Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China’s national chip champions expect to make next-generation smartphone processors as early as this year, despite US efforts to restrict their development of advanced technologies. The country’s biggest chipmaker SMIC has put together new semiconductor
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Private equity myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US private equity firms are rushing to take advantage of lower borrowing costs by loading debt on to their portfolio companies and then using the cash to pay dividends to themselves and their investors. Corporate
Share Tweet By Tr Goins-Phillips Editor February 2, 2024 Wheaton College a private Christian school outside Chicago is criticizing Fox News for running a column accusing the institution of abandoning its Christian bonafides in favor of becoming “woke.” The claims in the column are “incendiary,” Wheaton College President Philip Ryken said in a statement released
The gig economy seems to be here to stay. In the U.S. alone, there are more than 70.4 million freelancers, and that number has been growing for the past few years. By 2028, it is projected that there will be upwards of 90 million gig workers who will constitute close to 50% of the domestic
actually 23 hours and 58 minutes this time — The 2024 Rolex 24 at Daytona put on very close racing for a record crowd The around-the-clock race marked the start of the North American racing calendar. Jonathan M. Gitlin – Feb 3, 2024 11:30 am UTC Enlarge / The current crop of GTP hybrid prototypes
Loading… Loading… MX Technologies, the fintech known for automating money experiences,announced the launch of Customer Analytics, which can help financial services providers with enhanced transaction data and insights to reduce costs and boost engagement. MX describedthe launch as a game changer, leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, enabling organizations to harness the power of data
Live long and prosper? — Humans are living longer than ever no matter where they come from Disease outbreaks and human conflicts help dictate regional differences in longevity. Elizabeth Rayne – Feb 4, 2024 12:22 pm UTC EnlargeCatherine Falls Commercial reader comments 87 Most of us want to stay on this planet as long as
Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor February 1, 2024 Michigan parents are suing a public school district over the claim district employees began socially transitioning their daughter without their consent, purportedly concealing these efforts in the process. Listen to them on the latest episode of Quick Start ? Dan and Jennifer Mead have sued the Rockford Public
Iran used two of the UK’s biggest banks to covertly move money around the world as part of a vast sanctions-evasion scheme backed by Tehran’s intelligence services. Lloyds and Santander UK provided accounts to British front companies secretly owned by a sanctioned Iranian petrochemicals company based near Buckingham Palace, according to documents seen by the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As Iran’s best-known moderate Hassan Rouhani was being blocked from the powerful body with responsibility to appoint the country’s supreme leader, his hardline successor as president, Ebrahim Raisi, was handed a clear run at the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US forces have carried out a second phase of air strikes in response to the deaths of three American troops in Jordan last weekend, this time hitting targets in Yemen where Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Iran and Iraq have warned that a wave of US strikes against militants backed by Tehran could trigger greater instability across the region. The US military said it hit 85 targets at seven facilities in
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US carried out strikes in Iraq and Syria on Friday, hitting targets that included elements of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in retaliation for a drone attack killed three American troops based in Jordan.
toxic waste, seriously? — Teslas week gets worse: Fines, safety investigation, and massive recall There have been 2,388 complaints about steering failure in the Model 3 and Model Y. Jonathan M. Gitlin – Feb 2, 2024 3:35 pm UTC Enlarge / More than 2,000 Tesla model-year 2023 Model Y and Model 3s have suffered steering
When Stephen Miller left his primary care practice to work in public health a little under two years ago, he said, he was shocked by how many cases of syphilis the clinic was treating. This story also ran on WPLN. It can be republished for free. For decades, rates of the sexually transmitted infection were
celestial nomads — Why interstellar objects like Oumuamua and Borisov may hold clues to exoplanets Two celestial interlopers in Solar System have scientists eagerly anticipating more. Theo Nicitopoulos, Knowable Magazine – Feb 2, 2024 12:15 pm UTC Enlarge / The first interstellar interloper detected passing through the Solar System, 1l/Oumuamua, came within 24 million miles
Loading… Loading… MX Technologies, the fintech known for automating money experiences,announced the launch of Customer Analytics, which can help financial services providers with enhanced transaction data and insights to reduce costs and boost engagement. MX describedthe launch as a game changer, leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, enabling organizations to harness the power of data
The gig economy seems to be here to stay. In the U.S. alone, there are more than 70.4 million freelancers, and that number has been growing for the past few years. By 2028, it is projected that there will be upwards of 90 million gig workers who will constitute close to 50% of the domestic
Loading… Loading… During midday Thursday trading in New York, U.S. stocks displayed mixed performance, with the technology sector outperforming others as investors maintained a bullish outlook on artificial intelligence, temporarily setting aside concerns about interest rates. Additionally, economic data released Thursday morning revealed a robust labor market, with unemployment benefits registering well below expectations for
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US economy added 353,000 jobs in January, almost twice as many as expected, leading investors to rein in expectations of interest rate cuts. Economists had expected the country to have added 180,000 jobs last