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  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Donald Trump’s careless talk

    The president-elect’s expansionist rhetoric is unsettling America’s allies

    President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    LexSmithfield Foods Inc
    Smithfield relisting serves up IPO risk with a side of bacon Premium content

    WH Group’s move to offload US pork producer exposed to slowdown in China, Trump tariffs and a taste for fresh meat

  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Trygve Slagsvold Vedum
    Tax lessons for governments from Henry George

    The 19th-century political economist understood that the whole of society should benefit from outsized profits

    Economist Henry George
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    LexTesco PLC
    The 1990s are back in fashion — happily for Tesco Premium content

    UK grocer has successfully fought back against discount rivals, putting it in the ascendant once again

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  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    John Thornhill
    ‘Superintelligence’ will take time to generate super returns

    Artificial general intelligence may be transformational but it carries risks and demands investors’ patience

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Robert Shrimsley
    Musk’s grooming onslaught shows politics needs a new playbook

    Online distortions obscure the true nature of public outrage — democracies must adapt to the age of X

    Illustration of seven silhouettes stood behind a young girl
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Edith Hall
    The delights of the ancient world should be available for all

    The flame of classics still burns in state schools even as the Latin scheme is axed

    lllustration of what looks like the side of a grecian vase in black and shades of orange with modern teenagers in classical poses standing in from of columns
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Adventurous InvestorDavid Stevenson
    Could 2025 be the year to invest in private markets?

    Once the preserve of institutions, private assets are now promoted through semi-liquid funds

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  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Financial ThinkingJonathan Guthrie
    How much money buys you happiness in retirement?

    Money can buy you some happiness, but less than you might think

  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    The looming battles over US economic policy thinking Premium content

    Both Republicans and Democrats are split between populist and oligarchic visions 

    A street with traffic signs leading up to the US Capitol in Washington at night
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    FT MagazineSimon Kuper
    Thirty years after my first day at the FT, what’s changed?

    Looking at old newspapers, I realise there are no new stories, just new reporters

    An infinity-shaped loop made of printed text and images, resembling a continuous strip of newspaper
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    The future of QT Premium content

    And more on big tech capex

    Jay Powell
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    LexNvidia
    Nvidia could get a bionic boost from the rise of the robots Premium content

    Physical AI is the next frontier of artificial intelligence for founder Jensen Huang

    Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia, speaks about humanoids during the 2025 CES event in Las Vegas
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    The Art MarketMelanie Gerlis
    Why Milan looks like an art capital of the future

    Gallerists and collectors are drawn by an impressive cultural heritage — and attractive tax arrangements

  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    John Gapper
    The silent business of digital identity has remade Relx

    Company once known as Reed Elsevier has moved from legal and scientific publishing into AI fraud detection

    Relx webpage displayed on a smartphone
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    OutlookJavier Espinoza
    The secret to meeting in Brussels

    Postwar planning means the best restaurants are tucked away inside mundane buildings

    The White restaurant in Brussels
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Should I sign a cohabitation agreement?

    My parents are helping my partner and I to buy a property

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  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Markets InsightAmrita Sen
    Trump will struggle to drive down oil prices

    Energy production in the US will rise but more of the output will be gassy

    A pump jack operates in an oil field in the Permian Basin in Texas
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
    Trump has limited powers to fight an economic cold war

    The new president is not the man to shore up the US ‘economic security state’

    US President-elect Donald Trump and China’s president Xi Jinping
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Kim Ghattas
    It’s time for Lebanon’s leaders to take responsibility for the country’s future

    For decades, politicians in Beirut have blamed their inaction on outside forces

    Members of Lebanese security forces stand guard in the perimeter of the parliament
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Business InsightJune Yoon
    One fix for the EV battery fire problem

    Better shock absorption could make a big difference to safety without requiring a complete overhaul of current technology

    Burnt out cars
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The Musk threat to European democracy

    Free speech push, now backed by Meta’s Zuckerberg, risks spread of disinformation

    President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    LexWalt Disney Co
    Disney’s Fubo settlement shows digital content is a contact sport Premium content

    A lawsuit pushed to a conclusion in the courts could have been a game-changer for pay-TV distributors

    A hand holding a remote control in front of a TV showing the Fubo logo
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    King Mallory
    Forget 2 per cent — there is a better way to measure global security contributions

    Hammering countries about Nato’s target has not made the world a safer place

    María Hergueta illustration of the per cent sign as a slide, with one figure standing on top of it looking down at another standing at the bottom
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    Janan Ganesh
    Pity the middle-sized nations of the world

    Small countries have the best outcomes, while the few giants shape the globe

    Illustration of an elephant foot on top of  a turtle, with a robin standing on top of his foot
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