1. Japan urgently needs to plug its CFO deficit

2. The man who links Donald Trump with war-torn Lebanon

3. Scholz faces his ‘Biden moment’

4. Thrive Capital: the venture firm staking billions on a few big bets

5. Apple proposes Indonesian factory in bid to reverse iPhone 16 ban

6. UK cuts fines for boilermakers in climbdown on heat pump sales

7. Nvidia’s dizzying growth is now everyone’s business

8. US House panel keeps Gaetz sex allegation report under wraps

9. News Corp retains dual-class structure after activist proposal defeated

10. FirstFT: Gautam Adani indicted in the US

11. Gautam Adani indicted in the US for bribery

12. Nvidia revenue doubles on the year even as growth slows from previous quarter

13. New Zealand’s post-Ardern populist pivot angers Maori community

14. UK ministers resist car industry pressure to ease fines on EV sales targets

15. Nvidia’s message to global chipmakers

16. Archegos’s Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years in prison

17. MicroStrategy takes fundraising to 7bn for push into bitcoin

18. US set to seek Google divestitures in search monopoly case

19. Big Brother in aisle 6: shoplifting in US climbs despite new surveillance

20. Should tech giants be treated like nation states?

21. The scourge of corporate secrecy

22. Robert Kennedy considers upheaval to US Medicare doctors’ billing system

23. Grant Thornton UK picks private equity over US merger

24. Unilever shelves private equity plan for its ice-cream business

25. UK military to scrap older helicopters and warships in 500mn saving drive

26. The push for climate taxes gets real in Baku

27. Le Pen threatens to bring down French government over budget dispute

28. FTX co-founder Wang avoids prison after assisting in Bankman-Fried case

29. Santander sets aside 295mn to cover costs over car finance ruling

30. Spain’s EU commissioner candidate shifts blame for deadly floods

31. Bridgewater’s Bob Prince buys 12mn home in wealthy Hong Kong enclave

32. Ukraine fires British Storm Shadow missiles into Russia

33. How gangsters took over Gaza’s aid routes

34. What’s to be done about Delhi’s toxic smog?

35. The enriched uranium market is all at sea

36. Northern Rail to cut Christmas timetable to improve reliability

37. Eurozone wages rise by 5.4% in third quarter

38. Ford to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe

39. Ford shares have stalled: can CEO Jim Farley steer out of its rut?

40. Minister warns on Labour pledge to build 1.5mn new UK homes

41. Azerbaijan blocks COP29.com in fossil fuel domain name war

42. Dispute over London depot threatens plans to break Eurostar monopoly

43. London drives surge in UK rental costs

44. Joe Biden loses to Xi Jinping in battle for Latin America

45. How to fight the silent debt crisis engulfing the global south

46. Elliott’s Tokyo Gas property push should not get Lost in Translation

47. No degree, no problem: US employers look beyond college credentials

48. How Britain squandered the best hand in the world

49. Target profits hit by US dockworkers’ strike

50. Uganda targets 2027 start for world’s longest heated oil pipeline

51. US embassy in Kyiv shuts over threat of ‘significant’ Russian attack

52. Sage shares rise a fifth after jump in operating profits

53. Farmer uproar a consequence of Labour’s high-risk tax pledges

54. Marc Rowan, the man with a plan to remake Wall Street

55. Low growth and high debt risk Eurozone crisis, ECB warns

56. Outside the box: public art in Miami

57. Tokyo Metro brought in to run London’s Elizabeth Line

58. UK inflation accelerates sharply to 2.3% in October

59. The US consumer is fine (but no better)

60. Should Europe be spooked by Putin’s new nuclear brinkmanship?

61. Ukraine strikes Russia with US missiles

62. China’s economy braces for Trump

63. How AI is powering a robotics revolution

64. More than ever, Europe needs growth champions

65. The valuation warning for Costco and other higher-rated stocks

66. French tech proves hot ticket for festival operators

67. Italy cracks down on ‘reckless’ e-scooter riders

68. Starmer to visit Saudi Arabia and UAE to try to secure investment

69. Canada imports US electricity as droughts curb hydropower

70. Austria set to open way for Bulgaria and Romania to gain full Schengen access

71. BlackRock and Amundi zero in on concentrated ‘mega-cap’ ETFs

72. Palantir becomes a ‘Trump trade’ as investors bet on higher defence spending

73. From vinegar to pet scans: Italy’s nimble and dynamic family businesses

