China slams dozens of Japanese companies with export curbs
Beijing bans shipments of critical ‘dual-use’ goods in latest escalation of row with Tokyo
Standard Chartered launches $1.5bn buyback weeks after finance chief’s exit
Asia-focused bank’s stock was hit by departure of Diego De Giorgi, who had been seen as in contention for CEO role
The Citrini flapdoodle
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Hungary veto of €90bn loan casts shadow over von der Leyen’s Kyiv visit
Also in this newsletter: Brussels launches new initiative to fight foreign interference
Global regulation, the best is yet to come
Rules < rulers
FirstFT: Zelenskyy urges US to see through Russia’s ‘games’
Also in today’s newsletter: Mandelson arrest and Europe’s ‘tech sovereignty’ ambitions
Rolls-Royce propels the case for thoughtful subsidies
So ingrained is the habit that dishing out subsidies now levels, rather than distorts, the playing field
The Mountain matches the peaks of early Gorillaz albums
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s cartoon band head to India in new record themed around death and the afterlife
The cyber security threat inside your car
Built-in vulnerabilities in high-end vehicle components raise the risk of both espionage and sabotage
Investors back European start-ups building low-cost air defence
Drone warfare in Ukraine has exposed the limits of legacy equipment that was designed for different threats
Transcript: The war in Ukraine, four years later
Marc Filippino talks to Anne Sylvaine-Chassany and Ben Hall
Centerview puts its sleep lawsuit to bed
The Wall Street firm settled a case brought by a sacked junior banker over her sleep needs
‘Crisis of his own making’: Trump weighs another war with Iran
The US military build-up was designed to coerce Tehran — but has failed
UK government accused of shelving fraud report
Recommendations in independent review include doubling the maximum sentence to 20 years
AI upheaval puts software investors on edge
Markets weigh whether incumbents will adapt — or be sidelined by AI agents
Fed still on course to hold until June
Read the February forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team
Rapid UK coastal erosion throws spotlight on £40bn nuclear plant
More than 27 metres of cliff lost over a year in area just 2km from Sizewell C
World Bank takes out $6bn loan insurance to boost its lending
Group takes out policy to underwrite credit risk as US, UK and other wealthy nations cut aid to poorer countries
UK PR executive left role after US embassy raised concerns over online posts
Gavin Megaw’s exit from Hanover followed complaint by embassy to American Pharmaceutical Group
A Better Life by Lionel Shriver — We need to talk (and talk) about immigration
A wry portrait of intergenerational tensions curdles into a polemic about virtue signalling and liberal border policies
The ‘botlash’ movement is gaining momentum
Protesting and unsubscribing are being promoted as forms of modern-day strikes
European wealth managers hit back after fears AI will make them obsolete
Large advisers seek to win clients away from competitors that are slower to respond to tech disruption
Takaichi plans Japanese ‘Cfius’ to tighten economic security
Foreign investment agency modelled on US intended to guard sensitive industries against China