US president has “paused” military mission to guide commercial ships through the vital waterway
Xi Jinping could seek to use relationship with Tehran as leverage in talks with US president, analysts say
Warning that banks may find it difficult to manage risks comes a day after HSBC disclosed $400mn hit
Value soars in ongoing fundraising discussions as investors including Tencent seek slice of AI lab
US and Iranian forces clashed in the strait during the brief mission to help commercial vessels through the waterway
Plus, more on emerging markets
Dark matter revealed?
Also in this newsletter: How to reuse and recycle more critical raw materials
Science; cringe; Toyota; Grok; similes; Paul Pressler; and stablecoins
Also in today’s newsletter: Venice Biennale row and Macron’s central bank pick
Monthly surveys of economic activity and confidence have fallen more sharply among energy importers than in the US
Murad Ahmed talks to Cristina Criddle and John Thornhill
A new video podcast from The FT exploring the history of finance
Memory chip giant’s surge pushes South Korea’s Kospi to new record
The original private equity barbarian celebrates its birthday as the $22tn private markets face a fraught moment
Children’s sector offers steady revenues for buyout firms as cases of autism and other conditions increase
Marc Filippino talks to George Steer and Ortenca Aliaj
Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Iceland are seeking to stop discounters preventing them opening stores nearby
Brussels has warned that allowing Moscow to participate would breach ban on providing services to Kremlin
Neither the former deputy Labour leader nor her rivals have a clear path to replacing Sir Keir Starmer
DeFi was once touted as the future of finance but traders have grown concerned over the security of these projects
The share price has picked up and its valuation as a multiple of forecast earnings has risen to the top of European telcos
Like tricksters, LLMs have perfected the art of plausibility
Policymakers must overcome the mercantilist fallacy that the way to get rich is by running surpluses forever
It’s tempting to blow the lump sum on a sports car — but the more sensible option may be to take it in small amounts like regular income