74. Investors need to know when to put down the phone

75. Can I avoid disruption to my child’s education?

76. Billionaire Poonawallas buy 42mn Mayfair property despite non-dom fears

77. Best books of 2024: Economics

78. How oil ‘wildcatters’ ended up in charge of Trump’s energy policy

79. Citadel Securities aims to become big player in Eurozone bond trading

80. Middle East looks to Saudi Arabia to rein in Trump

81. The new Republican war on science

82. Germany finds itself in a predicament of its own making

83. Jimmy Lai testifies for first time in Hong Kong national security trial

84. Slumdog billionaire: Gautam Adani’s redevelopment scheme raises Mumbai hackles

85. Marc Rowan emerges as a top contender to be Trump’s Treasury secretary

86. SpaceX abandons attempt to catch Starship booster as Trump watches on

87. Faulty data overstates surge in UK economic inactivity, finds report

88. Milan beats London and New York as home to most expensive shopping street

89. Jeffries re-elected Democratic leader in US House of Representatives

90. FirstFT: Chinese ship spotted where Baltic Sea cables were cut

91. Head of Volkswagen’s North American division steps down

92. Trump tells Vance to shore up support for Gaetz as misconduct allegations swirl

93. The FT’s guide to the Books of the Year

94. Bridgewater opens strategy to retail investors through State Street ETF

95. Starmer refuses to condemn Hong Kong crackdown

96. Bridgewater SSGA ETF heaven

97. Iran discusses capping stocks of highly enriched uranium

98. Brazil arrests five military and police officers over alleged plot to kill Lula

99. Britain needs a coherent China strategy

100. Chinese vessel spotted where Baltic Sea cables were severed

101. We got the UK Government to finally release the document underpinning quantitative easing

102. UK should use Farage as ‘bridgehead’ to Trump and Musk, says Mandelson

103. Why Trump’s trade war will cause chaos

104. Trump expected to pick Howard Lutnick to run commerce department

105. BoE must take ‘gradual approach’ to rate cuts after Budget, Bailey says

106. Stocks fall as Ukraine war escalation unsettles markets

107. Scottish Labour vows to reinstate winter fuel payments

108. Georgian breakaway region’s leader resigns after pro-Russia law sparks protests

109. Russian sanctions busting linked to British Overseas Territories

110. UK will fall behind supercomputer rivals, head of axed 800mn project warns

111. Thousands of farmers protest in London against tax changes

112. Inside the battle to be Trump’s Treasury secretary

113. Tracking Ukraine’s battle against Russia in maps

114. Tariffs and taxes are not very inflationary

115. Ukraine strikes Russia with US-made Atacms

116. Hamas security forces kneecap suspected profiteers in Gaza

117. Conductor Eun Sun Kim: ‘Live performance is not like Netflix or YouTube’

118. The global race to break China’s grip on graphite

119. Hot property: five brownstone homes

120. Climate action to have ‘limited impact’ on financial system, EU finds

121. ECB must commit to faster rate cuts, says Bank of Italy governor

122. Goldman chief warns global investors are staying on the ‘sidelines’ in China

123. Trump’s demolition of the US state

124. Prison stocks slumped under Trump. Why are they soaring now?

125. At Tivioli, a family furrier enters a glamorous new era

126. Finance should pay much more attention to undersea cables risk

127. Japan’s beef bowl economy shows consumer resilience as prices rise

128. Minecraft to come to life in Merlin theme park attractions

129. How to strengthen government machinery

130. Severing of undersea cable likely to be sabotage, Germany says

131. Elliott Management bets on Japan property with 5% stake in Tokyo Gas

132. Luxury brands bank on their own American dream

133. US markets in 2049

134. EU and Mercosur miss a trick at Rio summit devoid of trade talks

135. FirstFT: Chinese tech groups grow AI teams in Silicon Valley

136. Diversity Leaders

137. China scrambles to connect with potential Trump officials

138. Budget protests: the transformation of British farming

139. BrewDog shuts Mumbai bars in blow to India expansion plans

140. Teesside should not risk its clean energy future by fighting

141. Can Labour improve job quality without squandering quantity?

142. Proposed EU move to T1 could eradicate ‘suboptimal’ ETF dynamics

143. Claws for celebration: it’s stone crab season in Miami

144. Ireland shifts diversity dial to stay with the pace

145. Corporate insiders cash in on post-election US stock market surge

