Streaming poses a cultural threat. If the vast majority of original music, art and literature is stored on the servers of a few big corporations, no one can stop them from erasing less profitable items or bowing to government censors www.ft.com/content/13ae... via financialtimes.com

Apparel retailers, malls and department stores could be big winners if weight loss makes shopping for clothing fun again. www.ft.com/content/50d4... via financialtimes.com

US corporate executives should look beyond their own convenience when it comes to quarterly reporting www.ft.com/content/8a42... via financialtimes.com

“There’s an awful lot of short-term thinking going on here." www.ft.com/content/8927... via financialtimes.com

Congrats to the @financialtimes.com’s Alexandra White who will be a Knight Bageot this year! talkingbiznews.com/media-news/k...

Check out our fabulous new financial history podcast starring @robinwigglesworth.ft.com and Gillian Tett www.ft.com/tsom?syn-25a... via financialtimes.com

Zampolli's pitch remains the same, whether delivered in a Budapest ministry or a Central Asian capital: big numbers, quick timelines and a clear message about how to get what you want: “Buy American." www.ft.com/content/2a7f... www.ft.com/content/2a7f...

US Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito has moved from being an articulate dissenter to an intellectual leader, with all of the pressures that entails. I reviewed two new books exploring how and why that happened. as.ft.com/r/ffc0237b-4...

The fights over prediction markets highlight the conflicts that emerge when innovative businesses blur the lines — or exploit the holes — between national markets regulation and day-to-day activities that traditionally fall within state control. www.ft.com/content/d5ce... via financialtimes.com

Want the big picture on private credit? Tune into a special FT webinar with my colleagues on April 16 at 1200 GMT/1300 BST/0800 EST. It's exclusively for Financial Times subscribers. Come ask questions of @bondhack.ft.com, @pollard.bsky.social, @antoinegara.bsky.social and @johnsfoley.bsky.social

This fantastic @financialtimes.com piece by @alisonkilling.bsky.social just won an @sabew.bsky.social award for explanatory journalism. Enjoy! ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...

Before private credit gets anywhere near the $9tn retirement market, the industry must get serious about protecting retail customers from making terrible mistakes. as.ft.com/r/62f67877-a...

Are Reese’s candies made without real milk chocolate or actual peanut butter “innovation” or “skimpflation”? as.ft.com/r/8368e378-b...

@derekbrower.bsky.social explains why the @financialtimes.com is delving into the economy and politics of Bethlehem PA www.wfmz.com/news/area/le...

The guardrails have held, at least when it comes to Trump’s unprecedented claim that he could impose and lift tariffs basically on a whim. as.ft.com/r/fc0c9968-f...

Half of CEOs believe that their job stability rests on getting AI right. www.ft.com/content/837b...

"What we are seeing is federalism at work" -- state AGs take on Trump www.ft.com/content/74dc...

Team DC looks great at the Foreign Press Awards @financialtimes.com

We are in the midst of another pullback. The question is can we calibrate it? on.ft.com/4pwtDrP

@financialtimes.com journalists clean up rather nicely. #CPJ

Blue Owl block retail owners of one of its private credit funds from redeeming, & propose a merger that wipes out 20% of their capital value? on.ft.com/47VwL9t

Companies are working overtime to stratify consumers, separating the haves from both the have nots and the have yachts on.ft.com/4p6brF8 How the American dream turned out to be pay to play

Getting that bubbly feeling at ABS East in Miami — my @financialtimes.com column on.ft.com/3LaKe5L

👂POD TIME👂 In which @robarmstrong.bsky.social goes all fanboy about Scott Bessent Featuring possibly the greatest potential famous last words of all time, from SB: "Where the hell is the market risk?" www.ft.com/content/e36c...

