Supermarkets team up in search for improved profits
Two of Europe’s biggest supermarkets, Carrefour in France and Tesco in the UK have agreed to team up to purchase supplies, hoping their combined purchasing power will enable them to win better deals f...
4 Juli 20185min
Obrador wins sweeping victory in Mexico's presidential elections
Andrés Manuel López Obrador has won a landslide victory in Mexico’s presidential elections, making the veteran leftist politician the most powerful president in more than a generation. Amlo, as he is ...
3 Juli 20186min
What's driving the global M&A boom?
Global dealmaking reached $2.5tn in the first half of 2018, breaking the all-time high for the period. What's driving the consolidation and what might bring the boom to an end? The FT's Sujeet Indap a...
2 Juli 20186min
Britain’s DIY railway
Weeks of chaos on the railways of northern England in June resulted in angry denunciations of rail bosses, showdowns in parliament and long odysseys for frazzled commuters. But in one small corner of ...
30 Juni 20188min
European Union faces tough choices on migration
EU leaders are gathering for one of the most difficult summits in years, with member states divided over migration and the German chancellor Angela Merkel facing an ultimatum by her conservative coali...
28 Juni 20188min
Where does all our plastic waste go?
Despite some efforts at recycling, more than half of all plastic waste created in the industrialised world has been exported for recycling elsewhere, mainly to China. But now Beijing has banned import...
28 Juni 201810min
Millennials on the move
For generations, ambitious young Americans flocked to the country’s biggest cities, looking for opportunity in commercial hubs like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco. But the generation...
27 Juni 201810min
Car makers sound alarm over Brexit
With just nine months left before Britain leaves the European Union, the government remains deadlocked on key decisions relating to the single market and customs union. For the first time since the re...
26 Juni 201811min
