Lucrative returns lure Japanese savers into government bonds
Issuance of ‘retail’ JGBs doubles month-on-month as returns reach 2.39%
Toyota brings Japan’s tiny trucks that Trump loves to America
World’s biggest carmaker to start selling ‘kei’ cars in US under revived Scion brand
Letter: Size of Britain’s grey vote makes growth policies hard to deliver
From Professor Tim Vlandas, Professor of Comparative Political Economy and Social Policy, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Letter: Risky ramifications of a UN exit from Western Sahara
From Richard Stanforth, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, UK
Iran denies French freezer hacks
Letter: Skandi architecture used to hug a hygge. Not anymore
From Henk Swarttouw, Domsten, Sweden
Letter: Avoid the triumphalism around Trump’s trouncing
From Steven E Cerier, New York, NY, US
Letter: A curious way to cut bills
From Pelayo Palma de Rojas, Founder and Managing Partner, Zagaleta Capital, Seville, Spain
Letter: Successor to Palantir must be judged by three criteria
From Maria Dunford, Co-founder, Lifebit, London W1, UK
Letter: Could poor pay be why employees ‘disengage’?
From Professor Brian Morgan, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Letter: Let’s focus research more on what already works
From Jean-Claude Burgelman, Director, Frontiers Planet Prize, Lausanne, Switzerland
Anthropic bankers prepare to increase IPO valuation to $1.5tn or more
Claude maker’s listing price expected to rise after strong demand from investors
Correction: Ana Botín
Banco Santander chair Ana Botín did not obtain an MBA from Harvard Business School as incorrectly stated in an article on November 10. We apologise for the error
House blocks impeachment of US defence secretary Pete Hegseth
Congressional effort to unseat incumbent over conduct of Iran war fails at first hurdle
CoreWeave plans multibillion-dollar chip-backed debt deal
AI infrastructure group turns to asset-backed debt and customer pre-payments for financing
Embrace paper exams to combat AI cheating, warns UK universities regulator
Office for Students says technology poses ‘generational risk’ to sector’s integrity and reputation
FT Crossword: Number 18,529
Senior US soldier arrested in UK on suspicion of spying for Russia
British Counter Terrorism Policing’s investigation involves the FBI and American military
The murky history of France’s African currency
David Walliams accused of sexual misconduct
Lawyers had argued that bestselling author’s anonymity should be protected because of risk of suicide
FirstFT: Anthropic raises valuation target to $1.4tn
Also in today’s newsletter: US commerce department delays efforts to blacklist company linked to alleged Chinese spy and SoftBank slumps to $7bn loss
Republicans choose Jim Jordan as House minority leader
Pugnacious lawmaker signals uncompromising stance despite party’s poor US midterms performance
Transcript: Nvidia shares down as Huang affair scandal deepens
Katie Martin speaks to Robert Armstrong
Nvidia shares down as Huang affair scandal deepens
What happens when a tech giant becomes a security concern?