Tom Braithwaite
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News editor of the Financial Times
15 women were willing to come to testify in court on behalf of the FT. That included 3 whose allegations had not previously been reported.
add a skeleton here at some point
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A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran.
www.ft.com/content/744e...
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Pete Hegsethās broker looked to buy defence fund before Iran attack
Morgan Stanley wealth manager approached BlackRock about multimillion-dollar investment on behalf of US defence secretary
https://www.ft.com/content/744ea8dc-6d93-4fe9-a5e3-36de4f5d06db?syn-25a6b1a6=1
29 days ago
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Donald Trump has said he wants to ātake the oil in Iranā and could seize the export hub of Kharg Island, as the US sends thousands of troops to the Middle East. The US president told the FT in an interview on Sunday that his āpreference would be to take the oilā
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Donald Trump says US could ātake the oil in Iranā
US president tells the FT he is considering seizing strategic Kharg Island even as negotiations continue
https://www.ft.com/content/3bd9fb6c-2985-4d24-b86b-23b7884031f5?syn-25a6b1a6=1
30 days ago
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Fantastic deep dive into Deutsche Bankās impressive fidelity to Jeffrey Epstein
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How Deutsche Bank rolled out the red carpet for Jeffrey Epstein
[FREE TO READ] German lender waved through convicted sex offenderās millions despite compliance concerns
https://as.ft.com/r/b8e5215d-c341-4bf3-8f20-54f3fa7a4faa
2 months ago
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Goldmanās top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler was talking to Citadel about a job. Epstein speculates that the hedge fundās boss Ken Griffin āmight just be interested in a womanā
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3 months ago
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Iranian nuclear experts made a covert trip to Russia, visiting US-sanctioned scientific institutes that specialise in nuclear technology with civilian and weapons application. investigation by
@miles-johnson.bsky.social
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@maxseddon.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/00f6...
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The covert trip by Iranian nuclear experts to Russia
An Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce dual-use technologies ā components with potential applications in nuclear weapons research
https://www.ft.com/content/00f6f94c-d584-430c-b6d7-cc85933fc3e6
9 months ago
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Tony Blair Institute staff worked alongside BCG on a project for postwar Gaza that ended up proposing a 'Trump Riviera', 'MBS ring' road and 'Elon Musk smart manufacturing zone'. Latest scoop from @stephenfoley and @PickardJE
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10 months ago
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Mark OāNeill š»
10 months ago
Itās amazing what people get away with
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-real-salt-path-how-the-couple-behind-a-bestseller-left-a-trail-of-debt-and-deceit
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Triumphing under Trump: the corporate winners and losers
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Triumphing under Trump: the corporate winners and losers
[FREE TO READ] How global companies have fared since the US presidentās inauguration
https://on.ft.com/4mS2orf
11 months ago
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Edward Luce
about 1 year ago
Goodbye to Gwen Robinson, Asia correspondent extraordinaire, doyenne of FT oped editors, a one-person nuclear power plant, and a true & beloved friend to so many people all over the world. FT's obituary free to read here.
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Gwen Robinson, FT foreign correspondent and editor, 1960-2025
[FREE TO READ] The Asia expert was known for her network of contacts, intrepid reporting and ability to handle big egos
https://enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/3de26d71-5462-4c8c-b842-fe047ec5c5e8
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FT Alphaville
about 1 year ago
Do you write good? Are you keen on wonky stuff? Then come work for us.
on.ft.com/41Nc11W
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FT Alphaville is hiring
The best job in journalism is open for applications
https://on.ft.com/41Nc11W
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The infuriatingly stupid UK tax trap that is dissuading people from working and taking pay rises.
www.ft.com/content/8fc5...
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The madness of the £100,000 childcare tax trap
With some parents requiring a 50 per cent pay rise to mitigate the effects of the threshold, the trap is zapping productivity
https://www.ft.com/content/8fc5e345-20dd-42a6-bac1-25cbe2bbf8d3
about 1 year ago
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Hong Kong hedge funds, Blackpool football, 70 sources, 5 uses of the c-word. Something for everyone in @kayewiggins epic tale of Simon Sadler
www.ft.com/content/4420...
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Inside the downfall of trading titan and Blackpool FC owner Simon Sadler
He was a heavyweight in Hong Kong finance and a hometown hero. Now he faces the possibility of jail
https://www.ft.com/content/44203051-afcf-4c59-b758-b588bb8aae5f
about 1 year ago
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Dan McCrum
about 1 year ago
Who is Jan Marsalek, the absconded fraudster and Russian spymaster to 3 Bulgarians convicted in the UK today? Well, let me tell you a story about a high school drop-out who masterminded a $30bn financial fraud in the heart of Europe while trying to build a North African militia as a side hustle.
