Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sales of Tesla have fallen in Europe for five consecutive months despite the rollout of its flagship Y model and chief executive Elon Musk’s decision to step back from his political role in the US. … Read more
This year’s gold medal-winning garden at the Chelsea Flower Show — Garden of the Future — presented an interesting paradox. As Sarah Langford wrote in these pages some weeks ago, the designers, Josh Parker and Matthew Butler, were keen to “encourage people to apply climate-smart techniques” to better cope with the more extreme weather that … Read more
Ian Graham was Liverpool FC’s director of research from 2012 to 2023, charged with applying data analysis to the club’s transfer policy. During this period, the club was a trendsetter in the use of data. Graham, who holds a PhD in physics from Cambridge, is now chief executive of Ludonautics, the sports advisory business that … Read more
When US-based law firm Orrick wanted to improve its UK company incorporation process in 2022, it tasked a team of lawyers with streamlining the process. Orrick Labs, a venture that works on legal tech solutions for clients, developed a digital form that simplifies its UK incorporation process. As part of Orrick’s strategy to train young … Read more
Pitching for legal business as a law firm once meant gaining an understanding of the client’s needs and demonstrating how the firm might meet them. At Ashurst, however, a recent request for proposal came with a new demand: that the firm show how it would combine generative artificial intelligence with human expertise to handle the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For over a decade, the US has been waging its chip cold war with a familiar arsenal. Blacklists, export controls and extraterritorial rules — all staples of Washington’s well-worn playbook — were meant to deny … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The UK is to purchase 12 US-made F-35 stealth fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons, in a sweeping overhaul of the country’s defence strategy. Under the plans, Britain will join Nato’s airborne … Read more
Rising aviation emissions risk jeopardising the UK’s climate targets, independent government advisers have warned, with flights now contributing more greenhouse gas than the entire electricity supply sector. In its annual assessment of the UK’s progress on its net zero emissions goals, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) said emissions from flights jumped by 9 per cent … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Shares of glucose-monitoring company DexCom jumped nearly 10 per cent Tuesday afternoon after US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr lauded medical “wearables” and said he would like all Americans to be using the technology … Read more
