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Panama port owner’s deal fuels fears of dominance by world’s top shipping group
A $23bn sale of ports by CK Hutchison has raised concerns in the logistics industry that the deal could hurt competition and disadvantage rivals by making the world’s biggest shipping company the top ...
There’s no corporate leader quite like Akio Toyoda
The man behind the visor is Akio Toyoda, the 69-year-old grandson of Toyota’s founder, Kiichiro Toyoda, and the company’s most powerful executive since 2009. Several years before taking over the ...
Bulgaria moves into the Eurozone
Plus, the European Commission has finally given Bulgaria the green light to join the Eurozone in 2026. Today’s FT News Briefing was produced by Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc ...
Why does Maga world hate Europe?
Donald Trump’s team is taking its US culture war across the Atlantic with implications for the western alliance ...
Inside the collapse of Microsoft-backed tech unicorn Builder.ai
Top investors including Qatar are realising they may have backed a business that largely reported artificial revenues ...
Opinion
Joe Biden’s activist Treasury issuance continues under Donald Trump
Despite past criticism by Scott Bessent and Stephen Miran, the debt strategy persists and is spreading internationally ...
Cape Town’s cluster effect is key draw for businesses
Top universities, good infrastructure and a relaxed lifestyle ensure South Africa’s start-up hub rivals Lagos and Nairobi ...
Lex Greensill to testify in $440mn Credit Suisse legal battle against SoftBank
The fund claims SoftBank “coordinated” with Lex Greensill’s company at the expense of the bank’s investors, who lost $440mn through assets backed by Greensill Limited, a subsidiary of Greensill ...
UK ministers consider electricity bill discounts for heat pump owners
Ministers are considering funding energy bill discounts for UK heat pump owners as they try to get more households to install the devices to help cut carbon emissions.
Big investors shift away from US markets
Big institutional investors are shifting away from US markets as Donald Trump’s trade wars and the country’s escalating debt fuel fears about the dominance of American assets in global portfolios.
Fossil fuel spending to fall for first time since pandemic
Investment in fossil fuels will fall this year for the first time since the Covid pandemic, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), led by a contraction in the oil sector where a sharp ...
Nigeria’s PalmPay thrives on ‘ultimate competition’ of cash
Sofia Zab, PalmPay’s chief marketing officer who has been with the group since launch, says the key to the company’s success was its focus on providing services for the large section of the population ...