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ReviewFT Books Essay
Are video games coming for the novel?
...Occasionally the influence is clear, as in J Robert Lennon’s 2021 novel Subdivision, in which a woman checks into a mysterious small-town guesthouse....
April 17, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: aggressive auction leads to ambitious contract requiring expert play
...Either way, South’s J♣ scores his 12th trick....
April 17, 2024
FT Live
Decarbonising India's Industries
Unlocking the technologies and capital required to accelerate progress
Tuesday, 11 JuneDigital Conference
News updates from April 18: Netflix profits surge; Jurors selected for Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial
German police arrest suspected Russian spies over bombing plans
...Dieter S, 39, and Alexander J, 37, had been in communication with Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, to plan acts of sabotage on German soil....
April 18, 2024
Lex PopuliMarks & Spencer Group PLC
M&S ‘superapp’ will need a long shelf life
...Investors rewarded the group with an almost 70 per cent rise in the share price over the past 12 months, vastly outpacing peers J Sainsbury and Tesco....
March 21, 2024
Markets InsightToby Nangle
What’s wrong with the Shiller Cape benchmark for markets?
...Despite Greenspan’s intervention, the S&P 500 went on to more than double, destroying the careers of any money managers who shared the professors’ conviction....
February 5, 2024
Letter
Letter: Productivity curve will soon be more ‘S’ than ‘J’
...In fact, the generative AI productivity curve may turn out to be more “S” than “J”. Neil McPhaterCambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK...
June 23, 2023
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival: U.S. edition
The Saturday where the Financial Times Weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 10 May 2025The REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
War in Ukraine
Germany arrests suspected Russian spies over bombing plot
...Dieter S, 39, and Alexander J, 37, had been in communication with Russia’s military intelligence agency (GRU) to plan acts of sabotage on German soil, said the federal prosecutor....
April 18, 2024
UK retail results
Tesco and M&S emerge as winners from Christmas trading
...“M&S has a history of overpromising and underdelivering.” The strong performance from Tesco and M&S comes a day after rival J Sainsbury disappointed investors with weak general merchandise sales....
January 11, 2024
Investments
Investors’ Chronicle: Premier Foods, Crest Nicholson, JD Wetherspoon
...Clark’s soon-to-be-former-employer Persimmon expects 2023’s full-year results to be ahead of guidance, and Taylor Wimpey expects its results to be at the top end of forecasts....
January 26, 2024
LexUK retail industry
CMA/grocers: loyal prerogatives power lucrative basket trade Premium content
...Total operating profits that year are forecast to reach £3bn, according to S&P Capital IQ data. Once signed up, few loyalty card members bother to unsubscribe....
November 29, 2023
ReviewAlbums
Yoasobi: The Book 3 album — frantic hits from Google’s most wanted
...“Shukufuku”’s blend of bombast and bubblegum is a rollercoaster ride: exhilarating, but you are glad when it is over. “Suki da” has key changes for each chorus, but otherwise dials down the maximalism....
December 29, 2023
ReviewAlbums
J Hus: Beautiful and Brutal Yard album review — menacing and multi-layered
...an associate cries to J Hus at the start of his third album. “Show them who you are.” The London rapper’s response unfolds over the course of the next 18 tracks....
July 14, 2023
LexJ Sainsbury PLC
UK supermarkets: market share gains invite ‘Tescopoly’ comparison Premium content
...“AI” is 2023’s word of the year. In the noughties, “Tescopoly” and “Tescoisation” were contenders. They referred to the dominant position of the UK’s largest supermarket chain....
November 2, 2023
Due Diligence
The FT puts Warren Buffett’s lieutenants under the microscope Premium content
...The results are not flattering: Combs and Weschler are trailing both Buffett and the S&P 500....
May 2, 2024
Due Diligence
The Spac that made Donald Trump rich again Premium content
...In today’s newsletter: Trump’s Spac riches take shape Sullivan & Cromwell faces FTX fees Adam Neumann’s new WeWork deal Donald J Trump goes public and makes billions Just one week ago, Donald Trump...
March 27, 2024
FT Live
Global Wealth Management Summit
Recalibrating business for multi-generational private clients
Wednesday, 6 November222 Marylebone Road, London NW1 6JQ, United Kingdom
Berkshire after Buffett
Berkshire after Buffett: can any stockpicker follow the Oracle?
...How Combs and Weschler are performing, and how they invest, is top of mind for shareholders such as Christopher Rossbach, who invests on behalf of the investment management firm J Stern & Co....
May 1, 2024
Letter
Letter: It’s no surprise that ESG investment ratings unravel
...J Richard FinlayFounder, The Finlay Centre for Corporate & Public GovernanceToronto, ON, Canada...
August 20, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: classic problem defeats many club players
...BiddingDealer: East N/S Game Some North players responded 1NT, but 4S was always reached. The only safe lead is a trump....
November 30, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Every bid, including passes, can contribute key information
...BiddingDealer: EastN/S Game West led 10♥, which ran to East’s J♥. East cashed A♥ and led K♥, which declarer ruffed. What is the best line now? Only one successful minor suit finesse is required....
September 20, 2023
Inside Politics
UK’s undecided voters offer little solace to Tories
...Now try this Although I am distraught about the end of Radio 3’s weekend jazz programme, J to Z, I am very happy indeed that its new schedule moves the wonderful Night Tracks an hour earlier....
April 4, 2024
ESG investing
S&P drops ESG scores from debt ratings amid scrutiny
...Additional reporting by George Russell in Hong Kong and Harriet Clarfelt in New York Letter in response to this article: It’s no surprise that ESG investment ratings unravel / From J Richard Finlay, Founder...
August 8, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Entries evaporate to frustrate declarer
...BiddingDealer: EastN/S Game West led J♥, and declarer assessed one likely loser in each suit. However, if trumps split 2-2, or West holds K♣, all will be well....
October 25, 2023
Bridge - Card game
When obvious play is rejected by opponent, question why that might be
...The deduction makes sense: if East leads a heart, West will surely be unable to ruff high ahead of dummy’s J♠ and this will indicate that East holds Q♠....
September 27, 2023
News in-depthG20
Western nations accept ‘climbdown’ on Ukraine to salvage G20’s relevance
.../ From J F Siebert, Shetland, UK...
September 10, 2023
Capital markets
Double dipping: not just for crudités
...See also: One of the most famous liability-management transactions thus far, when J Crew was said to “J Screw” existing lenders by dropping a significant share of its intellectual property into a subsidiary...
October 26, 2023

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