1. Fraudsters use AI to fake artwork authenticity and ownership

2. Europe needs strategic purpose matched with action

3. JPMorgan questioned Tricolor’s accounting a year before its collapse

4. Betting against New York is always a losing proposition

5. Israel to build 19 more settlements in occupied West Bank

6. Manchester police refuse to say if synagogue attacker’s phone was examined before incident

7. Foreign buyers snap up cheap UK companies as dealmaking hits new high

8. Market upheavals drive biggest gains since 2008 for macro hedge funds

9. A new maritime security architecture for the UK and her neighbours

10. A year of Trumpian attacks on the rules-based international order

11. Will markets stage a last-minute Santa rally?

12. Sweden boards sanctioned Russian vessel off its coast

13. How Bill Clinton became the focus of the Epstein files

14. In praise of male courage

15. Inside Tencent’s deal to use Nvidia’s best AI chips in Japan

16. Fidelity pledges crackdown on excessive corporate pay

17. Alcohol consumption falls to record low in Britain

18. Role reversal: how foot-dragging France blindsided newly assertive Berlin

19. Wool is no longer the black sheep of agricultural commodities

20. Chinese stocks cool on weak economic data

21. The unlikely Arab kingmaker aiming to sway Israel’s next election

22. Has Kemi Badenoch steadied the Tories’ sinking ship?

23. Indonesia calls in military to help clear forests at rapid pace

24. Year in a word: Affordability

25. US coastguard boards tanker carrying Venezuelan oil in Caribbean

26. US justice department under fire for removing Trump image from Epstein files

27. The ‘outrageous’ cost of sports tickets

28. Robey Warshaw partners share 40mn profit

29. America’s current account woes

30. Struggling vintage champagne market begins to fizz again

31. The case for denial

32. How a failed baseball player and ex-stock broker became a major arms dealer

33. Brazil commits to rapid energy roadmap deadline for key ministries

34. Trump fails to put Epstein behind him with partial release of files

35. EU plan to relax petrol car ban dismissed by Fiat maker

36. Here comes the sun: light amid the UK gloom

37. Can a sacramental winery in New York get its groove back?

38. Pitting Nimbys against Yimbys is a bad idea

39. Have we reached a tipping point on public debt?

40. The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are getting a glow up

41. Learning Yoruba with my daughter

42. The money lessons we wish we’d been taught at school

43. Australia’s biggest pension fund to cut global stocks allocation on AI concerns

44. What to know about the new Epstein files release

45. Australia confronts grief and discord in wake of Bondi Beach massacre

46. Congress’ healthcare fight carries big consequences

47. Secretary of state defends Trump’s foreign policy

48. Delaware high court reinstates Musk’s 56bn Tesla pay package

49. US justice department releases thousands of Epstein files

50. US Christmas tree growers boosted by Trump tariffs

51. Roomba rival bets on AI to clean up market for robot vacuum cleaners

52. Quizmas special: Political Fix’s 2025 nerd-out!

53. UK rules out using frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine

54. Don’t believe the fake gloom about London

55. The SEC is heading into dangerous territory

56. Christmas trimming

57. Brussels sprouts buck trend for rising Christmas food prices

58. Jamieri, a Georgian treasure trove in Brooklyn

59. London St Pancras revamp aims to cut Eurostar waiting time to 15 minutes

60. It’s beginning to look a lot like holiday job season

61. How Ford’s bet on an electric ‘truck of the future’ led to a 19.5bn writedown

62. Europe risks a self-fulfilling prophecy over the threat from Russia

63. UK electoral commission slams delays to local elections

64. US to release ‘several hundred thousand’ Epstein files on Friday

65. Satellite images track Trump’s squeeze on Venezuela

66. Prediction markets barely make money; sportsbooks make money

67. The rest of the west is our only bet

68. Putin claims Ukraine is ‘on the retreat’

69. Which genius from history would have been the best investor?

70. Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock: ‘We’re on the cusp of something really exciting’

