Ford Motor Company F is building its Energy business, which could become one of its most strategic growth pillars. Positioned as a startup within the company, this emerging business is designed with a short payback period and a clear mission to diversify revenue streams while reducing reliance on the traditional automotive cycle. At its core,…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Friedrich Merz said he would seek to forge a “balanced, reliable, regulated and fair” partnership with Chinese President Xi Jinping as he embarked on his first visit to Beijing as German chancellor amid mounting trade…
A stablecoin logo displayed on a smartphone. – McDonnell // Shutterstock If you’ve ever sent money through Western Union, paid with a Visa card while traveling, or waited days for an electronic payment to settle, you’ve already used the systems known as “payment rails” that move money globally between friends, families and businesses. Now, banks…
The UK government is considering measures to prevent Premier League football clubs and other sports teams from accepting sponsorships from certain online betting companies. This move may particularly involve unlicensed gambling operators, which follows a series of regulatory and integrity concerns linked to the sector. According to a report by The Guardian, the proposed move…
Copper prices rose to their highest level in more than a week on Tuesday, propelled by positive sentiment and firmer demand in top metals consumer China, where markets reopened after a holiday. Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange had gained 2.2% to $13,155 a metric ton by 1525 GMT after touching its highest…
Berkshire recently disclosed its equity holdings as of the end of 2025, giving the market a chance to see what it bought and sold in the fourth quarter. As it always does following each quarter, Berkshire Hathaway recently disclosed the stocks it held in its massive equities portfolio at the end of the fourth quarter…
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon said Monday that the financial world looks a lot like the heyday in the years ahead of the global financial crisis. “Unfortunately, we did see this in ’05, ’06, ’07, almost the same thing,” Dimon said at the firm’s annual investor day in New York on Monday. “The rising…
As many as seven different English clubs could qualify for the league phase of next season’s Champions League. The top four clubs in this season’s Premier League are already guaranteed to earn a spot in the 2026-27 competition, but England is on course to earn an additional spot. That is because the best-performing two nations…
Posts shared on X and TikTok using the hashtag #HollywoodagainstZelenskyy show doctored videos of celebrities urging European leaders to pressure Ukraine into accepting a peace deal on Russia’s terms. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Cube, Euronews’ fact-checking team, found examples of the videos on X and Telegram, where they were shared by accounts with no followers or…
Vladimir Putin has been accused of trying to distract attention from his “heinous” atrocities after Russia claimed the UK and France are plotting to supply Ukraine with a nuclear weapon or “dirty bomb”. On the fourth anniversary of the Russian president’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer hit out at Putin for blocking the…