Jane Street invested in start-up turning China’s noodle shop sales into securities
Micro Connect has amassed wealth of real-time data on China’s economy by financing small businesses in exchange for revenues ...
Klarna’s Seb Siemiatkowski — from burger flipping to billionaire club
The dispute centred on a struggle between the two co-founders and the extent of Siemiatkowski’s influence over the company ...
Grubhub founder made $1bn proposals to buy company back from Just Eat Takeaway
The founder of Grubhub said he twice attempted to buy back the food delivery business from Just Eat Takeaway for more than ...
Cannes prizewinner Payal Kapadia: ‘In India identity comes in the way of a lot of things’
The director of ‘All We Imagine as Light’ discusses big city lives, urban migration and Mumbai’s violent gentrification ...
VAT on school fees: ‘We have had to make the decision to pull her out’
Ministers argue that applying the levy on these schools will raise £1.5bn for investment in state schools, including ...
Companies rush to US bond market as Trump rally cuts borrowing costs
US investment-grade bond spreads — the premium highly rated companies pay to borrow relative to the government — were at 0.8 ...
Comfort and joy: chef Eric Ripert’s favourite places to dine this season
The chef-patron of the three-star Le Bernardin likes to keep it local on the Upper East Side at this time of year, with ...
Why are governments so bad at problem solving?
The democratic world is stuck in a self-destructive, self-reinforcing loop: unforced policy errors lead to desperate gambles ...
Trump victory tipped to break logjam of exotic US crypto ETF filings
Industry figures are hopeful that Trump, who has pledged to turn the US into “the bitcoin superpower of the world”, will ...
And the Walls Became the World All Around — reflections on a life
Johanna Ekström’s notebooks, translated by her friend Sigrid Rausing, offer a moving testament to love, friendship and loss ...
Culture chat: ‘Anora’, the unlikely film leading the Oscar race
Director Sean Baker’s latest movie about a sex worker in Brooklyn gets the FT treatment from film critic Danny Leigh and ...
Letter: Fragile states are ready to tackle climate crisis, if given a chance
Through scalable, bankable projects, Somalia’s private sector is proving fragile states can tackle this crisis — if given the chance. We know our landscape, our risks and our communities. Nobody is ...