Transcript: AI Labs — Are Anthropic really the good guys?
Murad Ahmed talks to Cristina Criddle and John Thornhill
Introducing: The Story of Money
A new video podcast from The FT exploring the history of finance
Samsung Electronics hits $1tn value on AI euphoria
Memory chip giant’s surge pushes South Korea’s Kospi to new record
Kravis and Roberts on KKR at 50
The original private equity barbarian celebrates its birthday as the $22tn private markets face a fraught moment
Private equity benefits as spending on social care providers jumps 20%
Children’s sector offers steady revenues for buyout firms as cases of autism and other conditions increase
Transcript: Could the US scrap quarterly reporting?
Marc Filippino talks to George Steer and Ortenca Aliaj
UK supermarkets ask competition watchdog to rein in Aldi and Lidl
Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Iceland are seeking to stop discounters preventing them opening stores nearby
Russia pavilion drags Venice Biennale into EU sanctions row
Brussels has warned that allowing Moscow to participate would breach ban on providing services to Kremlin
Angela Rayner weighs options as leadership hopes fade
Neither the former deputy Labour leader nor her rivals have a clear path to replacing Sir Keir Starmer
Crypto’s ‘decentralised finance’ sector hit by investor exodus after hacks
DeFi was once touted as the future of finance but traders have grown concerned over the security of these projects
Vodafone’s slow-burn strategy is starting to pay off
The share price has picked up and its valuation as a multiple of forecast earnings has risen to the top of European telcos
Conned by a chatbot
Like tricksters, LLMs have perfected the art of plausibility
Imbalances are back on the global agenda
Policymakers must overcome the mercantilist fallacy that the way to get rich is by running surpluses forever
Don’t let the taxman grab your tax-free cash
It’s tempting to blow the lump sum on a sports car — but the more sensible option may be to take it in small amounts like regular income
Recipe: Asparagus with crab mayonnaise might be the quickest, tastiest lunch of the season
Make the most of the vegetable’s short window with this sophisticated spring recipe
Bezos shakes up Blue Origin staff incentives ahead of SpaceX IPO
Rocket maker hopes to quell employee uproar after old options expired without a payout
Can Europe develop its own alternatives to US Tomahawks?
European initiatives will take a decade to complete but there are some stopgap solutions
US shale oil producers are wise to avoid the temptation of higher prices
With little slack in the system, soaring prices don’t give operators that much of an incentive to let rip
Santander to remove TSB brand from British high streets after 215 years
Spanish bank to run combined business as Santander UK after £2.65bn takeover
Poland’s Jarosław Kaczyński faces revolt in party he built
Rightwing opposition leader is challenged by his former PiS protégé
We must be mindful of the risks of private credit
The sector remains untested in a severe or prolonged economic downturn
Stalin, Putin and the history of poisoned Russian minds
The war in Ukraine is the latest manifestation of a mindset that has been decades, if not centuries, in the making. Three books debunk the myths that Russia tells itself
Fusion start-up backed by Bill Gates plans UK’s first commercial plant
Most ambitious British timeframe yet for the technology comes as US and China race ahead in funding for sector
Why the UAE really left Opec
Leaving the oil cartel is not just a commercial decision — it reflects structural changes in global energy markets