September 2024
US prepares to challenge Google’s online ad dominance
The trial is the latest salvo by federal regulators against Big Tech, testing a century-old law against companies that have reshaped the way people consume.
November 2023
Protesters converge ahead of Xi-Biden meeting
Representatives of more than 100 grassroots groups have gathered in San Francisco to demonstrate against a meeting of 21 heads of state.
September 2023
Economists expect Fed to defy investors and raise rates
A Financial Times-Booth survey finds most economists think the US central bank has more work to do to lower inflation.
March 2023
Economists think Fed will keep raising rates despite bank turmoil
Of the 43 economists surveyed between March 15 and 17, 49 per cent forecast the federal funds rate to peak between 5.5 per cent and 6 per cent this year.
November 2022
The trouble with boys starts before they step into a classroom
Boys are behind girls academically from the get-go. And by the time they get to year 9, they have already fallen far behind their female schoolmates.
June 2022
US set for recession next year, economists predict
An FT-led survey of economists forecasts a downturn in 2023 as the Federal Reserve tries to stamp out the worst inflation in 40 years.
April 2021
Investors feel the toe end of Deliveroo’s greenshoe shuffle
A growing body of academic research suggests overallotments options do little to calm volatility or stem IPO underpricing. It’s about time that greater scrutiny was given to what has for underwriters been a risk-free bet.
March 2021
Cheers and waves as Suez Canal reopens
A flotilla of tugboats, helped by the tides, wrenched the bow of the skyscraper-sized Ever Given from the canal’s bank, where it had been lodged since March 23.
October 2020
Health officials alarmed by 'super spreader' Rose Garden event
Washington DC regulations do not cover federal property, meaning the White House was technically exempt, but the fallout has left city officials scrambling over how to respond.
September 2020
Trump challenges Democrats over Supreme Court pick
The US President throws down the gauntlet to Democrats to refrain from stirring up another political firestorm over the confirmation of his conservative nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
May 2020
WHO says pandemic has 'a long way to go'
The number of additional COVID-19 infections recorded each day has reached a new high, with the global tally approaching five million.