This article is an on-site version of our The Week Ahead newsletter. Subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Sunday. Explore all of our newsletters here Hello and welcome to the working week. The next seven days will start in sombre mood. Monday’s international Holocaust commemoration will be both significant and […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Bank of Japan has raised short-term interest rates to “around 0.5 per cent”, the highest level in 17 years, as the central bank said that economic activity and wage and price inflation were at […]
Sometimes, you need to let kids figure out how to solve problems, or suffer the consequences of their decisions, all on their own. That’s according to psychiatrist and bestselling author Daniel Amen. Parents too often make the mistake of “overdoing” for their kids, resulting in “mentally weak children,” Amen told the “Built Different” podcast, in […]
The march higher in U.K. government bond yields since the launch of the Labour government’s debut budget plan in October sparked widespread concern last week, as borrowing costs rose to breach numerous decade highs. The prospect of public spending cuts or further tax rises came into focus last week, as 30-year gilt yields hit their […]
Around the world, public healthcare systems have struggled to reset post-pandemic, and in particular, the increasingly aged populations in Western countries are putting pressure on services, not least in the UK where ‘NHS in crisis’ is a regular headline in the media. As a result, private companies, many powered with technology, see a gap in […]
Donald Trump’s second term in the White House threatens to trigger global spats over tax, with experts voicing concerns over Republican vows to penalise countries applying extra levies to US multinationals. The head of tax at one large multinational told the Financial Times that 2025 “could be the year that everything goes to hell in […]
Shoppers walk into a Nordstrom department store in Austin, Texas, on March 3, 2023. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Nordstrom on Friday raised its full-year sales outlook, after holiday shopping at its stores and on its website came in stronger than the department store’s cautious expectations. The company stuck by its profit guidance despite the […]
The president-elect inaccurately said that Chinese soldiers operate the Panama Canal. But China’s strategic positions in shipping worry Washington officials.
Abu Dhabi is stepping up efforts to lure more film and TV shoots to the United Arab Emirates’ capital by enhancing its new rebate which is now set to reach up to 50% of qualified below-the-line spend starting in January 2025. After becoming a prime Middle East hub for Hollywood and Bollywood productions over the past […]
The dispute highlights the difficulties with data collection in Gaza that have hampered humanitarian efforts since the war began.
