Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Drax’s former top lobbyist has accused it of “misleading the public, government and its regulator” over its sourcing of wood for biomass pellets, in a claim for unfair dismissal filed against the energy company at … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Swedish driverless truck start-up Einride is talking to banks about a US stock market listing later this year, which could value the company at more than $5bn. The Swedish group, whose main shareholders include private … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China’s Hesai has denied short-seller allegations that the world’s biggest maker of laser sensors for electric vehicles has misled investors over financial reporting and alleged ties to the People’s Liberation Army. Shares in the Nasdaq-listed … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump’s commerce secretary touted Elon Musk’s Starlink to federal officials in charge of a $42bn rural broadband programme, raising new questions about the billionaire White House adviser’s conflicts of interest. In a … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Social media site X’s valuation has soared back to $44bn, underscoring the sharp turnaround in the company’s fortunes since its owner Elon Musk assumed the role of staunch ally to President Donald Trump. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Retaliation seemed certain. When the US tightened its grip on advanced artificial intelligence technologies in January — blocking China’s access to advanced AI chips and locking proprietary models behind trade barriers — the response appeared … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Two Democratic members of the US Federal Trade Commission said they were “illegally fired” by Donald Trump, in the president’s latest broadside against independent federal agencies. Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya — … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nvidia has unveiled the next generation of its artificial intelligence chips, marking a bet that the arrival of “reasoning” AI systems such as DeepSeek will spur even greater demand for computing power. Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Semiconductor materials group JX Advanced Metals rose on its first day of trading — in a litmus test of investor appetite for chip-related stocks — after raising $3bn in Japan’s biggest IPO in almost seven … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is at its highest point in 800,000 years, according to UN research that found 2024 was likely to have been the hottest year on record and the … Read more