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One thing to start: If you have been following Bill Ackman’s activist campaign against the leadership of Ivy League universities, you may enjoy this quiz from our friends over at FT Alphaville. Can you figure out if the comments in question were said by Ackman or by the main character from the 1990s novel American

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A close ally of Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico has signalled he will run in March’s presidential elections in a move that could cement the Eurosceptic premier’s grip on power. Peter Pellegrini, currently speaker of

This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘Football clubs are pouring billions into stadiums’ [MUSIC PLAYING] Marc Filippino Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Monday, January 8th, and this is your FT News Briefing. The biggest banks in the US are set to report a pretty steep rise

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For three months, as Israel has waged its thunderous offensive against Hamas in Gaza, fears have lingered that the war could trigger a full-blown regional conflagration. In some ways, the conflict spilled across borders from

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Download crossword FT.com will bring you the crossword from Monday to Saturday as well as the Weekend FT Polymath. Interactive crosswords on the FT app Subscribers can now solve the FT’s Daily Cryptic, Polymath and

Thank you to Martin Sandbu for a very informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking FT Weekend Essay on effective altruism (December 30). It is hard to disagree with Sandbu’s conclusion “that to achieve the most good we can do, we should not take EA too seriously”. First, ideas of effective philanthropy are hardly new. Look at the

Babcock International (BAB) After a painful reset in 2021, this defence specialist is now operating from a position of strength, writes Michael Fahy. After taking the helm at Babcock in late 2020 David Lockwood pledged to raise £400mn through disposals within 12 months. By the time it reported 2022 numbers, Babcock had exceeded this target,

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Widespread flooding across the UK this week is expected to put upward pressure on home insurance prices, which are already rising swiftly as insurers respond to inflation in rebuilding costs and the effects of a

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A record number of large healthcare companies filed for bankruptcy in the US last year, underlining the industry’s struggles with problems ranging from rising costs to falling patient numbers and tougher regulation.  Eighteen companies with

My personal style signifier is a large-brimmed hat, often in prints to match my dresses. The colour palette is always shades of soft pastels – blues, lilacs and pinks. I got married in a wonderful straw hat wrapped in a long veil. Very Scarlett O’Hara.  One of Beccaria’s hats made from flower petals, designed and created in-house ©

As Bangladesh prepares for an election on Sunday, Minarul Islam, 37, is already resigned to the outcome. “If there was competition then I’d have a choice,” he said on a busy street in Dhaka, the capital. “But there isn’t, so I have to vote for the Awami League”, the ruling party of Prime Minister Sheikh

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. There is a fair chance that by the time the trees come into leaf in Washington, Frankfurt and London, this decade’s inflation crisis will definitively be over. The eye of the storm has already passed

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Russia has fired a second massive barrage of the new year on Ukraine’s capital and the country’s second-largest city, with the Ukrainian president calling on allies to accelerate financial and military aid to refill

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. (verb) the act of diversifying supply chains to avoid relying too heavily on one geography In 2023, the G7 nations decided to drop the dreaded word “decoupling,” when referring to their policy approach to China,

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, the longest-serving monarch in Europe, has announced she will abdicate after 52 years on the throne. The 83-year-old queen, who took over the throne in 1972, will step down on January

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. David and Victoria Beckham more than doubled revenue from their business empire last year thanks to the former footballer’s Netflix and Amazon deals and tie-ups with other brands. DRJB Holdings, a company which includes David

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The most streamed artists on Spotify this year in France, Germany and Italy are rappers. They dominate the charts in their countries but are almost entirely unknown in the Anglosphere. Are we missing out? Let’s

This article is part of FT Globetrotter’s guide to New York This year marked New York City’s first full annus this decade without pandemic restrictions in place, and the message was resoundingly clear: NYC is back. 2023 hailed dozens of new restaurant openings across the boroughs; while some skewed more maximalist than ever — think

The Financial Times Editorial Board (“The pitfalls of seizing Russian assets to fund Ukraine”, FT View, December 22) argues that “the west’s response must be seen to be legally irreproachable” when potentially confiscating Russian sovereign funds. Unfortunately, what the FT is demanding is unattainable given the urgent need to fund Ukraine’s war of self-defence. If

Paul Keres (1916-1975) was my chess hero in my distant youth. The elegant Estonian, who triumphed at Avro 1938 in a historic tournament of the world top eight, played in a classical style with tactical bursts and was widely viewed as the likely successor as champion to the ageing Alexander Alekhine. Then came the second world