Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics Financial Times 19 décembre 2025 à 06:00 A stalled economic conveyor belt is behind the rise of anti-system, anti-growth parties on both the right and left
Prediction markets and the casino mentality of 2025 Financial Times 19 décembre 2025 à 06:00 Financial gamification has upended traditional patterns of trust and oversight
Bumper Christmas for air travel as 300mn take to the skies Financial Times 19 décembre 2025 à 06:00 Airlines on track for the biggest holiday season getaway in history as industry braces for record demand
China boosts AI chip output by upgrading older ASML machines Financial Times 19 décembre 2025 à 02:15 Restricted chipmaking tools are being retrofitted to make advanced AI chips, exposing cracks in US-led export controls
EU agrees €90bn loan to Ukraine after frozen Russian asset plan fails Financial Times 19 décembre 2025 à 05:56 Money to be borrowed against bloc’s budget after leaders fail to agree on proposal using Moscow’s funds
Japan raises interest rates to highest level in 30 years Financial Times 19 décembre 2025 à 06:17 Yields on 10-year government bonds hit highest level since 1990s after central bank’s fourth rate increase
How BP’s ‘sharp-elbowed’ chair lost patience with its chief executive Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 19:46 CEO Murray Auchincloss clashed repeatedly with Albert Manifold over strategy before his abrupt departure
Law firms Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader set to merge in record deal Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 17:28 Latest transatlantic tie-up would create firm with $3.6bn in revenues and 3,000 lawyers
Bill Gates and Sergey Brin among newly released Epstein photos Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 18:53 US congressional Democrats publish another batch of images from late sex offender’s estate
Christian Turner to be new UK ambassador to US Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 18:48 Diplomat due to be Britain’s UN envoy is handed key post in Washington after contest to replace Peter Mandelson
Ukraine seals restructuring of controversial growth-linked debt Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 18:03 Deal replaces $2.6bn of GDP warrants that had become a ‘serious fiscal risk’ for Kyiv, says finance minister
Economists warn of flaws in US inflation report Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 17:32 Concerns that November figures showing fall to 2.7% distorted by missing data after shutdown
The hard politics of climate overshoot Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 15:00 Net zero is difficult enough — but an age of net negative emissions goals would be far tougher
Lenders set to lower UK mortgage rates in early 2026 Financial Times 18 décembre 2025 à 16:53 Experts say latest BoE interest rate cut should lead to cheaper borrowing costs for homeowners
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