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FINANCIAL TIMES
Thursday, 21 November 2024
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani charged in US over alleged $250mn bribery scheme
 
Shares in group tumble after prosecutors accuse tycoon and others of lying to investors to land lucrative contracts
 
 
Nvidia’s revenue nearly doubles as AI chip demand remains strong
 
US chipmaker reassures investors seeking signs of the strength of boom that has made it world’s most valuable company
 
 
Archegos’s Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years in prison
 
Former Wall Street trader was convicted of fraud and manipulation in scheme that resulted in big losses for banks
 
 
US set to seek Google divestitures in search monopoly case
 
Department of Justice also likely to ask for curbs on use of the service’s results in training AI models in broad remedy
 
 
Ukraine fires British Storm Shadow missiles into Russia
 
Move follows Kyiv’s first use of US long-range Atacms missiles on Russian soil
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
US House panel keeps Matt Gaetz sex allegation report under wraps
 
Democrats demand release of files on Donald Trump’s pick to be country’s attorney-general
 
 
New Zealand’s post-Ardern populist pivot angers Maori community
 
Conservative Luxon government has rolled back many of former PM’s progressive policies
 
 
The push for climate taxes gets real in Baku
 
Airlines say fossil fuel companies should be targeted first
 
 
How AI is powering a robotics revolution
 
Advances in physical AI means machines are learning skills previously thought impossible
 
 
How oil ‘wildcatters’ ended up in charge of Donald Trump’s energy policy
 
Shale barons are jubilant about the Republican’s plan for US ‘energy dominance’. Climate campaigners are not
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Crypto chief buys a banana for $6mn at contemporary art auction
 
Justin Sun, founder of blockchain network Tron, outbids six others for Maurizio Cattelan’s ‘Comedian’
 
 
Playing hardball or facing hard times?
 
It’s tough to negotiate a budget in public with a glitchy CMS
 
 
MicroStrategy takes fundraising to $7bn for push into bitcoin
 
Software maker turned crypto investor increases size of convertible bond offering to $2.6bn
 
 
FTX co-founder Gary Wang avoids prison after assisting in Sam Bankman-Fried case
 
Crypto exchange’s former chief technology officer credited by judge for swiftly helping prosecutors
 
 
Santander sets aside £295mn to cover costs over car finance ruling
 
Provision made after court decision last month on mis-selling of car loans
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Apple proposes Indonesian factory in bid to reverse iPhone 16 ban
 
Investment of $100mn in key market would help meet requirement for 40% local content in smartphones
 
 
UK ministers resist car industry pressure to ease fines on EV sales targets
 
Amid pressure on manufacturers, electric vehicle sector holds two-hour meeting with cabinet ministers on mandate
 
 
UK cuts fines for boilermakers in climbdown on heat pump sales
 
Shift comes after intense lobbying from industry over incoming penalties tied to net zero targets
 
 
Nvidia’s dizzying growth is now everyone’s business
 
Chip giant’s earnings are a big event for US equity investors, and not just because of its $3.6tn heft
 
 
Target’s frugal customers leave it cheap and cheerless
 
The US big box retailer’s focus on non-food goods leaves it exposed now that shoppers are more wary of spending
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
The scourge of corporate secrecy
 
A concerted push towards open-access data is needed to fight dirty money