Up to date? Read my preview of the business, economic, and market stories I expect to dominate the coming week: from Premier Inn owner Whitbread to the US banks. open.substack.com/pub/richardf...

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink tells @thetimes.com: "I’m buying up ‘undervalued’ UK assets" www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

For the last two decades the USA stock market has significantly outperformed UK/Europe. Wizzier tech companies, bigger profits, bolder prospects. Since Trump has come in, that's no longer the case. [graph from excellent daily biz newsletter from @thetimes.com, edited by @fletcherr.bsky.social]

Back on the shop floor with Allan Leighton ... The 71 year old retail veteran talks publicly for the first time about why he returned to Asda and how he plans to revive the supermarket chain www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

Tomorrow's @thetimes.com Business front page: Trump rows back demand for tariffs #TomorrowPapersToday

"We need to be far angrier about the scars of lockdown and loading the next generation with debt". Spot on from Matthew Syed via @thetimes.com

Tomorrow’s @thetimes.com business front page: Thousands on offer for Leeds move #TomorrowsPapersToday

“Lindsey is far tougher than any of the men I have ever played with or against over the years” - Rob Burrow www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...

Tomorrow’s @thetimes.com business front page: Tech giants caught up in tariff wars #TomorrowsPapersToday

Tomorrow’s @thetimes.com business front page: Safety crisis sends Boeing into tailspin #TomorrowsPapersToday

New boss of the competition regulator “shares the mission and the strategic direction of the government - Rachel Reeves claims #WEF25 #Davos www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

“We have wiped the slate clean, business can be confident of that” - Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells annual meeting of #WEF in #Davos in response to criticism of budget

“We are never going to come back and do a budget like that again” - Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells annual meeting of #WEF in #Davos

“It will be a choppy time to be trade minister” Jonathan Reynolds tells business leaders at #WEF meeting in #Davos

Barclays boss urges businesses to give Rachel Reeves time at #wef meeting in #Davos www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

“The Bank should be free from government interference but not from detailed scrutiny. For too long it has enjoyed an easy ride.” The Times view on the Bank of England www.thetimes.com/article/aa33...

Tomorrow's @thetimes.com Business front page: Budget raid forces firms to shed jobs #TomorrowsPapersToday

Great column by @thetimes.com Owen Slot … Rugby league due its first knight – but Sir Kev must wait his turn www.thetimes.com/article/2c26...

Tomorrow’s @thetimes.com Business front page: FCA warns against ‘race to bottom’ #TomorrowsPapersToday

Tomorrow’s @thetimes.com Business front page: Corporate espionage claim as Boohoo bosses ‘stalked’ #TomorrowsPapersToday

💥 Corporate espionage claims as Boohoo executives ‘stalked’. Full story now on @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/d1e1...

Tomorrow’s @thetimes.com Business front page: Intel chief exits during turnaround #TomorrowsPapersToday

Tomorrow’s @thetimes.com Business front page: Bank warns of risk from trade war #TomorrowsPapersToday

Of the jobs advertised on job site Adzuna, 34.4% now require a candidate with "passion" or who is "passionate". That's ludicrous. Workers need to accept that a lot of work is just, well, boring. This week's @thetimes.com business column on tedium at work: www.thetimes.com/article/youn...

George Osborne takes share of £30m payout at Robey Warshaw via @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/2873...

“Your 50th run of this route” …Strava’s AI summary politely telling me I’m boring

Everyone should calm down about both chancellor and economy argues David Smith in today’s @thetimes.com business pages www.thetimes.com/article/1c78...

Tomorrow's @thetimes.com Business front page: Macquarie rogue trader costs it £13m #TomorrowPapersToday

If you think you are having a bad Monday ....

Tomorrow’s @thetimes.com front page: Royal Mail warns of £120m NI hit #TomorrowsPapersToday

Graph of the day. The US stock market has had an amazing run this year, up 25%. But Nvidia's shares continue to go stratospheric. Up 200% in 2024. If you'd bought $1,000 of shares Jan 2023, they'd now be worth $9,830. (Graph via @fletcherr.bsky.social's invaluable daily @thetimes.com Biz newsletter)

Tomorrow’s @thetimes.com Business front page: Nvidia profit up 109% as AI demand rockets #TomorrowsPapersToday

As both Science Reporter & Religious Affairs Correspondent at @thetimes.com, there couldn't be a better crossover of my patches than... ...interviewing the Vatican's chief astronomer about what he called the "myth" there's a war between science and religion: www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...

Of all the arguments against the inheritance tax reforms, the vogueish idea that self-sufficiency in food is a national-security concern is the silliest

Tomorrow’s @thetimes.com Business front page: Tax rises in budget ‘will break firms’ #TomorrowsPapersToday

Illuminating piece that sets out just why Rishi Sunak did so badly: across a whole two years, the only actual policy that seems to have merited high level conversation was “leave the ECHR”:

Rival bidders circling Observer claims the Sunday Telegraph this morning (although unlike a public company the Scott Trust won't be under any obligation to engage) ... Full story here: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Just going to post #TomorrowsPapersToday here tonight as well as at the other place as a little test…

Is this the end of X? We've done an analysis on the rise of Bluesky ⬇️

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Britain should align itself with the US on trade rather than pursuing closer ties with the “socialist model” of the European Union, a senior economic adviser to Donald Trump has said

Tomorrow’s @thetimes.com Business front page: Pound falls on back of Trump win #TomorrowsPapersToday

IN-DEPTH: Justin Welby's legacy How much credit - or blame - should he take for a much-changed Church of England during his tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury? www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...

The rise of Bluesky and what it could mean for Elon Musk’s X via @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/6c9a...

🗞️ More and more Times and Sunday Times journalists and staff are joining BlueSky. We’ll be updating this starter kit as they do so, you should give them a follow 👇

UK economy grows 0.1% in third quarter - via @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/9f32...

“Give it a rest, ye merry gentlemen — I’ve got Christmas fatigue already” - Harry Wallop in today’s @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/f617...

Tomorrow’s @thetimes.com business front page: Meta fined by EU over Marketplace #TomorrowsPapersToday

After winning the US presidential election, he is likely to prize one thing above all else from his new cabinet: loyalty Here is who he has picked so far ⬇️

An E. coli outbreak that has resulted in one death in the United States has been linked to McDonald’s “Quarter Pounder” hamburgers, health officials have said

Great snippet in today’s @politico.com London Playbook email …