The Democratic convention kicks off in Chicago
Start-ups, legacy groups and policymakers are working out how to operate in areas of rising weather risks, and start-up failures shot up 60% in the past year. Plus, top international fashion brands ar...
19 Elo 202412min
Swamp Notes: Why more Latinos are voting Republican
Latino voters were once considered a reliable bet for Democrats. But with each passing election, Republicans are making more inroads with them. The FT’s Houston correspondent, Myles McCormick, and Rep...
17 Elo 202415min
Bonds are back, baby!
A huge US-based oilfield services company is expanding its Russian business, investors are piling into US treasuries, and US retail sales saw their biggest jump in a year and a half in July. Plus, a d...
16 Elo 202411min
US inflation hits lowest rate in 3 years
Peace talks aimed at ending the war in Gaza start up again today, US inflation fell to 2.9 per cent in July, and Ukrainian forces are looking to hold on to newly-seized Russian territory. Plus, German...
15 Elo 202410min
Are companies bailing on fossil fuels or doubling down?
US stocks and Treasuries rallied as traders assessed lower than expected wholesale inflation data, and investors hope that abundant electricity in northern Sweden can power a new wave of industrialisa...
14 Elo 202411min
Delays hit Biden’s signature manufacturing laws
Russia has trained its navy to hit European targets with nuclear-capable missiles, and 40 per cent of the biggest US manufacturing investments announced in the first year of Joe Biden’s flagship indus...
13 Elo 202410min
Western companies hit by Muslim country boycotts
More Americans trust Kamala Harris to handle the US economy than Donald Trump, European traders this summer are using only a fraction of Ukraine’s vast natural gas storage, and boycotts of western foo...
12 Elo 202411min
Swamp Notes: Another brick in the (blue) Walz
Kamala Harris has supercharged Democratic party voters’ enthusiasm in the weeks since President Joe Biden stepped down as the nominee. Can Tim Walz, a little-known Midwestern governor with an everyman...
10 Elo 202415min
