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U.S. President Donald Trump this weekend announced hefty tariffs on his country's three biggest trading partners, leaving investors scrambling to position themselves for a global trade war.Canada and Mexico face 25% duties on their exports to the U.S., with a...

In the world of life sciences, deal flow often serves as a barometer for emerging trends.The recent acquisitions by pharmaceutical giants Johnson & Johnson and Bristol Myers Squibb, worth a combined $28billion, highlight the growing interest in mental health treatment.This...

AMD investors will closely examine the chip designer's artificial intelligence strategy when it reports fourth-quarter results on Tuesday as Big Tech's shift to custom silicon raises doubts about its place in the AI infrastructure race. Analysts expect AMD's December-quarter revenue...

With typical advertised rents outside London being £1,341 a month, and average rents within the capital reaching a record £2,695 a month, we’re interested in finding out more about how you are trying to deal with high rents for residential...

The Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates this Thursday in a bid to stimulate a sluggish UK economy, despite mounting fears over inflation creeping back up.Markets are bracing for a quarter-point reduction, bringing the base rate down...

Bitcoin fell 4.72% over the weekend and another 3.50% during Monday’s Asian session as tensions driven by Trump’s tariffs have investors de-risking their positions Over the weekend, China responded to Trump’s tariffs by indicating interest in imposing tariffs on US...

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Odin.fun is set to replicate Pump.fun on Bitcoin The Odin.fun aims to offer a 20-second finality for Rune trades The platform will be decentralized with no central control The highly anticipated Runes marketplace and launchpad dubbed Odin.fun is set to...

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India's economy is expected to grow at 6.5 per cent in the financial year 2025-26 (FY26), slightly higher than the 6.4 per cent growth estimated for the ongoing fiscal year (FY25), according to a report by Crisil.The report suggests that...

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Josh Younger is a lecturer at Columbia Law School and a former JPMorgan analyst. Brad Setser is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a former US Treasury official. As FT Alphaville recently detailed, Taiwan is an...

Manchester United legend and Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville (Picture: Getty) Gary Neville has criticised Arsenal defender Gabriel for ‘disrespecting’ Erling Haaland during the Gunners’ incredible 5-1 victory over Manchester City. Arsenal sent a strong message to Premier League title...

Getty ImagesSir Keir Starmer visited the European Commission headquarters in October Sir Keir Starmer is heading to Brussels to join a gathering of European Union leaders – the first time a British prime minister has done so since Brexit.Starmer is...

A revision in MSME classification, steps to boost India’s share in global trade and improving the regulatory landscape got notable mentions, among other highlights in the Union Budget 2025-26.To know more on the kind of impact expected from the announcements,...

Auro Wellness develops innovative health solutions to enhance well-being and make advanced wellness accessible to everyone Can you start by introducing Auro Wellness and sharing the story of how it was founded? Auro Wellness was founded back in 2013, and...

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Governments and banks will struggle to cope with the soaring costs of natural catastrophes such as floods and wildfires, the EU’s top...

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Subsea cables, the backbone of our communications and energy, are enormous: nose to tail, they’d wrap round the globe 37 times. But...

A nascent law firm took a catastrophic financial hit after failing to spot in time that its office phone system was not working correctly, administrators have revealed.  A report into the closure of Kent firm Tiger Law Ltd said that...

Luke Humphries withstood a stunning Jonny Clayton comeback to win the World Masters 6-5 in a final leg shootout.The English world number one looked to be cruising to victory at 5-2 before his Welsh opponent won three straight sets to...

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.EU governments are exploring ways to include the UK and Norway in a “coalition of the willing” dedicated to expanding the continent’s...

This number rides on an upbeat Caribbean melody to take you on an adventure to Agadir, a coastal city in Morocco. The constant accompaniment of the guitar riffs in this typical Boney M song help recreate the emotions of the...

There were plainly scores to settle from the previous meeting, a desire for one-upmanship in an increasingly fractious rivalry and how Arsenal settled them. The moment of the match was provided by Myles Lewis-Skelly; the image of it, too.When the...

Donald Trump has announced the US is to put tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, and increase those on Chinese goods, and suggested he will bring in similar levies on items from the EU. What could these new charges...

No one can say they were not warned: tariff was “the most beautiful word”, Donald Trump said during his election campaign, and Canada, Mexico and China were first on his target list. Yet somehow many very clever people convinced themselves...

138bhp also doesn’t sound a lot for a 2.5-litre engine, but relatively low power from a relatively large capacity tends to mean an engine that isn’t very highly stressed, unlike those one-litre cars boosted to the moon with turbocharging. So...

Graham Potter can experience some joy at Stamford Bridge (Picture: Getty Images) There will be no Graham/Harry Potter gags about Chelsea’s big Monday night derby with West Ham in this column. They are getting boring now and repetitive and you...

President Trump claims tariff “is the most beautiful word in the dictionary”. Most economists disagree.Trump’s plan to impose steep tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China will be a disaster for these countries, by making their exports to the US more...

Earnings week ahead: PLTR, AMZN, GOOG, AMD, LLY, PEP, F, PFE, MRK, PYPL and more READ SOURCE...