146. The ancient Lebanese valley suffering under Israeli bombs

147. Volkswagen’s hopes of a US comeback shaken by Trump’s re-election

148. European troops in Ukraine would secure Trump peace deal, says Estonia

149. EU to demand technology transfers from Chinese companies

150. The problem of politics in a noisy age

151. The rehabilitation of KPMG

152. Hong Kong sentences 45 democracy activists to heavy prison terms

153. G20 waters down support for Ukraine amid pressure for peace talks

154. Bangladesh tycoon says Singapore citizenship is a shield against central bank ‘intimidation’

155. UK retailers warn Reeves of 7bn hit from Budget changes

156. London’s Met police has ‘exhausted’ its financial buffers

157. Super Micro Computer shares rise on plan to avoid Nasdaq delisting

158. Lutnick and Bessent’s battle for Trump Treasury turns bitter

159. UK ‘exposed’ in event of global trade war, warns business secretary

160. Nippon Steel flies to Pittsburgh in race to get US Steel deal cleared

161. US warns Turkey on hosting Hamas leadership

162. Chinese tech groups build AI teams in Silicon Valley

163. Israeli strikes hit ‘specific component’ in Iran’s nuclear programme in October

164. Trump’s social media group in talks to buy crypto trading venue

165. Starmer declines to rule out allowing Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles in Russia

166. Germany and Finland ‘deeply concerned’ about severed undersea cable

167. Welfare state at risk unless Europe halts decline in growth, says Lagarde

168. Private equity buyers snap up two more US accounting firms

169. Joe Biden’s overdue missile consent for Ukraine

170. Spirit Airlines bankruptcy gives priority boarding to opportunistic creditors

171. Departing Manulife CEO urges greater scrutiny of private equity deals

172. Trump tariffs would hurt US defence sector, warns Beijing adviser

173. EU regulator proposes shortening trade settlement times from October 2027

174. Assad is sitting tight as Syria burns

175. Vanguard says shareholders can vote for profits over ESG issues

176. How Reddit elicits content for nothing and clicks for free

177. Scholz under growing pressure to send long-range missiles to Ukraine

178. Senegal’s ruling party on track to win big parliamentary majority

179. Starmer promises better relations with China after Xi meeting

180. Where Trump will go with his plans on trade

181. Bitcoin’s identity crisis

182. Trump’s attack on the enemy within will delight America’s real foes

183. The search for targeted taxes to fund climate action

184. Miami Vibe: what’s on this winter

185. Singapore oil trader sentenced to 17 years for ‘cheating’ HSBC over 112mn

186. Why Labour will struggle to reset the UK-China relationship

187. Trump picks Big Tech critic to head communications regulator FCC

188. Disney strikes back

189. Why the G20 is a harbinger of the EU’s brave new diplomatic world

190. Stealth sackings: why do employers fire staff for minor misdemeanours?

191. Samsung shares rise on ‘desperate’ buyback plan

192. Australian gold miner to pay Mali 160mn over tax dispute

193. Would Trump’s tariffs really be that bad? With Kimberly Clausing

194. Business owners warn Trump’s deportation plan could shut them down

195. ECB split over report showing big EU banks’ capital requirements lower than US rivals

196. The yawning investability gap between US banks and UK peers

197. Top UK government lawyer pushes ‘revolving door’ as pay gap widens

198. UK MPs call for transparency crack down at overseas territories summit

199. German election 2025 poll tracker

200. Government could force pension funds to invest more in UK assets

201. Miami, showcase of the starchitects

202. European plastics makers shut plants as production declines sharply

203. Iran keeps door open to talks with Trump

204. If China’s statistics can’t be scrutinised, doubts about the economy will only grow

205. Trump’s victory represents a historic protest vote, no more and no less

206. Offshore oil is back. At what cost?

207. Will ‘China plus one’ put Vietnam in Trump’s trade crosshairs?

208. KKR and Bain’s 4bn takeover battle set to open up M&A in Japan

209. Gold miner reaches 160mn settlement with Malian government

210. Crackdown launched on child social care profiteering in England

211. FirstFT: Biden authorises Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range US missiles

212. Keir Starmer to hold talks with Xi Jinping at G20 summit

213. Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with US-supplied long-range missiles

