Fin'l Times
UK energy companies on alert after ‘Iran-linked hackers’ shut down small power facility
Security chiefs brief energy bosses with ‘advice, direction and next steps’ after cyber attack...
3 days ago
Alibaba announces $10.2bn share placement as Chinese companies expand AI investment
Equity issuance follows a strong reception for its latest Qwen 3.8-Max model...
3 days ago
Israel’s Syria strike may have been bid to provoke Turkey conflict, US envoy says
Washington’s ambassador to Ankara says attack on air base could have been ‘aggressive . . . pre-election concept’ ahead of October polls...
4 days ago
Mark Carney says Canada is now ‘at war’ with US over trade
Prime Minister says Donald Trump miscalculated by escalating his tariffs attack on the country...
4 days ago
Lula turns to Trump as unlikely ally in Brazil’s clash with Marco Rubio
Brazil’s president and US secretary of state exchange barbs ahead of the South American country’s election...
4 days ago
Bossing the bond market around never works
Despite Scott Bessent’s efforts, investors worry something is up...
5 days ago
Iran’s president calls to end war with US from ‘position of strength’
Masoud Pezeshkian’s comments reflect debate within regime over how much economic pressure country can endure...
5 days ago
US ranchers lash out at Trump’s gambit to cut beef prices
Cattle futures fall after president says unnamed foreign suppliers will provide 25% discount for three months...
5 days ago
Apollo says hackers accessed personal data in latest Wall Street breach
Private equity group’s probe determined names, home addresses and social security numbers were stolen in cyber attack last month...
5 days ago
Natalie Harp, the devoted ‘human printer’ in Trump’s entourage
The executive aide’s relationship with the president symbolises a broader sycophancy around him...
5 days ago
Citadel offloads 80% of portfolio scooped up from Situational Awareness
Ken Griffin’s hedge fund has executed more than $4bn worth of block trades...
5 days ago
US and Canada haggle over trade deal as midnight tariffs threat looms
Officials talk up prospect of agreement after Trump paused $20bn of new levies on North American trading partner...
5 days ago
Apple paid $17bn in taxes to Ireland after court ruling on back levies
New filings highlight iPhone maker’s global tax liabilities...
5 days ago
Bitcoin and gold surge as Bessent’s bond market intervention weighs on dollar
World’s biggest cryptocurrency on track for best week in more than three years...
5 days ago
Samsung to return record $80bn to shareholders
South Korean chipmaker has come under pressure to distribute more of its bumper profits from AI boom...
5 days ago
Feminism didn’t kill the male breadwinner model, the economy did
Young non-graduate men face unique setbacks...
6 days ago
What is Bessent doing with the $32tn Treasury market — and will it work?
US Treasury secretary has made a high-stakes bet he can beat back soaring borrowing costs...
6 days ago
Guggenheim loan trades in distressed territory after investor call
Chief executive Mark Walter’s business empire has come under pressure amid probe into his insurance holdings...
6 days ago
Quant funds rocked as Treasury boosts buybacks and Moderna shares leap
Tumultuous session puts further pressure on momentum trades that have been unsettled since AI-related stock sell-off...
6 days ago
The US Treasury is buying long bonds, but not very many
Speaking loudly but wielding a teeny-tiny stick in...
6 days ago
Walmart shares tumble as sales growth slows to six-year low
Retailer to use almost $2.9bn in tariff refunds to deliver price cuts for squeezed American consumers...
6 days ago
Western oil refinery closures set to continue despite war shock
North America and Europe to lose further capacity to turn oil into petrol, diesel and jet fuel because of investor wariness...
6 days ago
US long-term bonds slide as Bessent intervention fails to soothe investors
Yield on 30-year Treasuries rises despite move to ‘at least double’ purchases of securities...
6 days ago
From balloons to pans: in praise of useful tech
Companies developing new materials with previously unknown properties could change the material world...
6 days ago
Investors cut bets on US and UK rate rises
Weaker economic data has changed expectations despite a rally in oil prices...
6 days ago
Trump is losing his war of independence on rare earths
Inefficiency, untrustworthiness and cronyism are weakening the administration’s plans to stand up to China...
6 days ago
Trump announces new drive to isolate and crush Iranian economy
UAE, long a crucial trading hub for Tehran, has also suspended commercial ties...
6 days ago
Russian missile attack kills at least 13 in Kyiv
Strikes come as Ukraine struggles with a shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles...
6 days ago
Founder of collapsed Chinese property giant given life sentence
Evergrande chair Hui Ka Yan jailed following developer’s default almost five years ago...
1 week ago
North Korea dismisses Trump overture
Kim Jong Un’s sister casts doubt on claim there has been communication between Pyongyang and Washington...
1 week ago
Trump proposed reviving the Keystone XL pipeline. Does Canada still want it?
The bilateral relationship has soured significantly since the project was first proposed two decades ago...
1 week ago
Hudson River posts $11.4bn trading windfall as it seizes on market tumult
Wall Street firm benefited from swings in AI stocks and volatility triggered by Iran war...
1 week ago
US government debt hits $40tn as borrowing rises at historic rate
Public spending surges despite Donald Trump’s vow to stabilise America’s public finances...
1 week ago
Fed officials express rising concern over persistently high inflation
Minutes from July central bank meeting show ‘many’ policymakers are prepared to increase borrowing costs...
1 week ago
Moderna’s cancer shot: exciting for investors, inconclusive for patients
A glimmer of hope for sufferers, a potential revenue platform for a cash-burner, and a whole heap of unknowns...
1 week ago
US Treasury to double buybacks of long-term government debt
Sharp sell-off in recent weeks has sent borrowing costs soaring...
1 week ago
Moderna share price doubles on melanoma vaccine trial success
Company’s melanoma cancer vaccine being developed with Merck...
1 week ago
Europe should wish Marco Rubio a bright future
Americans who support reckless wars are sometimes also the likeliest to defend Europe...
1 week ago
Ukraine anti-corruption team raids home of top Zelenskyy aide
Searches come hours after ousted defence minister launches a blistering attack on wartime president...
1 week ago
Chinese humanoid robot maker surges 600% in trading debut
Unitree makes stellar start in Shanghai as investors clamour for shares...
1 week ago
Iran eyes military targets in Europe if Trump escalates war, insiders say
Proposals to retaliate against US assets beyond the Middle East come as many in Tehran see renewed conflict as inevitable...
1 week ago
Venezuela abandons Nicolás Maduro to fate in US jail
Government makes no mention of freeing former leader after nearly two weeks of talks...
1 week ago
Global food security may be collateral in Ukraine war
Moscow and Kyiv’s attacks on one another’s agricultural exports could result in a worldwide grain crisis...
1 week ago
Mark Walter sought loan from Apollo backed by Lakers stake
Talks over the financing continued until Guggenheim chief reached a deal to sell the holding in the basketball team...
1 week ago
Soaring diesel prices rip across US economy
Rising fuel costs threaten new jolt of inflation ahead of November’s midterm elections...
1 week ago
Israeli strikes on Syrian air base criticised by US and Turkey
Bombing of military site is ‘an unnecessary escalation’ and underlines regional tensions over Damascus regime...
1 week ago
Government borrowing costs hit multi-decade highs
Fears over inflation and AI issuance spur bond sell-off...
1 week ago
OpenAI adds stricter controls for teens on ChatGPT amid backlash
AI start-up overhauls its chatbot for young people after high-profile lawsuits...
1 week ago
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