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Is Joe Biden about to quit the 2024 presidential race?
FT: A growing number of people disagree with Biden that he's the right man for the job.
Hurricane Beryl strikes at heart of US energy industry
Financial Times: 'Dirty side of a dirty hurricane' presents challenges to infrastructure.
Bernard Looney plots Abu Dhabi comeback from BP scandal
Financial Times: Adnoc’s Sultan al-Jaber has discussed projects with Looney.
Pilita Clark: The new normal of office life
FT opinion: As working from home persists, companies rethink the role of offices.
US consumer goods companies are losing upper hand on pricing
Financial Times: Ones that imposed relentless post-pandemic price hikes reaching limits.
UK financial markets pin hopes on political stability
Financial Times: City of London pinning hopes on stability from the new UK Government.
Active bond ETFs are atracting investors
FT: Exchange traded funds that invest in hand-picked bonds have proven popular.
‘Hard to imagine a worse outcome’: Tory collapse sparks blame game
FT: Sunak under fire after poll shows party set for worst result in its histoy.
How much cash would it take for you to quit your job?
Financial Times: What kind of stimulus cheque or tax break could push people to quit jobs?
Tesla cars put on local Chinese government’s purchase list for first time
Financial Times: Announcement comes as Elon Musk’s group faces increasing competition.
Jeff Bezos to offload $8 billion of Amazon stock
Financial Times: Tech giant’s biggest shareholder offloading huge chunks of Amazon shares.
Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges
Financial Times: Energy-thirsty AI threatens tech giant’s ambition of reaching ‘net zero’.
Norway blocks sale of last private property on Arctic archipelago
Financial Times: It's cold. It's remote. But Norway says 'no way' to selling it.
‘Let’s not go overboard’ on worries about AI energy use, Bill Gates says
FT: Tech leader says power-hungry AI systems are spurring a boom in clean energy.
Buffett ditches Gates; vast wealth to be donated to new foundation upon death
Financial Times: Billionaire investor ends nearly two decades of gifts to Gates Foundaton.
What Isis did next: The return of the threat that never left
Financial Times: Jihadist group once again seeking to launch attacks internationally.
Just five stocks power US markets to big gain
Financial Times: Some investors worried a few ‘megacap’ tech companies too influential.
What happens if Biden or Trump drops out of the presidential race?
Financial Times: Meandering answers in cranky debate fan flames of concern about age.
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella vows ‘cultural battle’, demands EU rebate
Financial Times: Party chief on cusp of power wants to overhaul tax, citizenship.
Lex: Volkswagen tries to play catch-up with Rivian deal
Financial Times: If you can't beat 'em...VW is hitching a ride with fleeter-footed rivals.
World headed for ‘food wars’, warns major commodities trader
Financial Times: Concerns protectionist policies are exacerbating inflation,
Wanted: New soldiers for Europe’s shrinking armies
Financial Times: With troop numbers in decline, what might make more people serve?
Minimum tax on billionaires would raise up to $408b a year, says report
Financial Times: Levy on total wealth of super-rich is 'feasible and enforceable'.
The price of sustainable flying: Lufthansa increases ticket prices by up to $125
Financial Times: Sustainable aviation fuel is expensive and passengers will pay more.
Online fast-fashion group Shein files confidential paperwork ahead of possible London listing
Financial Times: Allegations of forced labour precede Shein's possible $103b valuation.
Nvidia share slide erases $816 billion in market value
Financial Times: Chipmaker’s shares have fallen 15% since Thursday,
TikTok advertisers prepare contingency plans as US ban looms
Financial Times: TikTok has become a key part of the marketing strategies for many brands.
Cut-price anti-drone weapon could be ready next year
Financial Times: Thales-led radio frequency directed energy weapon costs just 20c per use.
Tension builds between Musk and his top exec at X
Financial Times: Tensions between billionaire and his top executive rising.
On the run: China’s super-rich want to leave the country and some want to move Downunder
Financial Times: But capital controls mean getting money out of China is no easy task.
Why billionaires support Trump
Financial Times: It is not (just) greed. Business encourages contrarianism.
US Supreme Court sidesteps wealth tax question in closely watched case
Financial Times: Campaigners against a wealth tax 'got half a loaf'.