71. Lululemon should roll out the red yoga mat for Elliott

72. Ukraine’s wartime battery boom

73. ECB warns banks against excessive use of risk-transfer deals

74. Europe shows its commitment to Ukraine — but not unequivocally

75. Inflation risk is still under-appreciated by investors

76. BoE caution will not prevent further loosening in 2026

77. France will not agree budget by year-end, says prime minister

78. China blamed for UK government cyber attack

79. Germany’s multiyear recession will only fade slowly in 2026, Bundesbank warns

80. Billionaire backs shake-up at FDA: ex-Enron trader upends drug policy

81. Unpopular Labour is running out of opportunities to change its fate

82. BoJ delivers a hawkish rate increase

83. How Merz’s summit plan on Russian assets backfired

84. UK retail sales drop unexpectedly as economy struggles

85. Inflation: little to trust

86. EU turns to joint debt for Ukraine after botching Russian asset loan

87. Sony buys Snoopy

88. Bumper Christmas for air travel as 300mn take to the skies

89. Winter storms flood Gaza as population remains stuck in tents

90. Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics

91. Behemoth bills are causing hold-ups in the Lords

92. America Inc’s new boardroom trend: the chief exiting officer

93. Tether-owned firm sells crypto miner to companies run by its founder

94. Prediction markets and the casino mentality of 2025

95. The Brexit implementation fiasco

96. India’s bid to rival the Chinese navy

97. Japan raises interest rates to highest level in 30 years

98. Three numbers that matter

99. EU to give 90bn loan to Ukraine

100. India’s parliament clears full foreign ownership in insurance

101. China boosts AI chip output by upgrading older ASML machines

102. TikTok signs deal to create US joint venture

103. Over-50s should work for longer to ease pressures of ageing society, say Lords

104. Flawed inflation data dashes Trump’s hopes of a quick affordability victory

105. Brussels delays signing of EU-Mercosur trade deal until January

106. Nike shares tumble as weak China sales dent faith in turnaround

107. Marijuana stocks tumble as Trump reclassifies drug but fails to legalise it

108. FirstFT: US approves 11bn arms package for Taiwan

109. Trump to be added to name of Washington’s Kennedy Center

110. Jefferies’ 2025 in review

111. Farage avoids police probe into election spending

112. Trump family deal with fusion energy firm adds to complicated UK-US ties

113. Latin America swings to the right

114. French culture minister under investigation for corruption

115. US regulator loosens some compliance burdens for Citigroup

116. Trump is on to something: finance and fusion have much in common

117. Christian Turner to be new UK ambassador to US

118. 2.5bn Leeds tram project delayed following review

119. Bill Gates and Sergey Brin among newly released Epstein photos

120. Motability boss handed bumper pay rise

121. Ukraine seals restructuring of controversial growth-linked debt

122. A change of approach to the youth unemployment problem

123. Lawyers Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader set to merge in record 3.6bn deal

124. Local elections at risk of delay for millions across England

125. Lenders set to lower mortgage rates in early 2026

126. All trials of UK’s Ajax armoured vehicles paused after another soldier injured

127. Drop in CPI reduces Fed dilemma on rates

128. Bill Ackman strikes 2bn deal for insurer in bid to build ‘modern Berkshire Hathaway’

129. Netanyahu’s plan to take charge of October 7 panel sparks anger

130. Former Tory donor hit with UK sanctions over alleged Russian energy role

131. The hard politics of climate overshoot

132. Trump uses rare primetime address to defend his economic record

133. ECB holds rates at 2% with broadly neutral guidance

134. US inflation unexpectedly falls to 2.7%

135. ECB holds interest rates at 2%

136. Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up

137. EU agrees rules to boost retail investment in capital markets

138. BoE cuts rates with relatively dovish guidance

139. Monetary Policy Radar preview: the BoJ will raise rates again

140. Food production no longer profitable for English farms, says review

141. BoE cuts rates by quarter point to 3.75%

142. Trump media agrees 6bn merger deal with Google-backed fusion energy company

143. The myth of the imminent Conservative revival

144. The rise of two wests threatens the democratic model

145. US activist targets Premier Inn owner Whitbread

146. The EU’s economic security blanket is patchy and thin

147. Europe’s second-class citizens

148. Netanyahu approves 35bn Israel-Egypt gas deal

149. Meta’s LeCun targets 3bn valuation for new AI start-up

150. Expect more militant industrial relations under new Unison leader

151. Could revealing Rishi Sunak’s cowboy boots ruin Brex-Tex relations?

