Swamp Notes: The Supreme Court weighs presidential power
The US Supreme Court set out to answer a big constitutional question on Thursday: can a president be charged for potential crimes committed while in office? The FT’s Washington bureau chief, James Pol...
27 Apr 202412min
A mining industry mega-deal
Microsoft beat expectations for revenue and cloud sales, Alphabet shares rise by double-digits after first-quarter earnings beat expectations, markets are no longer fully confident of a US interest ra...
26 Apr 202412min
What new US aid means for Ukraine
Meta’s revenues jumped by more than a quarter in the first three months of the year, Brussels raided the offices of a Chinese security equipment supplier, and earnings from Boeing reflected a slowdown...
25 Apr 202411min
Spotify grows up
Tesla reported a 9 per cent decline in first-quarter revenue, Spotify kicked off a more mature era for its business after years of freer spending, and the US Federal Trade Commission banned non-compet...
24 Apr 202411min
Taking the Byte out of TikTok
The New York Stock Exchange is polling market participants on the merits of trading stocks around the clock, ByteDance ready to ‘move to the courts’ after the US pushes ahead with a bill demanding the...
23 Apr 202410min
Beijing bets on manufacturing
Tesla shareholders are bracing for the carmaker’s worst earnings performance in seven years, oil markets have remained steady as Middle East tensions rise, and China’s first-quarter GDP shows the effe...
22 Apr 202410min
Swamp Notes: How do you win Pennsylvania?
Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden made campaign stops last week in Pennsylvania, whose 19 electoral votes could decide the outcome of the 2024 election. But in a state with such a range of demographic g...
20 Apr 202412min
Big business bets on Modi
Netflix profits surged during the first quarter, global markets had a rocky week due to worries over US inflation, and India’s prime minister is getting a big boost from the business class in his re-e...
19 Apr 202413min
