Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A $35bn US semiconductor industry merger is being delayed by Beijing’s antitrust regulator, after Donald Trump tightened chip export controls against China in a move that exacerbated trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Russia has launched hundreds of drones as well as several ballistic and cruise missiles on four Ukrainian cities, killing at least 14 people in Kyiv in the latest indication that Moscow is intensifying its … Read more
When Donald Trump re-entered the White House, Elon Musk came with him as his ‘tech bro-in-chief’, tasked with rebooting the government machine. But five months on, Musk’s ambitious plan to cut $2tn from the annual government budget has failed, and his relationship with the president has ended in a bitter break-up. Could the world’s richest … Read more
This article is an on-site version of our Energy Source newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Tuesday and Thursday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Hello and welcome to Energy Source, coming to you from Washington, where the chief executives of some of the … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Norway has launched the world’s largest full-scale operation of industrial carbon capture and storage, ploughing billions of dollars of subsidies into the venture to trap the emissions of highly polluting products such as cement. The … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Retail & Consumer industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer, author of ‘Fair or Foul: the Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition’, is a visiting professor at Bayes Business School, City St. George’s, University of London ‘It’s hard work building a brand,” … Read more
Chinese brands are reshaping the global marketplace and extending their influence among international consumers — even as US tariffs cast uncertainty over the year ahead. BYD’s electric vehicle sales have overtaken Tesla’s in Europe, and in Brazil seven out of 10 fully electric cars sold are made by BYD. Xiaomi, the world’s third-largest phonemaker, which … Read more
Whenever Rachel Watkyn’s job as a business leader thrusts her into the spotlight, she braces herself for a section of the response online: relentless comments about her appearance, misogynistic slurs, threats. “Without doubt it’s getting worse and worse and worse,” says the founder and managing director of Tiny Box Company, the UK’s largest online gift … Read more
How long can it last? Israel and Iran’s endurance battle
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Spotify founder Daniel Ek is leading a €600mn investment in Helsing, valuing the German defence tech group at €12bn and making it one of Europe’s most valuable start-ups. The deal comes as the Munich-based start-up … Read more