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Nato acquires AI military system from Palantir

Alliance to use artificial intelligence developed by company of prominent Donald Trump backer

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Birmingham bin strike to continue after workers reject pay deal

Industrial action has led to rubbish piling up across UK’s second city

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Dark days for the less-mighty dollar

The world’s reserve currency gets a sharp shock

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump, top aides fuel tariff confusion by questioning reciprocal exemptions

Financial markets have been whipsawed as the Trump administration alters its tariff plans.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Global stocks lifted by US reprieve for Trump’s tech tariffs

President suggests need for β€˜flexibility’ but insists smartphone exemption is temporary

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Wall Street trading giants try not to feel the noise

None of the big bank chiefs really know whether Trump’s fickle policies are causing good volatility or bad

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Goldman Sachs chief hopeful Trump will listen to corporate America

David Solomon warned of risk of uncertainty, even after bank reported first-quarter results boosted by market volatility

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Unemployment fears hit worst levels since Covid as tariffs fuel inflation outlook, Fed survey shows

Consumer worries grew over inflation, unemployment and the stock market as the global trade war heated up in March.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Baby boomers and first-time travelers are shunning Europe’s summer hotspots in favor of 'coolcations'

A growing wave of holidaymakers appear to be prioritizing summer trips to northern Europe to escape the heat.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Former BGC employee faces prison after breaching asset freeze order

Judge tells Michael Viney β€˜custody threshold has been crossed’ after he sold a flat in Barcelona

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

SNP brings forward government programme due to Trump turmoil

Scottish first minister John Swinney says move will allow for year of β€˜delivery’ ahead of Holyrood elections

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Here’s how much a 'Made in the USA' iPhone would cost

The White House says Trump believes Apple can make iPhones in the U.S., but there are many reasons analysts say that's likely not possible.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Billionaire Ray Dalio: 'I'm worried about something worse than a recession'

Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio said he is worried about a breakdown of the global monetary order.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Pfizer to halt development of closely watched weight-loss drug

US pharmaceutical group says patient in study experienced β€˜potential drug-induced liver injury’

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

UK retailers warn of Chinese 'dumping' amid tariffs, call for end to tax loophole

British retailers have warned that Chinese companies risk flooding the U.K. with low cost goods amid U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Trump, Truss and the β€˜moron premium’

The educational value of the former UK prime minister’s cautionary tale is timeless

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Britain should embrace European and other middle powers

With the US and China facing off in a tariff war, the time has come for the UK to pivot

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Pfizer scraps daily weight loss pill after liver injury in one patient

The decision to stop developing danuglipron adds to a string of setbacks in the pharmaceutical giant's bid to win a slice of the booming market for GLP-1s.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

More than 60% of CEOs expect a recession in the next 6 months as tariff turmoil grows, survey says

A rising share of America's top executives sees a recessionary period on the horizon.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Why Trump's nuclear talks with Iran could be far more successful than Biden's

"The Iranians are, I think, a little bit more desperate than they were in 2022, and they are faced with a very weak economy," one analyst told CNBC.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Singapore sees zero growth as a possibility this year as it cuts GDP outlook on tariff worries

This comes as the MAS had previously eased its policy stance back in its January meeting, the first time since 2020.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

China unlikely to aggressively devalue yuan to offset impact of U.S. tariffs, economists say

Among the 11 analysts polled by CNBC, the majority do not see the currency weakening significantly, but rather a gradual depreciation engineered by the PBoC.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

China exports skyrocket over 12% in March as trade war drives businesses to frontload shipments

China has set an ambitious growth target of "around 5%" β€” a goal seen harder to achieve given the prospects of an escalating trade war and weak domestic consumption

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

China's Xi says 'protectionism will lead nowhere' as he starts Southeast Asia outreach amid tariff worries

His comments, in an article for Vietnam's Nhan Dan newspaper, come he begins a series of state visits to the country, Malaysia and Cambodia from April 14 to 18.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Like defense, Goldman says ESG investors should bring oil and gas stocks in from the cold

Tobacco giants, fossil fuel companies and weapons makers have typically been among those to have been excluded from sustainable portfolios.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

30-year-old influencer made $4 million in sales by creating a luxury hair oil brand rooted in Indian traditions

Hair-oiling is an ancient Indian tradition that has recently become a social media trend, with almost half a million TikTok posts under the hashtag #hairoil.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

UK races to secure coal to keep British Steel furnaces operating

Officials work to ensure shipments arrive quickly after emergency government intervention

Published on: April 13, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

NHS signs deal with Scancell in ambitious skin cancer trial

Move comes as government seeks to boost UK’s standing as drugs research leader

Published on: April 13, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US tech tariff exemption will be temporary, says Trump

US president says products given reprieve will fall under separate regime

Published on: April 13, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Germany willing to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine, says Merz

Chancellor-in-waiting denounces latest Russian attack and says Kyiv needs help to β€˜get ahead’ in the conflict

Published on: April 13, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

FirstFT: Trump warns US tech tariff exemption will be temporary

Also in today’s newsletter, Russia targets Ukrainian city on Palm Sunday, and a British MP is barred from entering Hong Kong

Published on: April 13, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Wall Street stock futures rise after temporary US tech tariff exemption

Gains come after two weeks of wild swings in financial markets

Published on: April 13, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US business school network slammed for Russian participation at key event

Ukrainians complain after Moscow institution attends Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business conference

Published on: April 13, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump’s trade war shatters hopes of 2025 luxury revival

US-China tariffs look set to condemn industry to another difficult year

Published on: April 13, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Russia targets Ukrainian city on Palm Sunday

Dozens killed and more than 100 injured in missile attack on Sumy

Published on: April 13, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World