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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

Unions

VW workers in Tennessee vote to join union in win for US labour movement

...The Republican governors of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas released a joint statement opposing the UAW on Tuesday, calling the union “special interests looking to come into our state and threaten...

April 20, 2024

FT Live

Future of the Car

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

Super Tuesday: How the night unfolded

Trump and Biden win their Tennessee primaries — AP

...Donald Trump and US President Joe Biden have won their respective party primaries in Tennessee....

March 6, 2024

News updates from December 19: Maersk diverts ships to avoid Red Sea, Israel says it is ready for another pause

Tennessee sues BlackRock over ‘inconsistent’ ESG strategies

...BlackRock on Monday was sued by the US state of Tennessee, which accused the $9.1tn New York-based asset manager of violating consumer protection laws by misusing environmental, social and governance factors...

December 18, 2023

ESG investing

BlackRock sued by Tennessee over ESG strategies

...BlackRock on Monday was sued by the US state of Tennessee, which accused the $9.1tn New York-based asset manager of violating consumer protection laws by misusing environmental, social and governance factors...

December 18, 2023

Super Tuesday: How the night unfolded

Polls for seven states shut in spurt of Super Tuesday closings

...Voting booths in seven states have closed, marking the end of polling in almost half of the states taking part in Super Tuesday....

March 6, 2024

FT Live

Business of Entertainment Summit

Capitalizing on Disruption

ReviewMusic

Margo Price lights up London with storytelling gusto and punchy songs — review

...Phrases were underlined in the style of a storyteller. A forceful vibrato gave mock-operatic intensity to emotions. “Tennessee Song” began with a cry of “Let’s go back to Tennessee!”...

February 1, 2024

News updates from December 18: Apple halts US Watch sales, US boosts Red Sea shipping security

BlackRock sued by US state over ESG strategies

...BlackRock on Monday was sued by the US state of Tennessee, which accused the $9.1tn New York-based asset manager of violating consumer protection laws by misusing environmental, social and governance factors...

December 18, 2023

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

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

JPMorgan Chase & Co

Russian court orders seizure of $440mn from JPMorgan

...Last summer, a Russian court froze about $36mn worth of assets owned by Goldman following a lawsuit by state-owned bank Otkritie....

April 24, 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

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

FT Live

Bank of the Year Awards 2024

Recognising the best in banking globally

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

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

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 24, 2024

Inside BusinessAnna Nicolaou

Why country is now the hot genre in the music industry

...“Music City” has long been a liberal oasis within the conservative state of Tennessee, but in recent years influential rightwing figures have moved to Nashville, including Tomi Lahren and Candace Owens....

March 14, 2024

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

FT MagazineJancis Robinson

Napa Valley is California’s wine barometer, an expensive one

...Bright orange poppies, California’s protected state flower, dotted the verges....

April 20, 2024

Food & Beverage

Moves to ban lab-grown meat intensify in Republican US states

...“Some folks would probably like to eat bugs with Bill Gates, but not me,” Bud Hulsey, a Tennessee state representative, said at a March subcommittee hearing on cultivated meat legislation....

March 31, 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

Electric vehicles

Audi looks at EV manufacturing in US to expand market share

...He added that “bigger SUVs” would be part of Audi’s US strategy. While EV sales have taken off in coastal regions, many drivers in inland states still prefer combustion engine models, he added....

March 19, 2024

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