Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Deutsche Bank’s asset manager DWS has been fined €25mn by German prosecutors over a greenwashing scandal, following long-running investigations by authorities in the US and Germany. DWS, which is 80 per cent owned by the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Google DeepMind staff in the UK are seeking to unionise in an effort to challenge the company’s decision to sell its artificial intelligence technologies to defence groups and ties to the Israeli government. Around 300 … Read more
Imagine a year’s worth of rain falling in just three hours and 20 minutes. Every spring shower, every winter burst — delivered in a single downpour. That’s what happened in the hills outside Valencia, south-east Spain, six months ago. At least 227 people died, making October 29 the deadliest day of flooding in Europe for … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Rapid temperature flips from heatwaves to cold and vice versa have increased across the world and are expected to rise as a result of climate change, putting stress on human health and ecosystems, the latest … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Deliveroo, the food delivery company that listed in London with a £7.6bn valuation in 2021, is set to be the latest UK company swallowed by a US rival after San Francisco-based DoorDash made an indicative … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. America is returning, its president claims, to a golden age. One company for whom that would be a dream come true is Intel. The US chipmaker had a $500bn market capitalisation back in 2000. Now, … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. I have an alter ego or, as it is now known on the internet, an avatar. My avatar looks like me and sounds at least a bit like me. He pops up constantly on Facebook … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nokia’s new chief executive has said he would “absolutely entertain” increasing the Finnish telecoms company’s US manufacturing to mitigate the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs, as the company reported worse than expected first-quarter results on … Read more
Gerry Giacomán Colyer worked in a start-up, management consultancy and a family business before he noticed one consistency: controlling company spending was tough. He and his business partner Diego Iván García saw staff deal with reams of paperwork, spend hours filling in expenses claims and struggle with various IT systems. No process existed that was … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Technology, healthcare, energy and financial services have been the main drivers of corporate growth in the Americas, according to a list covering a three-year period that included the Covid-19 pandemic, lockdowns and the end of … Read more