Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Private equity group Advent International is closing in on a £4.4bn acquisition for industrial group Spectris, in the latest potential takeover of a London-listed company. The US buyout firm and Spectris said they were in … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US quantum computing company IonQ has agreed to buy a UK technology start-up spun out of Oxford university in a $1.1bn all-stock deal as breakthroughs in the sector spark early signs of dealmaking activity. Maryland-based … Read more
Can Tim Cook save Apple from the trade war? Has Mark Zuckerberg really been a fan of Donald Trump all along? And is the bromance between Elon Musk and the president really over? In a new season of Tech Tonic, Murad Ahmed explores the relationships between Trump and some of the titans of the tech … Read more
Can Japan hold on to its ‘indispensable’ companies?
Professor Juliet Brodie of London’s Natural History Museum has devoted her professional life to seaweeds. “When I started my research more than 40 years ago, there was very little interest in seaweeds, which were regarded as a minor part of marine environments,” she says. Four decades later, ocean scientists are beginning to recognise the vital … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the ESG investing myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Amid growing calls for a big increase in finance for ocean protection, blue bonds have emerged as a potentially crucial means of mobilising capital. Here is what you need to know about this nascent asset … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When the Venta Maersk, a ship owned by Denmark’s AP Møller-Maersk, set sail in 2018 from Vladivostok in the far east of Russia towards St Petersburg in the west, the voyage was reported as a … Read more
Hours before King Charles, former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell-Horner and astronaut Tim Peake were among the stars gracing the “blue” carpet at the London screening of Ocean with David Attenborough last month, the real premiere of the documentary took place at the same venue. Rather than adults, it was more than 1,000 students from England … Read more
