UK and France aim for new Ukraine peace deal after White House fracas
Europe will put troops on ground but plan ‘must have strong US backing’, says UK prime minister after London summit ...
Arrival of US tariffs set to embolden Canada’s new leader
No, not Lent — although that will be happening on Wednesday after the traditional craziness of Carnival, Mardi Gras and Pancake Day (delete according to your nationality) on Tuesday — this is the week ...
US hints that tariffs on Mexico and Canada could be lower than 25%
Trump has previously proposed imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Mexico and Canada, but Lutnick indicated that the figure could be lower. His remarks suggest Mexico and Canada will make a last-ditch ...
London Ukraine summit: European leaders leave meeting with promises of support for Kyiv
Keir Starmer held an online meeting with President Alar Karis of Estonia, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa of Latvia and President Gitanas Nausėda of Lithuania on Sunday morning and “underlined his focus ...
Business school professors’ picks
Welcome to professors’ picks, offering a weekly curated selection of FT articles by and for business school faculty to connect classrooms to current events and to develop students’ critical thinking.
How we made it: mapping the building boom in high risk zones
Developers in the US are increasingly building into more high risk areas, an FT analysis found, amounting to about 4mn more single-family homes in high risk places in about a decade. The percentage of ...
The US Congress is missing in action
Yet Congress has done nothing to stop the closure of USAID and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Department of Education looks to be next on Elon Musk’s target list. Congress created the ...
How culture shapes capitalism around the world
“Culture” is multi-layered, and does not always sit neatly in distinct categories. Still, Hofstede’s framework gives us a ...
How fast will the ECB cut interest rates?
A quarter-point cut on March 6, which is fully priced in by the swaps market, would bring down the deposit facility rate to 2.5 per cent, the lowest level since February 2023 and 1.5 percentage points ...
Connecting the cold supply chain for better sustainability
Temperature-controlled logistics enables the essential movement of perishable goods around the world. Applying digital ...
UK and France to work with Ukraine on peace plan
Ukraine will work with Europe to draw up a plan to “stop the fighting” with Russia before presenting a blueprint for peace to ...
Companies paid out more than $40bn in damages from US lawsuits last year
Companies were hit with more than $40bn in damages payments stemming from US lawsuits last year, data from LexisNexis showed, ...