Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Cineworld is considering shutting down a quarter of its cinemas in the UK as it draws up plans for a…
Women’s soccer is bringing private equity off the sidelines. While other major U.S. sports leagues – Major League Soccer, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League – have allowed private equity investors to take passive,…
The swagger is back in Tesla’s step. A few months ago, Elon Musk’s company was the butt of every joke on Wall Street, a growth stock with no growth to quote Wells Fargo. Pundits began questioning why anyone still even included it…
While politicians have spent the six-week election campaign pounding pavements and selling their message on the doorstep, civil servants have been hunkering down in Whitehall preparing for the next government. Officials in each department have used the two main parties’…
The bull case for small company stocks is still intact for many investors as they head into the back half of 2024 after a lackluster six months. Small-capitalization stocks were widely expected to outperform this year — the group typically…
Chinese automaker BYD inaugurated its first electric vehicle plant in Thailand on Thursday, part of the company’s push into Southeast Asia while it also tackles wealthier markets in the U.S. and Europe. The factory’s opening comes on the same day…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Emmanuel Macron’s move to call snap elections has cast a shadow over the Paris Olympic Games, raising the possibility of…
Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, speaks during the company’s annual general meeting in Tokyo on June 20, 2024. Kosuke Okahara | Bloomberg | Getty Images SoftBank Group shares hit a record high on Thursday, just as the company’s massive tech…
Trade and technology aren’t the only areas hit by worsening U.S.-China tensions. Washington’s worries about espionage and giving its rival a lead in strategic research is making science the newest victim of geopolitics. Even the 45-year-old U.S.-PRC Science and Technology…
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