152. EU leaders vow to agree funding for Ukraine

153. Two views of AI and Big Tech

154. New York hedge fund approached by Warner shareholder to buy CNN

155. Can Venezuela’s Maduro survive Trump’s oil blockade?

156. US approves 11bn arms sale to Taiwan

157. Zelenskyy to confront De Wever in stand-off over Russian assets loan

158. Donald Trump defends record on economy in combative White House address

159. Australia to tighten hate speech laws after Bondi attack

160. UK to water down regulations for financial benchmarks

161. Private equity’s ‘steady eddy’ gets rocked

162. Canada defends US exemption from global minimum tax deal

163. Scrapping juries would save less than 10% of court time, according to research

164. Elliott gears up for Barnes & Noble and Waterstones listing

165. Auditors raise red flags at public body run by Ben Houchen

166. How a Swiss compromise could save UBS billions

167. Carmakers sour on EU’s ‘disastrous’ petrol engine rule changes

168. Berlin launches ‘Germany Fund’ to lure private equity investors

169. Putin’s retaliation threat over frozen assets rattles EU capitals

170. A Noma graduate is reimagining the French canon in Paris

171. The argument Iranians have in private

172. Oilfield service companies pivot to data centres as drilling market slows

173. The coming battle over the EU’s budget shake-up

174. Inside the ‘industrial scale’ Trump pardon machine

175. India’s central bank governor cheers ‘goldilocks’ economy

176. Trump takes aim at South Africa

177. Japan’s 580bn hidden asset? In the back of the cupboard

178. South Korea’s market moonshot is a model for other economies

179. BP picks Woodside boss Meg O’Neill as new chief executive

180. Amazon overhauls AI team as chief declares an ‘inflection point’

181. FirstFT: Oracle’s 10bn Michigan data centre dealt a setback

182. Who matters in the battle for Warner Bros?

183. iRobot CEO says previous management was ‘in denial’ over group’s troubles

184. Lula threatens to walk away from EU-Mercosur trade deal

185. Elon Musk makes an unhelpful cameo in Warner Bros buyout

186. Jimmy Lai’s conviction is ominous for Hong Kong

187. US Congress repeals Syria ‘Caesar’ sanctions

188. Zaslav pay, banker fees and mis-steps: inside Paramount’s hostile bid for WBD

189. Wealthy areas get new powers to raise council tax in funding shake-up

190. US defence act passes in rebuke to Trump administration’s stance on Europe

191. US tech stocks slide as Oracle data centre setback reignites AI concerns

192. Slowing inflation fuels concerns about a cooling UK economy

193. Scientists shed new light on Alzheimer’s warning signs

194. Fed governor Waller says rates could be cut by as much as a full point

195. Varun Chandra out of running for UK ambassador to Washington

196. UK should relax salary requirements for skilled worker visas, advisers say

197. KKR nears Viridor stake sale to Equitix

198. UK to shift more research funding into AI and video games

199. The AfD’s love-in with Maga

200. When business and democracy don’t mix

201. Putin predicts European ‘swine’ backing Ukraine will lose power

202. Oracle’s 10bn Michigan data centre in limbo after Blue Owl funding talks stall

203. US prosecutors announce criminal charges against former Tricolor executives

204. Starmer moves to transfer 2.5bn from Abramovich’s Chelsea FC sale to Ukraine

205. Warner Bros board urges investors to reject Paramount’s ‘inferior’ 108bn bid

206. South Africa arrests Kenyans working at US-run Afrikaner ‘refugee’ centre

207. Investment banks expect UK borrowing costs to fall further in 2026

208. Former EU lawmakers lose case against pension cuts

209. London property prices fall at fastest pace in nearly 2 years

210. Leftwinger wins race to lead Britain’s largest trade union

211. Trump’s immigration raids raise thorny legal issues for Home Depot

212. EU admits carbon border tax ‘too clunky’ as it closes loopholes

213. Fei-Fei Li of World Labs: AI is incomplete without spatial intelligence

214. Interest rates explain UK’s high turnover of prime ministers

215. Britain to pay 570mn to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme

216. Bondi Beach massacre renews fears of Isis-inspired attacks

217. Slowing UK inflation in November clears last hurdle for December cut

218. UK inflation falls more than expected to 3.2% in November

219. The economy is fine and everyone hates it

220. German fintech hits 12.5bn valuation in deal backed by Peter Thiel

221. Monzo shareholders push to oust chair in revolt over CEO’s exit

222. Leaders brace for ‘three-shirt’ summit to push through Ukraine loan

223. JPMorgan swaps cash for Treasuries

224. The Shell-BP deal that wasn’t

225. Starmer pushes back on delayed defence spending plan

226. The worried investor’s guide to 2026

227. UK will review EV sales targets next year

