How Hizbollah is using cash and WhatsApp groups to shore up power
After her son, a Hizbollah military officer, was killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon last year, Umm Hassan made lapel pins of his image to commemorate him. When the pain was at its ...
Transcript: How to trade the trade war
Amazon is scared of a strong US dollar. And the FT’s Katie Martin tells us how investors might plan for a trade war. Katie Martin It’s this constant experience of feeling like you’re nailing jelly to ...
Transcript: US companies endure tariff whiplash
It has been a wild few days for corporate America, thanks to Donald Trump’s unpredictable trade war. From tequila makers and meatpackers to surgical equipment manufacturers, a lot of US companies have ...
London to recreate Austin arts and tech festival SXSW in Shoreditch
Founded in 1987, the SXSW event in Austin, Texas is known for launching the careers of music acts, from Florence and the Machine to Billie Eilish and The White Stripes. Music will feature prominently ...
Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity
In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all ...
Kering investors brace for more bad news after Gucci creative chief’s exit
French luxury group to report full-year results this week following latest blow to turnaround plans at its biggest brand ...
Transcript: Commercial real estate crawls back
Donald Trump is keeping everyone on their toes when it comes to tariffs and commercial real estate is slowly building itself back up. Plus, can Europe still be a major player in the artificial ...
Making sense of Trump's tariffs. With Dani Rodrik
To find out, the FT’s European economics commentator Martin Sandbu speaks to Dani Rodrik, professor of international ...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered to stop work: What to know about the agency
Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget and the acting director of CFPB, ordered the federal watchdog ...
Why the EU’s deportation plans risk ‘serious’ human rights violations
In a report published today, the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) finds that such hubs would face “serious fundamental rights risks”, potentially undermining core tenets including the right to ...
Why the EU’s competitiveness push could be good news for the green agenda
Among the most important factors, Draghi said, were a lack of EU-wide co-ordination on economic strategy, a failure to match the targeted industrial support seen in the US and China, and a fragmented ...
Peter Mandelson’s back: the Prince of Darkness returns
All political careers may end in failure, but the UK’s new ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, isn’t done yet ...