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Chinese state banks are lenders to Thames Water’s parent company

...Two Chinese state-owned banks hold a crucial role in the future of Thames Water, as part of a group of lenders involved in a stand-off over debt at the parent company of Britain’s largest water utility....

April 4, 2024

News updates from February 9: S&P 500 finishes above 5,000, Sunak notches capital gains of £1.8mn in 2023

Republican ex-governor to run for Democrat-held Senate seat in Maryland

...Though Maryland, which borders the nation’s capital, often leans left, Hogan was elected governor twice, spending eight years in the state’s top office until last year....

February 9, 2024

FT Live

Business Book of the Year Award 2024

The search for the best business book is under way

Baltimore

Big ships, big problems

...The product of four years of study with the Maryland Port Administration, the report recommends that the Corps dredge the West Seagirt Branch Channel to a depth of 50 feet and a width of 750 feet, even wider...

March 28, 2024

Insurance

Lloyd’s of London chief calls for quick insurance payouts on Baltimore bridge

...which part of the sector is liable....

March 28, 2024

ExplainerMaritime accidents and safety

The Baltimore bridge disaster: what happened and who will pay?

...Wes Moore, the governor of the state of Maryland, has declared a state of emergency after the elevated roadway’s disintegration into the Patapsco river....

March 27, 2024

Maritime accidents and safety

Search suspended for missing people in Baltimore bridge collapse

...Joe Biden, US president, said that the federal government would “pay for the entire cost” of reconstructing the bridge, and was preparing to send the state of Maryland “all the federal resources they need...

March 27, 2024

FT Live

Future of the Car

The technology and new business models shaping the next decade in automotive

US Election Countdown

Donald Trump tightens his grip on the Republican party

...Trump was smug after crushing Nikki Haley in her home state of South Carolina....

February 27, 2024

Maritime accidents and safety

Biden administration warns of lengthy disruption at Baltimore port

...director of Clarksons Research....

March 28, 2024

News updates from March 26: Baltimore road bridge collapses; Trump’s social media business soars in market debut

Biden says federal government will rebuild collapsed Baltimore bridge

...The federal government would “pay for the entire cost” of reconstructing the bridge, the president said in a news conference on Tuesday, and was preparing to send the state of Maryland “all the federal resources...

March 26, 2024

UK politics opinion polls

UK general election poll tracker

...The Financial Times’ UK poll tracker combines voting intention surveys published by major British pollsters ahead of the general election expected this year....

April 23, 2024

Thames Water

Thames Water lenders face losses of up to 40% in event of nationalisation

...cent of their money....

April 18, 2024

Letter

Letter: Baltimore disaster must address totality of risks

...The port operators, the shippers and ship owners, the Maryland Transportation Authority, as well as the local, state and federal governments are all stakeholders in this process, but it is not clear who...

April 9, 2024

Chinese society

China’s ageing tech workers hit by ‘curse of 35’

...The curse of 35 is a source of major anxiety for tech workers....

April 23, 2024

Israel-Hamas war

Qatar reconsiders mediator role between Hamas and Israel

...state over the weekend....

April 18, 2024

Post Office Ltd

Ex-Post Office chair accused of using ‘offensive’ term about job candidate

...Former Post Office chair Henry Staunton used an “offensive and outdated term” about a candidate for a job, according to an independent probe into conduct at the state-owned group....

April 18, 2024

FT Live

Business of Entertainment Summit

Capitalizing on Disruption

US Election Countdown

Opening salvos in Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial

...And today, the president will visit Trump’s adopted home state of Florida, one week before its new six-week abortion ban goes into effect....

April 23, 2024

ReviewFiction

Caledonian Road — Andrew O’Hagan’s state-of-Britain novel

...If this is a state-of-the-nation novel, O’Hagan paints a bleak portrait....

March 28, 2024

Inside BusinessSujeet Indap

Delaware, Inc agonises about Musk backlash as its lawyers seek changes

...The lawyers are members of the Delaware state bar association that customarily makes such proposals to update the state’s corporate law....

April 23, 2024

News updates from April 4: British billionaire avoids prison for insider trading; Italy seizes assets in EU fund fraud case

US centrist group No Labels drops presidential election bid

...No such candidates emerged, so the responsible course of action is for us to stand down,” the centrist group said on Thursday....

April 4, 2024

FT readers respond

FT readers respond: UK ‘pothole crisis’

...For others, Britain’s pockmarked roads symbolise a broader problem — a chronic mismanagement of public funds....

April 23, 2024

ReviewMusic

Itzhak Perlman brings ‘In the Fiddler’s House’ to Bethesda, Maryland — review

...Last week, Perlman brought a live In the Fiddler’s House show to Bethesda, Maryland, in preparation for a multi-year, multi-country, multi-genre project to commemorate his 80th birthday in 2025....

October 2, 2023

Letter

Letter: Praise for a champion of sustainable agriculture

...Professor Alok Bhargava University of Maryland, MD, US...

October 11, 2023

UK local elections

UK ‘pothole crisis’ threatens Conservative party ahead of local elections

...For a party that is “proudly pro-car”, in the words of transport secretary Mark Harper, the state of Britain’s roads is a serious problem, reflecting on years of constraints on the local councils charged...

April 16, 2024

Letter

Letter: Exhibit A: Appalling state of Russia’s court system

...The scenes at the Russian court (“Four suspects appear in court as Russia mourns concert attack dead”, Report, FT.com March 24) show the appalling state of justice there: beaten and humiliated defendants...

March 27, 2024

Chinese business & finance

Chinese state-owned bank seeks liquidation of property developer Shimao

...The involvement of a prominent state-owned bank signals a new level of impatience among creditors as a cash crunch for property developers continues to worsen....

April 8, 2024

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