Anglo-French merger would challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX
US Big Tech companies are set to release quarterly earnings this week, German business confidence hits a two-year low, and French satellite operator Eutelsat has confirmed it is in discussions to acqu...
26 Jul 20229min
European banks set to benefit from rising interest rates
The dollar’s surge to its highest level in 20 years is taking a toll on the corporate earnings of US companies with overseas operations, European bank earnings reports are expected to benefit from ris...
25 Jul 202210min
FT Weekend: Why are tennis players fixing matches?
This week, we look at the dark side of professional tennis, where underpaid players are selling matches just to break even. Ranked around 200th in the world, a player named Nicolás Kicker was found gu...
23 Jul 202229min
ECB raises rates amid Italian turmoil
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigns, the European Central Bank raises interest rates for the first time in more than a decade, Russia and Ukraine reach a deal to end a month-long grain blockad...
22 Jul 202210min
Tesla shines despite production disruptions
Tesla withstood disruption to China production and the high costs of scaling up new plants in Texas and Germany, Ukraine is getting some debt relief from western creditors, and Sri Lanka is just one o...
21 Jul 202210min
Netflix rallies despite subscriber losses
Netflix loses 1mn subscribers, small and midsize venture capital firms in China are struggling to raise funds as foreign investors flee risk, and former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva i...
20 Jul 20229min
SoftBank halts plan for Arm IPO in London
Japanese tech investor SoftBank has put on hold plans for an initial public offering of Arm because of the political turmoil in the UK, a luxury shoe brand popularised by Sex and the City has won a tr...
19 Jul 20229min
Sri Lanka picks a new leader
The leader of Sri Lanka’s biggest opposition party has urged the IMF to provide support to ease the country’s humanitarian crisis and cushion the blow of reforms, once high-flying financial technology...
18 Jul 202210min
