US sues to block drug merger
The Federal Trade Commission sued to block the biotechnology company Amgen’s $28.3bn deal to acquire Horizon Therapeutics, Italy is struggling to spend €200bn in EU Covid recovery funds, and Ukraine s...
17 Maj 20239min
Ford to scale back China investments
Ford plans to reduce its future investment in China, and prominent investors are upset with the record number of share buybacks. Plus, the FT’s Eleni Varvitsioti explains that Greece’s economic recove...
16 Maj 20238min
Turkey’s tight election
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu are locked in a tight battle for the presidency as the election count suggested rising odds of an unprecedented second round, Argentina...
15 Maj 20238min
Markets shrug off potential US debt default
Elon Musk says he’s hired a new CEO for Twitter, and Turkey heads to the polls this weekend for what analysts say is the biggest presidential election there in decades. Plus, the FT’s Katie Martin and...
12 Maj 202310min
China makes a show of corporate raiding
Disney sharply reduced its losses from video streaming in the second quarter, US inflation dipped to its lowest level since April 2021, and the FT’s Joe Leahy explains China’s crackdown on foreign bus...
11 Maj 20238min
Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky takes on Twitter
Donald Trump has been found liable for the sexual abuse of a journalist in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, Ireland plans to set up a sovereign wealth fund with its bumper budget surpluses, ...
10 Maj 20238min
Is commercial property the ‘next shoe to drop’?
The Bank of England is set to raise interest rates to their highest level since 2008 this week, and investors are worried about the impact of rising rates on US commercial real estate. Plus, the FT’s ...
9 Maj 20238min
US debt ceiling deadline looms
The G7-led price cap on Russian oil exports has forced the Kremlin to raise the tax burden on producers, and education companies are struggling after a warning over ChatGPT. Plus, the FT’s deputy Wash...
8 Maj 20239min
