1. UK government borrowing for October exceeds forecasts at 17.4bn

2. UN climate summit remains split on money, fossil fuels and gender

3. China’s solar stranglehold and Taiwan’s AI aims

4. Former UK deputy prime minister John Prescott dies at 86

5. The three big market uncertainties

6. Chinese satellite company to challenge Musk’s Starlink in Brazil

7. Australia introduces bill to ban under-16s from social media

8. How the European parliament reached a deal on the new commission

9. HMRC haul from late-filing penalties at a five-year high

10. UK merger regulator to explore deal remedies after anti-growth criticism

11. Chinese managers limited flows to US funds after Trump victory

12. Scottish rent controls spark tensions as developers demand ‘assurances’

13. Postcard from Rome: the ‘Gladiator guide’ who shows Hollywood stars the secrets of the Eternal City

14. Matt Clifford: the UK tech adviser whose influence has drawn sceptics

15. US fraud charges roil Adani’s empire

16. A chef’s guide to Latin-American food in Miami

17. John Lewis chief criticises UK Budget as ‘two-handed grab’ from business

18. Far right gains traction in EU assembly on climate and top appointments

19. The risks of being too gloomy on Trump tariff plans

20. ‘It takes a particular kind of madness’: new life for Ireland’s Big Houses

21. French asset manager Tikehau may join march for New York listing

22. The other side of the UK’s infrastructure problem

23. What Elon Musk gains from a friend in the White House

24. UK inflation creeps back

25. Japan urgently needs to plug its CFO deficit

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

27. Scholz faces his ‘Biden moment’

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

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

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

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

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

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

34. FirstFT: Gautam Adani indicted in the US

35. Gautam Adani indicted in the US for bribery

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

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

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

39. Nvidia’s message to global chipmakers

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

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

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

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

44. Should tech giants be treated like nation states?

45. The scourge of corporate secrecy

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

47. Grant Thornton UK picks private equity over US merger

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

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

50. The push for climate taxes gets real in Baku

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

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

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

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

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

56. Ukraine fires British Storm Shadow missiles into Russia

57. How gangsters took over Gaza’s aid routes

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

59. The enriched uranium market is all at sea

60. Northern Rail to cut Christmas timetable to improve reliability

61. Eurozone wages rise by 5.4% in third quarter

62. Ford to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe

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

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

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

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

67. London drives surge in UK rental costs

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

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

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

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

72. How Britain squandered the best hand in the world

73. Target profits hit by US dockworkers’ strike

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

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

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

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

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

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

80. Outside the box: public art in Miami

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

82. UK inflation accelerates sharply to 2.3% in October

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

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

85. Ukraine strikes Russia with US missiles

86. China’s economy braces for Trump

87. How AI is powering a robotics revolution

88. More than ever, Europe needs growth champions

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

90. French tech proves hot ticket for festival operators

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

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

93. Canada imports US electricity as droughts curb hydropower

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

101. Best books of 2024: Economics

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

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

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

105. The new Republican war on science

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

119. Starmer refuses to condemn Hong Kong crackdown

120. Bridgewater SSGA ETF heaven

121. Iran discusses capping stocks of highly enriched uranium

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

123. Britain needs a coherent China strategy

124. Chinese vessel spotted where Baltic Sea cables were severed

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

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

127. Why Trump’s trade war will cause chaos

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

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

130. Stocks fall as Ukraine war escalation unsettles markets

131. Scottish Labour vows to reinstate winter fuel payments

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

133. Russian sanctions busting linked to British Overseas Territories

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

135. Thousands of farmers protest in London against tax changes

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

137. Tracking Ukraine’s battle against Russia in maps

138. Tariffs and taxes are not very inflationary

139. Ukraine strikes Russia with US-made Atacms

140. Hamas security forces kneecap suspected profiteers in Gaza

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

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

143. Hot property: five brownstone homes

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

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

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

147. Trump’s demolition of the US state

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

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

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

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

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

153. How to strengthen government machinery

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

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

156. Luxury brands bank on their own American dream

157. US markets in 2049

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

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

160. Diversity Leaders

161. China scrambles to connect with potential Trump officials

162. Budget protests: the transformation of British farming

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

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

165. Can Labour improve job quality without squandering quantity?

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

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

168. Ireland shifts diversity dial to stay with the pace

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

170. The ancient Lebanese valley suffering under Israeli bombs

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

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

173. EU to demand technology transfers from Chinese companies

174. The problem of politics in a noisy age

175. The rehabilitation of KPMG

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

185. US warns Turkey on hosting Hamas leadership

186. Chinese tech groups build AI teams in Silicon Valley

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

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

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

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

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

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

193. Joe Biden’s overdue missile consent for Ukraine

194. Spirit Airlines bankruptcy gives priority boarding to opportunistic creditors

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

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

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

198. Assad is sitting tight as Syria burns

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

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

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

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

203. Starmer promises better relations with China after Xi meeting

204. Where Trump will go with his plans on trade

205. Bitcoin’s identity crisis

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

207. The search for targeted taxes to fund climate action

208. Miami Vibe: what’s on this winter

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

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

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

212. Disney strikes back

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

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

215. Samsung shares rise on ‘desperate’ buyback plan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

223. German election 2025 poll tracker

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

225. Miami, showcase of the starchitects

226. European plastics makers shut plants as production declines sharply

227. Iran keeps door open to talks with Trump

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

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

230. Offshore oil is back. At what cost?

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

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

233. Gold miner reaches 160mn settlement with Malian government

234. Crackdown launched on child social care profiteering in England

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

242. What to expect from the markets under Trump

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

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

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

246. Finding the money to make Europe great again

247. Trump victory threatens to throw G20 initiatives into disarray

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

257. Why rudeness has no place at work

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

271. The superpower glass ceiling

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

280. Shareholder advisers fear clamp down in new Trump administration

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

291. Three serene winter getaways in the Hudson Valley

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

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

294. Liberals speak a different language

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

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

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

298. Trump’s nominees heading for thorny confirmation process

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

300. Apple upgrades Ireland’s credit rating outlook