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Giles Wilkes
about 1 year ago
"One doctor at a public hospital in Hubei province in central China said the institutionās leadership had issued a directive that DeepSeek should be used as a third-party arbiter if two doctors have differing views on a patientās treatment"
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DeepSeek spreads across China with Beijingās backing
The AI start-upās models are being rapidly adopted by state-owned enterprises, hospitals and local governments
https://on.ft.com/4bis0bm
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Madison Marriage
about 1 year ago
I wrote about my brother Charlieās final 48 hours, and his increasingly desperate attempts to track down an emergency supply of medication from the NHS. Itās an upsetting read but one Iām proud of. Heād be delighted to have made the
@financialtimes.com
magazine front cover:
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What does Politicoās owner think of Trump after he falsely accused it of taking $8m of US aid money and ended government subscriptions to the āleft wing ragā? Interview by Laura Pitel and
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
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Politicoās owner praises JD Vance for āinspiring messageā
Mathias Dƶpfner says many Europeans had āintentionally misunderstoodā the US vice-presidentās speech that caused widespread horror
https://on.ft.com/41l2Aqj
about 1 year ago
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Two useful sentences in this latest Guardian puff piece on ex-Citi trader Gary Stevenson. 1. "Stevensonās is an incredible story." 2. "There are fundamentals here that Iām embarrassed to admit I donāt really get." Anyway, this other piece is good
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Gary Stevenson claims to have been the best trader in the world. His old colleagues disagree
What is the truth behind the inequality campaignerās Citigroup memoir?
https://www.ft.com/content/7e8b47b3-7931-4354-9e8a-47d75d057fff
over 1 year ago
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Morten Morland
over 1 year ago
Thursdayās
@thetimes.com
cartoon
times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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Our reiterated $1.1tn sum-of-the-parts value for Greenland is a significant premium to its governmentās end-2023 NAV of DKr1bn ($138bn). America Corp's last formal offer for the territory ($100mn in gold bullion, 1946, rejected)ā¦
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Alphaville LLC issues new research report on Greenland
A sell-side icebreaker
https://on.ft.com/3DIGKno
over 1 year ago
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Hamilton Nolan
over 1 year ago
The trend lines are bad for the free press.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/its-not-lo...
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It's Not Looking Great
The slow assassination of the free press.
https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/its-not-looking-great
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Syria's Doge is already quizzing bureaucrats on what they do all day. Great piece from Raya Jalabi and Sarah Dadouch
ft.com/content/7efc...
over 1 year ago
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āAnd of course, the Assads may yet plunge further ā for all the overly impressed reports of apartments in glittering Moscow skyscrapers, I must say Iād have picked something on the ground floor myself.ā
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Memo to the Assads: Putin may welcome you in Moscow, but I wouldn't drink his tea | Marina Hyde
The Russian leader may be a warm and attentive host: he may also be cross that Assad is now his problem. But then lifeās full of uncertainty, isnāt it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/10/vladimir-putin-bashar-al-assad-moscow-russia
over 1 year ago
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Christopher Miller
over 1 year ago
Russia is holding on to the main naval and air bases it uses as staging points for the Mediterranean and Africa, even as it pulls its forces back from smaller outposts in Syria following the overthrow of its ally Bashar al-Assad.
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Russian forces stay put at key military bases in Syria
Satellite imagery shows no signs of withdrawal from air and naval facilities
https://www.ft.com/content/1922d0e6-5b63-4507-8a2b-e4fbac68f767
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One of the FTās biggest UK reporting jobs was posted this week Chief UK Business Correspondent
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
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Job Application for Chief UK Business Correspondent at Financial Times
https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtimes33/jobs/4488328101
over 1 year ago
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Nato chief Mark Rutte toDonald Trump: āWe cannot have a situation where we have Kim Jong Un and the Russian leader and Xi Jinping and Iran high-fivingā¦ā
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. Interview by Henry Foy
over 1 year ago
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This is where weāre at: BlackRock held a board meeting in London āin what the government described as a āvote of confidenceā in the UK.ā
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Keir Starmer meets BlackRock boss Larry Fink in Downing Street
Discussions between ministers and asset managerās board covered regulatory delays and boosting UK growth
https://on.ft.com/3OhBitH
over 1 year ago
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