The Glam

Bank of Japan raises rates and accelerates tightening

Rates increased to 1.25% as expected and indicate quarterly pace of tightening will continue

The contest will determine the future of the more than 150-year-old business empire

For a bold display from February till May, choose wisely among the plethora of narcissi, hyacinths, tulips and crocuses

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Musician and advisers discussed whether to continue with remaining dates after rapper Macklemore was removed as supporting act

Hawkish comments by BoJ governor fail to arrest renewed slide in currency after borrowing costs lifted to 1.25%

Although new unit is intended to prioritise local over national economic issues, the boundaries are blurred

Four users talk shame, body image and weight loss

The fourth generation now heads up the multimillion-dollar namesake brand. Will they succeed?

Lesbian bars; quant winters, the return of wind power; service journalism; journalism slop; Raheem Sterling; AI economics; AI safety as a sex cult

President insists Seoul will only put $350bn investment towards ‘commercially viable’ projects

Figures suggest consumers remained resilient despite mounting pressure on household finances

Move would be ‘cost neutral’ for the Treasury while protecting 16mn customers served by UK utility, cross-party parliamentary committee says

Still trying for boring

Also in this newsletter: EU commissioner warns of AI ‘arms race’

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Also in today’s newsletter: Turkish funds freeze and French budget

A new series examining common management challenges and featuring two case studies of executives who have encountered them, in the past and present

Katie Martin speaks with Robert Armstrong

Controversial US tech group won the contract to build the Federated Data Platform for health service three months later

Elif Eralp could become first mayor of Turkish origin in the German capital

Daisy Cooper says party will use its conference to build on gains laid at past election

Agreement would shift gold from London to New York and enable interim government of Delcy Rodríguez to access funding

Sonja Hutson talks to David Sheppard and George Hammond