228. Giorgia Meloni’s European moment comes with a price

229. When giving to charity engage your brain, as well as your heart

230. Germany set to approve 50bn in military purchases

231. What happens if AI data centres slip the ‘surly bonds of earth’?

232. Dissent is vital at the Fed

233. Japan bids farewell to pandas as row with China deepens

234. The hypocrisy of US complaints over X fine

235. How can I ensure my ex-wife brings my children home?

236. Polish broadcaster plans Maga-backed international TV channel

237. Toilets for all — the architects transforming London’s public loos

238. US mineral investors seek to counter China with ‘Liberty Corridor’ in Africa

239. ‘He would turn us against him’: Trump’s tariff reductions alienate ranchers

240. JPMorgan pulls 350bn from Fed to buy up Treasuries

241. Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s turbulent bet on AI

242. The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Power, plutocracy and political economy

243. Amazon in talks to invest more than 10bn in OpenAI

244. Investors pile into Venezuelan debt in regime change bet

245. Vance touts Trump’s economy to shift message on high costs

246. India’s central bank governor signals rates to stay low for ‘long period’

247. Trump orders blockade on sanctioned oil tankers off Venezuela

248. Waymo in talks to raise funds at 100bn valuation

249. UK driving tests agency will not hit key waiting time target until 2027

250. UK backs 150mn package for Ineos’s Grangemouth chemical plant

251. UK plans to remove curbs on litigation funders to broaden access to justice

252. Andersen valued at 1.75bn in IPO for consulting spin-off of Enron auditor

253. Trump expands US entry ban to include Palestinians and Syrians

254. Euroclear put on notice about possible rating downgrade

255. FirstFT: Warner Bros to reject 108bn Paramount hostile offer

256. China property stocks still can’t find a floor

257. Warner Bros to rebuff 108bn Paramount hostile offer

258. Fifa offers cheaper World Cup tickets in response to outcry

259. UK set to rejoin EU’s flagship student exchange programme

260. Medical supply group Medline could raise up to 7bn in public offering

261. Macron: We urgently need to rebalance EU-China relations

262. UK government surveilled housing industry without authorisation, says watchdog

263. Washington threatens European groups over EU’s treatment of US tech giants

264. Starmer under pressure to pick next UK envoy to US after tech deal paused

265. Citadel chief Ken Griffin says White House must ‘distance’ itself from Fed

266. Trump has ‘alcoholic personality’ says chief of staff in tell-all interview

267. OpenAI hires George Osborne to spearhead global ‘Stargate’ expansion

268. Give extra tax breaks to arts donations outside London, says review

269. Morrison’s pluck makes for a win despite chicken tax loss

270. UK government’s flagship workers’ rights legislation clears House of Lords

271. Betting on prediction markets has exploded over past two years

272. Trump’s war on Europe

273. US banks win back right to lend more than they should

274. UK financial watchdog finds no signs of insider trading around pre-Budget leaks

275. KPMG tax business pushes firm to faster growth than Big Four rivals

276. Trump administration hits out at WTO before crunch meeting

277. UK orders review of foreign interference in British politics

278. Mixed US jobs report is unlikely to bolster case for more rate cuts

279. The ‘shockingly small’ circle shaping Trump’s diplomatic efforts

280. Bank of England set to cut rates but remain cautious on further easing

281. US unemployment rate hits four-year high of 4.6%

282. Why is Donald Trump suing the BBC — and will he win?

283. A review of the ECB’s proposed banking rules overhaul

284. Kraft Heinz appoints former Kellanova boss as new chief

285. Bullish investors pile into stocks as cash levels sink to record low

286. Brussels to give carmakers breathing space on 2030 climate targets

287. How central banks should navigate an uncertain 2026

288. UK ministers consider ads and subscriptions for BBC as part of funding rethink

289. Can Brazil’s grid keep up with its clean energy boom?

290. China’s escalation dominance over Trump

291. Rebels to withdraw from DR Congo city under pressure from Trump

292. Submit your questions: How can UK business return to growth?

293. The tyranny of the digital calendar

294. Starmer premiership will not survive this parliament

295. Canada clears way for 60bn Anglo Teck merger

296. Oil falls below 60 a barrel

297. Turkey shoots down ‘out of control’ drone over Black Sea

298. We read the novel-length Morrisons rotisserie chicken judgment and all we feel is pain

299. UK unemployment rate rises to 5.1 per cent

300. Banks’ asset growth outstripped by non-traditional institutions’