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  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
    Ask Shrimsley: how spicy should a speech at a wedding be?

    These days pushing the boundaries is more acceptable, but don’t forget to read the room

  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    LexIntel Corp
    Intel’s drastic cuts will not fix its fundamental flaws Premium content

    Production issues and strategic mis-steps allowed rivals to charge ahead

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  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    RIP semiconductor rally? Premium content

    A cornerstone of the bull market suddenly looks wobbly

  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Tej Parikh
    A US recession is not off the table yet

    A bigger rate cut than the Fed envisages may be warranted in September

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  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Pilita Clark
    Here come the new climate leaders

    A mega election year is ushering in a different breed of net zero lawmakers

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  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
    Are the super shoes used in Olympic races distorting results?

    New technology is creating an uneven playing field in athletics

    A bright neon green Nike ZoomX running shoe with a vibrant multicolored sole, featuring shades of yellow, orange, and blue, is displayed against a beige background. A red zigzag line and an upward-pointing arrow are overlaid on the background
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Inside BusinessRichard Waters
    Media groups seek a new profit model with AI

    Industry seeks to avoid painful experience with online gatekeepers such as Google and Facebook

    The OpenAI website ChatGPT
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Gillian Tett
    Finance should pay much more attention to undersea cables risk

    The threats to this crucial infrastructure are growing but there are possible solutions

    Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of sharks attacking an undersea cable, with blood  visible in the water
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Kim Ghattas
    Iran and Israel’s choreography of death must stop

    This time retaliation is likely to come on multiple fronts and it will be harder to intercept and contain

    Hezbollah fighters stand next to the coffin of late senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    LexThames Water
    Thames Water has breached its licence to operate. So now what?

    For a start, the regulator must act quickly if it is to retain any shred of credibility

  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A momentous week for central banks

    The rate-cutting cycle is unlikely to be a smooth ride down

    Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve Jerome Powell and Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    LexRolls-Royce Holdings PLC
    Rolls-Royce’s extraordinary recovery has further to go Premium content

    UK engine maker is clearly in a much stronger competitive position than it has been

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  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    LexToyota Motor Corp
    Toyota’s yen downdraft shows challenges for Japan’s exporters Premium content

    Earnings uplift from weak currency might not last much longer

    A Lexus charging port for an EV car is seen at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    John Thornhill
    AI can learn a lot from its biological predecessors

    Synthetic data risks ‘model collapse’ but may spur renewed interest in robotics

    Ouroboros
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Chris Giles
    Reeves has more legacy junk to ditch as the Treasury sorts out its finances

    The difficult reality is a recognition that we will have to spend more and get less than promised from public services

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  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Free LunchChris Cook
    No time to give up on Russia sanctions Premium content

    Kremlin has not been stopped in its tracks — but it does have sand in its gears

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  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    FT MagazineTim Hayward
    Are restaurants . . . camp?

    Susan Sontag didn’t think food could be camp. She should see London now

    A pop art-style illustration of a man  in a yellow shirt shirt sitting eating dinner at a table with a man in a white shirt, with four identical but differently coloured Andy Warhol-style portraits on the wall of a woman
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    LexMeta Platforms
    Meta is making AI pay — in advertising Premium content

    Solid numbers suggest the Facebook and Instagram owner has found a use for artificial intelligence

    The Meta sign outside its headquarters in California
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    FT AlphavilleCraig Coben
    Ackman’s quixotic IPO is over – for now

    Ack-man of La Mancha

  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    The Fed does right, by doing nothing Premium content

    And crypto regulation

    Fed chair Jay Powell
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Martyn James
    Are travellers’ credit cards worth it?

    The first of a new series where we test the benefits of clubs and products

  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Leo Lewis
    The yen is everything to Japan’s economy

    Tacit acknowledgment of this by the country’s central bank signals a shift to more honest thinking

    María Hergueta illustration of a person standing under a temple gate with pillars  in the shape of the Japanese yen
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Sarah Moody
    Britain’s property obsession should not come at the expense of pensions

    Less than two-fifths of UK adults are saving enough for a comfortable retirement

    A man holds a model of a house in his palm
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Jen Zhu Scott
    Understanding China’s pragmatic AI plan

    While the US ecosystem has the edge in groundbreaking innovations, the Chinese one excels in execution

    Baidu Apollo autonomous vehicle driving along a street in Beijing
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Venezuela’s repressive election

    The west must not let Maduro get away with a stolen election

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