Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Meta has fired about two dozen staff in Los Angeles for using their daily $25 meal credits to instead buy household items including acne pads, wine glasses and laundry detergent. The terminations took place last…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Gambling hub Macau has rolled the dice on a Beijing-backed former top judge as its new leader, in a move that analysts said could intensify Chinese authorities’ push for the former Portuguese colony to diversify…
Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House Kamala Harris insisted her presidency would “not be a continuation” of Joe Biden’s, as the vice-president made a pitch to conservative voters in a combative interview on Fox News on Wednesday. In…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is likely to target her expected increase in UK capital gains tax on the sale of shares, rather than second homes, according to former Treasury officials. They said the 24 per cent…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Companies have “paused” any rise in their advertising spending in the UK ahead of the Budget, as they brace for the risk that higher personal taxes will sap consumers’ purchasing power, according to an industry…
The US has announced a new $425mn military aid package for Ukraine, as President Joe Biden tries to surge security assistance to Kyiv before his term ends and is possibly succeeded by Donald Trump. The new package includes air defence capabilities, air-to-ground munitions, armoured vehicles and other critical munitions, Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Uber has explored a possible bid for Expedia, the nearly $20bn US travel booking website, in what would be by far the ride-hailing company’s largest acquisition as it looks to diversify further and find new…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Elizabeth Line has won the UK’s top architecture prize, with judges praising the cross-London railway as a “triumph of architect-led collaboration” and an “exemplar of inclusive design”. The Royal Institute of British Architects said…
Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House Defence contractor RTX has agreed to pay more than $950mn over claims it bribed a Qatari official to facilitate weapons sales to the country and defrauded the Pentagon into overpaying for weapons…
Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House Federal filings show Kamala Harris raised $500mn more than Donald Trump in the third quarter as the two candidates head into the final stretch of the US presidential campaign. The data, released…