Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Microsoft posted better than expected quarterly earnings on Wednesday, sending its shares zooming higher. The Seattle-based software group on Wednesday beat analysts’ expectations for revenue and net income in the three months to the end … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK financial regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The UK financial watchdog is calling on Big Tech groups to do more to stop the “whack-a-mole” problem of people switching between social media accounts to keep promoting unauthorised financial schemes or businesses. Many … 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 Trump administration’s cuts to the clean energy industry have led to 20,000 job losses in the US and threatened almost $70bn in project investments, according to a climate advocacy group. Climate Power … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Banks and insurers have “gaps” in how they address climate change risks, such as flooding and extreme weather, the Bank of England has warned, but fixing them will hamper lending to some households and companies. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the early 2000s, a start-up called Yelp came up with a novel and friendly feature for the emergent world wide web. Ordinary users could post reviews of restaurants that everyone could read. But there … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer was forced to defend the UK government’s pursuit of “net zero” carbon emissions on Wednesday after criticism of the policy from former Labour prime minister Sir Tony Blair. Blair warned in a … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. GSK will use technologies including artificial intelligence to improve its productivity as a means of compensating for the potential financial hit from US tariffs on the pharmaceutical sector. The UK-listed drugmaker said it was “well … Read more
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. An AI start-up behind a chatbot that replicates an investment banker has raised $50mn from a group of investors led by Thrive Capital, increasing the four-year-old company’s valuation from $80mn to $350mn. Rogo secured the … 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 Microsoft’s top legal officer said the company would take the US government to court if necessary to protect European customers’ access to its services, as it tries to reassure Europe that Donald Trump … Read more