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Thames Water
Chinese state banks are lenders to Thames Water’s parent company
...The lenders, which have so far refused to extend the loan without an injection of fresh equity from Thames Water’s owners, are Chinese state-owned Bank of China and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China...
April 4, 2024
InterviewIndian business & finance
India seeks to secure critical mineral resources in race for lithium
...Jeff Townsend, founder of the Critical Minerals Association, a UK trade body, said India had the advantages of huge mineral reserves, an inexpensive, large labour-force of engineers and cheap energy....
April 23, 2024
FT Live
Bank of the Year Awards 2024
Recognising the best in banking globally
Wednesday, 4 DecemberLondon, UK
ReviewNon-Fiction
How Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann found creativity in the countryside
...Woolf required it to reach what she called an “exalted” state of “immunity”, Townsend Warner to write from a place of productive “indifference”, and Lehmann to enter that “detached condition” — the prerequisite...
March 21, 2024
Banking & Savings
Latest National Savings & Investments rates
...Are you getting the best deal on your savings? Check the latest interest rates on National Savings & Investments accounts. See our coverage of the latest savings and investment issues....
April 19, 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
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
FT Live
Business Book of the Year Award 2024
The search for the best business book is under way
Monday, 9 December1 Grosvenor Pl, London SW1X 7HJ, UK
Global Economy
When will the Bank of Japan next raise interest rates?
...The Bank of Japan is likely to hold off from raising interest rates next week but investors expect the central bank to outline its response to rising inflationary pressures caused by the yen’s decline....
April 21, 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
Letter
Letter: IMF can help fix the system of sovereign debt restructuring
...Reza Baqir Former Governor, State Bank of Pakistan (2019-2022); Global Practice Leader of Sovereign Advisory Services, Alvarez & Marsal, Dubai, United Arab Emirates...
March 14, 2024
FT readers respond
FT readers respond: UK ‘pothole crisis’
...A range of these responses are published below. Join the conversation by sharing your views in the comment section. *Comments have been edited for length and style...
April 24, 2024
News updates from January 11: US inflation edges up more than expected, Chesapeake and Southwestern to combine in $7.4bn deal
Former vice-president of Chinese state bank arrested
...The China Development Bank is primarily responsible for making infrastructure loans and is under direct supervision of the State Council, the country’s cabinet....
January 11, 2024
Inside BusinessSujeet Indap
Delaware, Inc agonises about Musk backlash as its lawyers seek changes
...The Delaware court this year invalidated such a practice at the investment bank Moelis & Co, which had given its founder veto power over nearly all of the standard work conducted by a board of directors....
April 23, 2024
US Election Countdown
The next phase in the US election
...But first, we’ll hear from Biden in his State of the Union address later this evening. More on that below....
March 7, 2024
FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
It’s central bank week!
...Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com...
March 18, 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 Live
Future of the Car
The technology and new business models shaping the next decade in automotive
Tuesday, 7 MaySancroft, Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7DQ, UK
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
US presidential election 2024
Highlights from Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech
...Here are the key takeaways from Biden’s 2024 State of the Union speech. Did Biden dispel doubts about his age?...
March 8, 2024
UK economy
Bracing for the Bank of England’s forecasting review
...Meanwhile, the Bank of England MPC consists of nine policy makers and a common staff....
April 5, 2024
FT News Briefing podcast13 min listen
Swamp Notes: Did Biden's State of the Union hit the mark?
...Joe Biden was in the spotlight this week as he made his annual State of the Union address....
March 9, 2024
FirstFT
FirstFT: The main takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union speech
...The US will set up a port on the Gaza coast for large ships carrying humanitarian supplies, the president confirmed in his State of the Union speech last night....
March 8, 2024
Letter
Letter: We can beat the baby bust — with the right policies
...in the network of aid used by the Italian province of Alto Adige (South Tyrol), whose birth rate has held steady over decades, as The New York Times recently reported on....
April 5, 2024
Banks
The $1tn ‘hold-to-maturity’ sleight-of-accounting
...Instead of hedging the market value risk of bank asset declines, banks used accounting reclassification to diminish the impact of interest rate increases on book capital....
April 3, 2024
News in-depthBank of England
Ben Bernanke’s brutal verdict on the Bank of England
...Ben Bernanke was brutally honest about the failings of the Bank of England’s economic modelling when he published a long-awaited review of its forecasting processes on Friday....
April 12, 2024
Transcript
Transcript: Swamp Notes — Did Biden’s State of the Union hit the mark?
...We’ve talked about this a little bit, but I think one of the most revealing things came during the response to the State of the Union, when the party not in power has a chance to rebut the State of the Union...
March 10, 2024
The FT ViewThe editorial board
Nigeria’s kidnapping racket is a symptom of a failing state
...The deeper problem is the failure of the Nigerian state. The country had a challenging start....
March 12, 2024

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