Transcript: Lessons in communication for Kevin Warsh. With Chris Giles
Soumaya Keynes talks to Chris Giles
FTAV’s further reading
Frexit; midnight snacks; Scotland vs Norway
Hiding from the everything trade
Unhedged readers on how to hedge AI risk
Dollar weakens as Fed’s Warsh declines to hint at October rate rise
Comments at IMF meetings come after inflation data raised bets of possible back-to-back rate rises
EU resists bid to weaken emissions rules as leaders spar over energy costs
Also in this newsletter: Orbán’s favourite Brussels think-tank rebrands
So. About next year’s earnings . . .
Beat IT
The data centre IPO debacle that sparked a market meltdown
Decisions by Australian groups Firmus and AirTrunk have added to concerns about the AI borrowing frenzy
FirstFT: Healey signals tax raid on banks in UK Budget
Also in today’s newsletter: London’s UBS HQ offer and Merz vows to fight on
Business School Debates
Topical issues for classroom discussion. This series hosts short case studies on contemporary business dilemmas for professors and students, written by academics who provide insights and questions on themes from supply chains and artificial intelligence, to marketing and accounting
Wall Street’s AI wobbles
Investors are dumping data centre bonds and abandoned listings are piling up
Transcript: Investors fret over AI debt
Marc Filippino talks to Michelle Chan, Katie Martin and Martin Wolf
Young people to get less cash but more job support under Milburn welfare plan
Former Labour cabinet minister is finalising review into the million young people not in education, employment or training
Why law firms should resist the lure of the AI spin-off
A carve-out could raise capital, but it’s a crowded sector and valuations don’t accord with the sector’s lack of profitability
Anthropic secured highest junk credit rating in June
Kroll Bond Rating Agency’s judgment sets up AI lab for investment-grade status
Has London’s £5bn ‘super sewer’ improved water quality in the Thames?
Ministers pledged the 25km-long sewer would mitigate health risks, encourage recreational river use and restore wildlife
UK government courted UBS over London HQ move
Rachel Reeves pitched the City as alternative home for Swiss bank, which is weighing its options amid new capital proposals
Canary Wharf developer George Iacobescu overseeing new London skyscraper
‘The man who built Canary Wharf’ working with insurer AmTrust on plans for 70-storey City office tower
How Trump’s America fell in love with UFC
For politicians, celebrities and tycoons, the brutal Ultimate Fighting Championship has become a vote-winner and money-spinner like no other
The secret fight around financial flows
Quicker responses to trade challenges mean companies can free up capital
London Station by David McCloskey — the Special Relationship turns dirty
A story of the CIA and MI6 spying on each other sounds very of our time, but this new thriller is marred by plot implausibilities and too much graphic detail
US business leaders are waking up to the perils of plutopopulism
Companies wanted a president who would cut taxes and rules, they got one who has blown holes in free trade and global alliances
What do the Houthis want?
The Islamist group has wide-ranging ambitions in its fight against Saudi Arabia
Airlines should give up their fuel-hedging dogfight
Even for battle-hardened CEOs, this latest crisis is a chance for some helpful new thinking
Oyez! Oyez! High spirits and loud voices at the World Town Crier Tournament
The ‘Olympics of public proclamation’ draws competitors from around the globe — and harks back to an age of truly social media