UK borrowing for fiscal year blows past official forecasts
Shortfall between April and August highlights challenge for chancellor Rachel Reeves in November Budget
Nvidia in talks for $500mn investment in UK self-driving start-up Wayve
AI chipmaker’s chief tells London audience that UK’s first trillion-dollar company will be an AI business
Missing: services disinflation
And QT rolls on
FTAV’s further reading
ASDA; LLMs; Huawei; electricity; restaurants; antitrust; and Meta; fridge; and private equity
Innovative Lawyers: Europe
Top 50 innovative law firms ranked. Plus: individual innovators; rivers get rights; pro bono partners; Europe’s satellites campaign; the rise of private credit deals; and reconstruction in Ukraine
Transcript: Should companies report only twice a year?
Katie Martin talks to Robert Armstrong
Japanese stocks sell off after BoJ reveals split over interest rates
Central bank unveils long-awaited decision to begin selling $250bn stash of ETFs
Digital euro debate rolls on as finance ministers mull stablecoin rules
Also in this newsletter: muck spreaders to get EU approval
Petrodollars and the ‘Islamic Bomb’: how a Saudi-Pakistan pact was forged
Gulf nation backed Islamabad’s nuclear weapons programme, say experts. A new defence pact draws the allies closer
FirstFT: Deutsche Bank CEO set to face multimillion-pound lawsuit
Also in today’s newsletter, Trump’s advice to Starmer on illegal immigration and World Bank seeks to beef up firepower
Europe Innovative Lawyers Awards 2025: the winners
Awards highlights include: digital strategy, dealmaking, private capital. Plus: the top 50 law firms, and individual innovators
Transcript: Nvidia throws rival Intel a lifeline
Marc Filippino talks to Jim Pickard and Tim Bradshaw
Data centre frenzy plays to the UK’s strengths — and weaknesses
For the country to benefit it will need a streamlined process to get the facilities built
UK households prefer cash, as they plough record sums into Isas
Latest annual figures show £103bn put into individual savings accounts, with pace likely to have risen since over tax fears
Charlie Ergen’s $10bn denouement
Plus, the M&A story in the Kimmel drama and Nvidia’s $5bn Intel lifeline
Deutsche Bank chief Christian Sewing set to face multimillion-pound lawsuit
Chief executive expected to be named as defendant alongside bank in damages claim brought by ex-employees
What is a mansion, anyway?
The spectre of a ‘mansion tax’ is back — but with a threshold of £1.5mn, it’s not just Chatsworth and Blenheim that’ll be hit
Anya Hindmarch and the (soft) power of a handbag
The royal gift to Melania Trump is not the first time a bag by the quirky British designer has been on diplomatic duty
Online dating must ‘reinvent itself’ to survive, says matchmaker Happn
French company targets Asian markets after agreeing takeover deal with Hello Group of China
Stockpickers: Fevertree, Knights Group, S4 Capital
Our experts discuss which companies to buy, sell or hold this week
China’s rival to Amazon battles to go global after failed UK bids
JD.com says expansion is ‘paramount’ but collapse of talks to buy Argos may hurt deal ambitions
Inside the big fat BDC boom
Making loadsamoney out of private credit
New ways to ‘go mad’ for Windsor chairs
It’s the classic, much-loved design — but not as you know it
EQT kicks off sale of Nordic broadband and data centre business
GlobalConnect is the latest major digital infrastructure asset to come to market this year