the focus on cost control and increase government oversight”....
October 12, 2023
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
Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s halving makes its future pay-to-play
...S&P’s O’Neill expects miners will look at energy efficiency, especially the economics of renewable energy projects. But that might not be enough....
April 16, 2024
InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview
Gordon Brown: ‘I really didn’t think we could go as far backwards as we’ve gone’
...He opposes proportional representation, because it “give[s] support to extremists.” Brown hasn’t drunk a cup of coffee since the financial crisis: “The temptation was just too great.”...
April 15, 2024
Unhedged
Philip Tetlock on teaming up with AI Premium content
...Friday Interview: Philip Tetlock Philip Tetlock is one of the most influential social scientists in the world....
April 5, 2024
ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
Passive funds leave actives languishing
...In another test, S&P looked at US mutual funds....
March 15, 2024
FT Live
Future of Asset Management Europe
New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence
Tuesday, 12 NovemberLondon, UK
ReviewAlbums
Jlin: Akoma album review — experimental electronic music with input from Philip Glass and Björk
...Her acclaimed debut album, 2015’s Dark Energy, took this kinetic form in a more introspective direction. Yet it remained connected to a world of bodies and movement....
March 20, 2024
UK transport
What next for Britain’s broken railways?
...I think we need to look at [the reform debate] as an opportunity to find the things that we need to do differently to move forward,” said David Brown, head of Arriva’s UK train business, which runs two national...
April 4, 2024
Philip Augar
What Barclays’ history tells us about its current predicament
...The writer’s books include ‘The bank that lived a little: Barclays in the age of the very free market’ On February 20, Barclays’ chief executive C S Venkatakrishnan will be revealing the outcome of a strategic...
February 15, 2024
Six theatre shows to see in London
The Divine Mrs S, Hampstead Theatre, London review — entertaining portrait of an actress ahead of her time
...It’s her brother, the theatre manager and notably less talented actor, John Philip Kemble, who gets Hamlet, Lear, Richard III....
April 3, 2024
UK infrastructure
Britain’s ageing railways struggle to deal with impact of climate change
...The project has been massively cut back as its costs have spiralled, but Nick Sartain, HS2’s head of geotechnical engineering, said he believed that designing the railway to be more resilient to bad weather...
January 23, 2024
The Big Read
The art of superforecasting: how FT readers fared against the experts in 2023
...The art of superforecasting has its origins in the work of Philip Tetlock, one of the founders of Good Judgment....
December 26, 2023
Visual and data journalism
And the winner is . . .
...The chart as shown was an unused extra from Philip Coggan’s excellent long-read on passive versus active, though a version of it’s in this Alphaville post....
March 18, 2024
Greencore Group PLC
Activist investor Oasis builds stake in sandwich maker Greencore
...Sales at Greencore, which supplies packaged food products to almost every big supermarket chain including Tesco and M&S, have been buoyed by workers returning to offices following the pandemic....
March 15, 2024
Prime property
Hot property: Arts and Crafts-styled homes
...Why The house’s history stretches back to the 11th century, and in the late 1800s Philip Webb, a pioneer of Arts and Crafts architecture, designed various extensions....
January 11, 2024
FT Live
Financial Advice Forum
Optimising client centric advice in uncertain times
Tuesday, 24 September8-14 Cooper's Row, London EC3N 2BQ, UK
Work & Careers
From cold water swimming to bison grilling: how CEOs spend Christmas
...Philip Georgiadis Stuart Machin, Marks and Spencer Winding down during the festive period is not an option for Stuart Machin, the chief executive of Marks and Spencer, as the upmarket British retail chain...
December 17, 2023
Equities
Stock markets undergo ‘risk reset’ as indices notch new records
...“It’s like a reset of the risk cycle,” said Evan Brown, a portfolio manager and head of multi-asset strategy at UBS Asset Management....
March 12, 2024
US presidential election 2024
Trump’s candidate won big in Ohio and Democrats are celebrating
...A spokesperson for the Moreno campaign slammed the Democrats’ tactics, saying the party “constantly underestimate[s] the America First movement at their own peril”....
March 23, 2024
Investments
What can investors expect from 2024?
...The top 10 stocks in the S&P 500 make up about one-third of the index, the highest proportion since the dotcom bubble of 2000....
January 5, 2024
News updates from February 12: Israel rescues 2 hostages, Diamondback Energy to buy Endeavor
European stocks edge higher as investors seek rate signals from central banks
...Contracts tracking Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite were close to flat ahead of the New York trading session....
February 12, 2024
News updates from February 8: S&P 500 breaks through 5,000, Zelenskyy appoints new top general
European stocks hold steady as traders weigh mixed results
...Contracts tracking Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite were down less than 0.1 per cent....
February 8, 2024
The Big Read
How Boeing’s troubles are upsetting the balance of power in aviation
...Incremental progress has also been made in domestic alternatives for C919’s foreign suppliers, such as aluminium-lithium alloys, ultra-high strength steel carbon fibres and some avionics components....
January 28, 2024
US interest rates
Investors lose hope of rapid US interest rate cuts this year
...The S&P 500 index of blue-chip companies is up more than 9 per cent since the start of the year....
April 8, 2024
The Art of FashionThe Art of Fashion: the Individuality issue
The spring trends to know now
...I also liked the harmonious palette of tones used through these styles — toffee browns, sand tones, soft coral and washed blues.”...
March 26, 2024
News updates from February 22: Global stock markets hit record highs, Nvidia smashes record for one-day valuation increase
What to watch in North America
...Meanwhile, S&P Global will release its purchasing managers’ indices for manufacturing and services, with February readings expected to dip slightly from January levels....
February 22, 2024

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