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FINANCIAL TIMES
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Chinese vessel spotted where Baltic Sea cables were severed
 
Swedish investigators looking into movements of bulk carrier travelling from Russia to Egypt
 
 
Marc Rowan emerges as a top contender to be Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary
 
Private equity billionaire is considering job and is set to meet president-elect on Wednesday
 
 
SpaceX abandons attempt to catch Starship booster as Donald Trump watches
 
Test was a setback for owner Elon Musk, who has become an influential figure in president-elect’s transition team
 
 
Ukraine strikes Russia with US-made long-range missiles for first time
 
Weapons arsenal in Bryansk region hit after Biden administration lifts restrictions on Kyiv’s use of Atacms
 
 
Corporate insiders cash in on post-election US stock market surge
 
Insider sales reach all-time high as executives from Goldman Sachs to Tesla lock in equity gains
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Jimmy Lai testifies for first time in Hong Kong national security trial
 
Billionaire former media mogul and fierce critic of Beijing faces up to life in prison
 
 
Gautam Adani takes on plan to redevelop Mumbai’s biggest slum
 
Locals and opposition parties denounce tycoon’s bid to rehouse 1mn people in crowded part of India’s financial capital
 
 
Donald Trump picks Howard Lutnick to run commerce department
 
Cantor Fitzgerald boss to also have ‘direct responsibility’ for the office of the US trade representative
 
 
The FT’s guide to the Books of the Year
 
From economics, politics and history to science, art, food and, of course, fiction — our annual round-up brings you top titles picked by FT writers and critics
 
 
Trump’s demolition of the US state
 
One irony of the president-elect’s campaign of destruction is that the government is in dire need of reform
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Disinflation, demographics, Doge
 
We look at money, population, and how the government actually works
 
 
The doomsday that wasn’t
 
VIXplaining the events of August 5
 
 
Bridgewater opens strategy to retail investors through State Street ETF
 
Move by famously secretive hedge fund follows others in rushing to ink deals with big names in alternative assets
 
 
Swiss prosecutors accuse Trafigura of paying €5mn in bribes to Angolan official
 
Unsealed indictment alleges the company’s late founder, Claude Dauphin, masterminded the scheme
 
 
European stocks fall as Ukraine war escalation unsettles markets
 
US Treasuries rally as investors sell equities and seek safe assets
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
UK adviser reaps rewards in shifting industry landscape
 
True Potential’s revenues have grown rapidly after huge regulatory changes
 
 
Comcast set to spin off cable TV networks to drive streaming growth
 
‘Cord-cutting’ consumers lead entertainment group to focus investment on online assets
 
 
Milan beats London and New York as home to most expensive shopping street
 
Rents on Via Monte Napoleone have jumped as tax break schemes lure the super-rich
 
 
Walmart raises guidance as it beats third-quarter forecasts
 
Retailer reports revenues of $169.6bn as lingering inflation draws wealthier consumers to low-price products
 
 
Head of Volkswagen’s North American division steps down
 
Pablo Di Si leaves carmaker ‘at own request’ to be replaced by Porsche veteran amid push to regain US market share
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Britain needs a coherent China strategy
 
The Labour government must determine where UK ‘red lines’ lie