Lenders set to lower mortgage rates in early 2026 Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 16:53 Property experts say decision adds momentum to downward trajectory of lending costs
ECB holds interest rates at 2% Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 16:25 Decision follows signs of Eurozone resilience to Trump’s tariffs
Bill Ackman strikes $2.1bn deal for insurer in bid to build ‘modern Berkshire Hathaway’ Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 15:32 Hedge fund billionaire says acquisition of Vantage is milestone in effort to transform real estate company Howard Hughes
Food production no longer profitable for English farms, says review Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 13:08 Nearly a third of businesses were lossmaking last year as rising costs and volatile weather hit household income
The argument Iranians have in private Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 06:00 Do social freedoms come via resistance to the Islamic regime or are they concessions that will ensure its survival?
BoE cuts rates by quarter point to 3.75% Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 13:19 Andrew Bailey signals caution on further cuts even as central bank responds to signs of slowing economy
The myth of the imminent Conservative revival Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 12:46 Core goals for 2026 must be survival — to kill off Farage’s claim that only he can offer an alternative to Labour
Europe’s second-class citizens Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 12:00 Countries that looked down on the Gulf’s ‘kafala’ system are edging closer to creating their own
The EU’s economic security blanket is patchy and thin Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 12:00 Its disjointed response to electric vehicles shows it cannot co-ordinate
Meg O’Neill, the former Exxon executive tasked with turning around BP Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 11:08 Woodside Energy boss who clashed with climate campaigners in Australia is taking one of the industry’s toughest jobs
Inside the ‘industrial-scale’ Trump pardon machine Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 06:00 Washington lobbyists promising connections to the president are in hot demand
EU leaders vow to agree funding for Ukraine Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 13:34 Volodymyr Zelenskyy joins summit in Brussels as Belgium resists pressure to drop its opposition to using Russia’s frozen assets
Meta’s LeCun targets €3bn valuation for new AI start-up Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 10:37 Turing award winner is in early talks to raise €500mn ahead of January launch
Carmakers sour on EU’s ‘disastrous’ petrol engine rule changes Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 06:00 As details have become clearer, executives warn the easing of the combustion engine ban would lead to more expensive vehicles
Can Venezuela’s Maduro survive Trump’s oil blockade? Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 07:14 US president is unlikely to oust long-ruling Caracas strongman without military muscle, experts say
US approves $11bn arms sale to Taiwan Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 08:57 Largest weapons package of its kind threatens to undo thaw following Trump’s trade truce with Beijing
Trump defends record on economy in combative address Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 06:10 US president says he is fixing ‘mess’ amid voter discontent over cost of living
Elliott gears up to list Barnes & Noble and Waterstones in London or US Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 06:00 US investor is close to appointing advisers for an IPO for booksellers next year
How a Swiss compromise could save UBS billions Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 06:00 A proposal from a cross-party group of politicians could break the deadlock with the country’s biggest bank
Putin’s retaliation threat over frozen assets rattles EU capitals Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 06:00 Italy, Belgium and Austria worry about Russia moving against their companies
Japan’s $580bn hidden asset? In the back of the cupboard Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 03:05 The country has stored goods worth roughly the combined market cap of its three most globally known corporate names
BP replaces chief Murray Auchincloss after less than two years Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 09:04 Woodside Energy boss Meg O’Neill will become the UK oil and gas major’s new top manager
Elon Musk makes an unhelpful cameo in Warner Bros buyout Financial Times 17 décembre 2025 à 19:29 Hollywood studio wants Larry Ellison to offer an airtight personal guarantee, like the Tesla boss did with Twitter
Open source could pop the AI bubble — and soon Financial Times 17 décembre 2025 à 17:56 Valuations rest on the incorrect assumption that frontier model creators have built massive, durable moats