US retailers try to handle change after penny’s demise
Shops face the question of whether to round up or down as the last one cent coin enters circulation
US economic outlook obscured by shutdown-triggered data gap
The statistical blind spot could affect everything from interest rate cuts to investment decisions
South Africa’s credit rating upgraded for first time in two decades
S&P Global Ratings raises status of the continent’s most industrialised nation to two notches below investment grade
Germany risks squandering a golden opportunity
Chancellor’s plans for investment and reform may be more of a short-term boost than a fix to underlying problems
Tanzania in turmoil after ‘Tiananmen Square moment’
Families seek answers after hundreds killed by security forces during election of Samia Suluhu Hassan
HTSI editor’s letter: are you a Type-A type?
Meet an art-world hero, a foodie wunderkind and a middle-aged man with a kettlebell
Toto Wolff turbocharges F1 valuations
Also in today’s newsletter, Apollo bets big on Atlético Madrid
A life less ordinary in the mountains of Andalucía
Four decades after he left the UK for a new life in Las Alpujarras, Chris Stewart has no intention of going home. Come in autumn, he says, for a glimpse of the area’s true magic
AI has delivered a chart hit — but what do we miss?
Breaking Rust’s conquest of country sales doesn’t alter the fact that recycling material makes these songs generic
Number of Isa millionaires hits 5,000
Most trade infrequently, hold an international portfolio and often favour active funds
How salary sacrifice tax breaks greased the wheels of cargo bike businesses
Retailers worry about the impact of expected cap on cycle to work scheme in Budget
AJ Bell rules out offering new private market funds
Two of the UK’s biggest investment platforms have taken contrasting approaches to long-term asset funds
Why is it so difficult to run the BBC?
As complaints over the editing of a Donald Trump speech topple another director-general, leading the broadcaster is once again looking like an impossible job
House & Home Ski Living Special 2025
We kick off with Aspen — still ‘defying gravity’ for house prices — but has it reached peak chic? Elsewhere, are European resorts right to be cracking down on second homes? And ahead of the Winter Olympics, where should you buy in Italy? Or indeed, look beyond there to Japan or Norway . . .
Bags of cash and a gold toilet: the corruption crisis engulfing Zelenskyy’s government
Senior Ukrainians are accused of taking kickbacks from projects to defend energy plants in wartime, prompting a wave of public anger
Skims puts a $1bn price on keeping up with the Kardashians
Shapewear brand’s $5bn valuation factors in a premium for the founder’s star power
If private credit breaks, insurers will fall under the microscope
Rising holdings of the asset class could lead to problems when the next downturn comes
Kim Yong-nam, North Korean politician, 1928-2025
Bound by his ferocious loyalty to the ruling dynasty, the former head of state enjoyed a decades-long career in Pyongyang
The 2mn barrel divide: IEA and Opec at odds over oil demand
Widening gap between forecasts from IEA, Opec and EIA clouds oil market outlook
Companies still need IPOs
Despite the increasing supply of private capital, going public is still an important step in the life of a business
Pacifist Japan confronts a political assassin
The trial of Shinzo Abe’s killer is testing the country’s moral limits
Free reader Q&A: How will the Budget affect your finances?
Put your Budget questions to the FT’s experts
The irresistible rise of libertarian eugenics
Social Darwinism is making a comeback in the US — this time wrapped in the language of freedom
A parent’s fear: the mother in hiding from her son
What happens when the person you gave life to, wants to take yours