Proposed European Union tariffs on Chinese goods are not a “punishment”, Germany’s Economy Minister Robert Habeck told Chinese officials in Beijing on Saturday. Habeck’s visit to China is the first by a senior European official since Brussels proposed hefty duties on imports of Chinese-made…
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the first menthol-flavored electronic cigarettes for adult smokers, acknowledging that vaping flavors can reduce the harms of traditional tobacco smoking. The FDA said it authorized four menthol e-cigarettes from Njoy, the vaping brand recently…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is an FT contributing editor Defeat hides a silver lining. Opposition presents an opportunity. Britain’s Labour left understood…
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX sits at gate at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois on May 22, 2024. Daniel Slim | AFP | Getty Images Alaska Airlines‘ flight attendants union said Friday that it reached a “record” tentative…
Hilary DeCesare enjoyed professional success in spades, first as a Silicon Valley sales executive and later through her business as a life-transition and executive coach. But when it came to finding a new love match following a divorce, DeCesare for…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Everyone seems to love corporate bonds these days. Maybe a little too much. Demand for the asset class has been…
With stocks set to close out a strong first half of 2024, investors have just one more key inflation hurdle to clear in the week ahead: May’s personal expenditure report. Stocks have defied all expectations at the midpoint of the…
China premier Li Qiang got the red carpet treatment when he landed in the Southeast Asian country of Malaysia on Tuesday, the last leg of a three-country regional tour. During his first two stops—New Zealand and Australia—Li had to navigate…
Increasing numbers of wealthy foreigners say they are leaving the UK in response to the abolition of the “non-dom” regime that allowed them to avoid paying tax on overseas income. The change — backed by both the Conservative and Labour…
Elon Musk speaking during the Tesla Annual Shareholder’s meeting in Austin, Texas on June 13th, 2024. Source: Tesla Inc. Tesla’s hefty downsizing in 2023 has reduced its global headcount to just over 121,000 people, including temps, internal records suggest, indicating…