Scrapping quarterly earnings would clearly widen the gap between ordinary investors on the one hand, and company insiders or those with private sources of information on the other. on.ft.com/422X6jT

🇺🇸👂🏼 POD TIME 👂🏼 🇺🇸 me and fast-talking New Yorker @brookeamasters.ft.com on: -the all-American shakedown economy 💰 -chicken-fried steak 🤔 -pumpkin-spice latte 🤢 -ANZ, you're fired 😱 ⛔ Please note this podcast is a Liz Truss-free zone ⛔ open.spotify.com/episode/74eJ...

No more Mr Nice Guy. Five years after the Covid pandemic forced employers to embrace empathy and flexibility, bosses are back to laying down the law. www.ft.com/content/605b... www.ft.com/content/605b... via financialtimes.com

The Gods of New York — Jonathan Mahler's new book is a fraught trip down memory lane for those of us who grew up in the city in the 1980s www.ft.com/content/8773... via financialtimes.com

Big news in the @financialtimes.com DC bureau: new hires and new assignments as we beef up our foreign policy and defense coverage. aboutus.ft.com/press_releas...

The Maha crusade against artificial ingredients is the Trumpian equivalent of what critics call “regulation by enforcement” on.ft.com/3GU0ruo

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but what happens when it veers into outright theft? on.ft.com/44vZx0d

The US constitutional system of checks and balances is being tested with potentially profound consequences for a country founded on the principle of no more kings. Read the conversation between me and @jderbyshire.ft.com on.ft.com/4nrASkL

Americans may be openhanded with CEO pay but they react badly if their generosity has been abused. (My @financialtimes.com column) on.ft.com/3SIJLIB

I’ll be on @msnbc.com tonight discussing tariffs, trump’s decision to call the military in to California and what the courts will think of both.

Industry enthusiasm for putting ordinary US retirement money into private assets comes as institutional investors are falling out of love with the sector and looking to cut back on.ft.com/3ZFMK8j

The dairy industry has buckled down and started to meet Americans where they are on.ft.com/3YLBPtz

American industry is losing one of its major global advantages, and so far most business leaders haven’t raised a peep. www.ft.com/content/f143...

"There has always been this fear among European regulators, are we becoming too dependent on US firms? That was always countered with ‘The US is on our side’, and ‘Would you prefer the Chinese?’ Both of those factors have now changed." on.ft.com/4jV6KMb via @financialtimes.com

We're looking for our next Fashion Editor to lead the FT Style team on FT Weekend. What a job job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...

I sat down for a fascinating lunch with the City of London's current public enemy number one: pugnacious hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein. ft.com/content/c158... via @financialtimes.com

Vanguard CEO Salim Ramji is leading a charge into wealth management: “The mission around low cost still has a long way to go.” www.ft.com/content/6f4b...

Vanguard is cutting fees again as it makes a big push into fixed income and wealth management www.ft.com/content/5517... via @financialtimes.com

Super interesting piece about shareholder activist litigation by @brookeamasters.bsky.social, featuring a clever quote from @annmlipton.bsky.social

Conservative legal attacks on companies are only going to become more frequent. “It’s a culture war in a very specific way." via @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/a09f...

It's a crazy day for Wall Street succession planning. First JPM's Jenn Piepszak took herself out of the race to replace Jamie Dimon. Now an @financialtimes.com scoop that one of BlackRock's potential future leaders Mark Wiedman, is headed for greener pastures. on.ft.com/40ftjCW

Check out this cool new @isabelberwick.bsky.social video on CEO succession for @financialtimes.com (spoiler alert: I’m in it) youtu.be/wkumQyMp0uU

“the perception that judges are political in nature  degrades faith in the impartiality of the courts and undermines the rule of law”. Stefania Palma and I preview the fight over ‘forum shopping’ via @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/4gzTTNQ

This means that we will be hiring a replacement for me here in London. Spread the word and apply here job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...

Why US asset managers are beating out the Europeans, according to one American executive: "[Clients] don’t want to talk to losers, and they certainly don’t want to give their money to someone who may not be here in 10 years." www.ft.com/content/bc1b... via @ft

Has BlackRock bought a succession problem as part of its $28bn acquisition spree? on.ft.com/3VAX67E