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Receive free Conservative Party UK updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Conservative Party UK news every morning. Jeremy Hunt, UK chancellor, has announced a £1bn plan to squeeze civil service numbers. Hunt told the Conservative party conference in Manchester he would freeze recruitment to the civil service, which

Receive free Carbon tax updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Carbon tax news every morning. Rishi Sunak’s weakening of UK climate targets has left British exporters facing hundreds of millions of pounds in EU carbon border taxes within the next decade — revenues that otherwise would have flowed

Receive free BP PLC updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest BP PLC news every morning. The allegations that prompted Bernard Looney’s resignation from BP included an accusation that the chief executive promoted women with whom he had undisclosed past relationships, according to people familiar with the matter. The

Receive free Eurozone inflation updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Eurozone inflation news every morning. Eurozone inflation has fallen to its lowest level for almost two years, bolstering hopes that the biggest surge in consumer prices for a generation is fading fast and paving the way for the

Receive free OpenAI updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest OpenAI news every morning. OpenAI is in advanced talks with former Apple designer Sir Jony Ive and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son to launch a venture to build the “iPhone of artificial intelligence”, fuelled by more than $1bn in funding from

Receive free UK financial regulation updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK financial regulation news every morning. The UK’s top financial regulator is preparing to launch a sweeping review of valuations in private markets, according to people familiar with its plans, amid growing fears over the impact of

Receive free JPMorgan Chase & Co updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest JPMorgan Chase & Co news every morning. JPMorgan Chase said on Tuesday it had agreed settlements with the US Virgin Islands and Jes Staley to resolve legal battles over its dealings with Jeffrey Epstein’s human trafficking

Receive free Electric vehicles updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Electric vehicles news every morning. The boss of Nissan has warned that the world “needs to move on” from the internal combustion engine days after UK prime minister Rishi Sunak delayed a ban on the sale of new

Receive free Sovereign bonds updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Sovereign bonds news every morning. Hedge funds have been rushing to unwind bets against Britain’s £2.5tn government bond market as investors become increasingly convinced that the Bank of England is nearing the end of its rate rising campaign.

Receive free UK politics updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK politics news every morning. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is planning the biggest shake-up to Individual Savings Accounts in years to persuade more people to take advantage of the tax-free vehicles and use them to back London-listed companies. UK

Receive free UK economy updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK economy news every morning. UK economic activity has fallen at the fastest pace since January 2021, according to a closely watched survey that suggests the chances of a recession have increased. With service sector activity weakening, the

Receive free UK interest rates updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK interest rates news every morning. The Bank of England has held interest rates at 5.25 per cent after a knife-edge vote that is likely to signal the peak of borrowing costs in this cycle. Following better

Receive free UK inflation updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK inflation news every morning. UK inflation was lower than expected in August, falling to 6.7 per cent from 6.8 per cent in July, rather than increasing on the back of higher petrol costs. The drop in almost

Receive free Cboe Global Markets updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Cboe Global Markets news every morning. The chief executive of Cboe Global Markets has resigned after failing to disclose personal relationships with colleagues. Edward Tilly, who has been at Cboe for 35 years, “did not disclose personal

Receive free Hedge funds updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Hedge funds news every morning. A build-up of leveraged bets has the potential to “dislocate” trading in the $25tn US Treasuries market, the umbrella group for central banks said, the latest high-profile warning over the potential for crowded

Receive free Share buybacks updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Share buybacks news every morning. Share buybacks on the US stock market have dropped to the slowest pace since the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic as rising interest rates undermine the incentive for companies to purchase their

Receive free SoftBank Group Corp updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest SoftBank Group Corp news every morning. SoftBank is on the hunt for deals in artificial intelligence, including a potential investment in OpenAI, after the blockbuster listing of UK chip designer Arm bolstered Masayoshi Son’s multibillion-dollar war chest.

Receive free Chinese politics & policy updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Chinese politics & policy news every morning. The US government believes Chinese defence minister Li Shangfu has been placed under investigation in the latest sign of turmoil among elite members of Beijing’s military and foreign policy

Receive free European Central Bank updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest European Central Bank news every morning. The European Central Bank has raised interest rates to an all-time high in a bid to cool consumer prices, despite faltering growth in the eurozone. The ECB’s knife-edge decision to lift

BP chief executive Bernard Looney is to resign less than four years into the job, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. Looney, 53, joined BP in 1991 aged 21 and has spent his entire career at the company. The Irish citizen was appointed chief executive in 2020 to transform the oil producer