214. G20 leaders gather in Rio while COP29 delegates seek deal in Baku

215. Trump seeks pledge that his Treasury secretary will enact tough tariffs

216. Starmer to urge G20 leaders to ‘double down’ on Ukraine support

217. Trapped illegal gold miners hold out against police in South Africa

218. What to expect from the markets under Trump

219. Hizbollah chief spokesperson killed in Israeli air strike on central Beirut

220. SPD politician joins calls for Pistorius to replace Scholz as election candidate

221. UK government considers ‘flexibilities’ to help carmakers hit electric targets

222. Finding the money to make Europe great again

223. Trump victory threatens to throw G20 initiatives into disarray

224. Will UK inflation climb back above the BoE’s target?

225. Bernard Arnault’s son steps up in new chapter of LVMH succession saga

226. Northvolt’s future hangs in balance as bankruptcy looms

227. Russia targets Ukraine energy sites in ‘massive’ missile and drone attack

228. China college stabbing leaves 8 dead in second mass-casualty attack in a week

229. Strike threat puts focus on Northern Ireland’s ailing health system

230. Car transporters face big costs and fines from German safety standards

231. Thames Water’s 3bn loan will hit customers, warn experts

232. Elon Musk takes on America’s shrink-to-greatness challenge

233. Why rudeness has no place at work

234. JPMorgan files 21.5mn lawsuit over precious metals warehouse flaws

235. Air freight groups and airlines rush to increase flights out of China

236. ‘They don’t understand business’: Corporate Britain cools on Labour

237. The peacekeepers under attack in the Israel-Hizbollah war

238. Lithium producer says west cannot end reliance on China in critical minerals

239. Orbán turns to China to boost recession-hit economy

240. China’s smartphone makers head upmarket in European push

241. From championing Russia to a Moscow jail: Michael Calvey recounts his surreal descent

242. Namibia seeks to double GDP growth from oil and gas finds

243. Dangote seeks billions to boost crude supplies at new Nigerian refinery

244. Tech investor Xavier Niel urges Europe’s AI start ups not to cash out

245. Trading assets at US banks cross 1tn for first time since financial crisis

246. Restart of Three Mile Island tests US appetite for nuclear revival

247. The superpower glass ceiling

248. Maga Inc: how Trump’s allies stand to gain from ‘anti-woke’ resurgence

249. European stocks lag US by record margin as ‘Trump trade’ bites

250. Three days with the true believers who won’t let Bigfoot die

251. Xi tells Biden he will work with Trump to manage US-China differences

252. Elon Musk backs Howard Lutnick as agent for ‘change’ at US Treasury

253. Trump ushers in Europe’s high-stakes moment to defend Ukraine

254. Mexico ups deficit forecast as economists warn of slowing growth

255. Lebanon is studying US-drafted ceasefire proposal, official says

256. Shareholder advisers fear clamp down in new Trump administration

257. What a shuttered quarry says about Mexico’s investment climate

258. Roaring Donald: Trump’s Truth Social emerges as a meme stock darling

259. Gold suffers worst week in 3 years as investors weigh Trump victory

260. Lots of oil but no power: how Iran ran low on energy

261. North Korea ‘supplying Russia’ with long-range rocket and artillery systems

262. Trump team aims to bankrupt Iran with new ‘maximum pressure’ plan

263. The making of a year-round modern home in the Alps

264. Tech investor Klaus Hommels targets defence start-ups in Europe

265. Trump’s victory will change America. But Europe can have a different future

266. Why Trump’s tariffs won’t necessarily sink shipping

267. Three serene winter getaways in the Hudson Valley

268. The very busy Bussey Building: inside Peckham’s creative mecca

269. The task for the next Archbishop of Canterbury is monumental

270. Liberals speak a different language

271. Investors want more urgency from Europe in tackling its economic problems

272. Nissan to warn jobs at risk as UK EV targets push car industry to ‘crisis point’

273. Killing the CAT: why a key regulatory tool is under attack from Wall Street

274. Trump’s nominees heading for thorny confirmation process

275. Starmer vows to ‘stay the course’ on tax-hiking Budget measures

276. Apple upgrades Ireland’s credit rating outlook

277. US shale boss Chris Wright leads race to be Trump’s energy secretary

278. Trump’s cabinet picks: key players in the president-elect’s administration

279. Netflix hopes Tyson-Paul fight will deliver a streaming knockout

280. Donald Trump’s alarming picks for government

281. Elon Musk’s mission to reinvent American government

282. Post Office halts development of IT system to replace Horizon

283. EU or US? UK plays piggy in the middle

284. Russia urges Trump to remain in Paris agreement at upside-down COP29

285. We forget about comparative advantage at our peril

286. London bus crashes are the result of an unsafe model

287. German leader Scholz speaks to Putin for first time in 2 years

288. UK unveils shake-up of financial compensation rules

289. Vaccine stocks hit by RFK Jr nomination

290. How James Dyson’s farming empire may land him with 120mn in death duties

291. Spanish official blames flood alert failure on Madrid, not his long lunch

292. Trump’s climate fix: colonise Mars

293. Man investigated after calling German vice-chancellor ‘idiot’

294. Friedrich Merz, the man who yearns to be Germany’s next chancellor

295. How does the UK government want to reform the pension industry?

296. Israeli police question Netanyahu aide over alleged October 7 call tampering

297. Israeli strike flattens Beirut building as Lebanon bombardment intensifies

298. EU judges grill von der Leyen’s lawyers over missing text messages

299. How London snared France’s Canal to revive moribund listing market

300. Valuations at Musk’s SpaceX and xAI set to soar in new deals