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Apple reports first decline in revenue in three-and-a-half years

iPhone sales hit by Covid-19 supply chain disruptions in China but company avoids mass lay-offs

Google’s advertising sales fall in sharper than expected slowdown

Amazon posts solid sales but softer cloud growth

The Weekend Essay. Germany grapples with the limits of pacifism

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Top stories

Live news: UK train drivers’ strike causes more misery for commuters

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Markets Briefing. Nasdaq closes up 3.3% as investors bet rates are close to peak levels

US-China relations

US accuses China of flying spy balloon over sensitive military sites

Discovery comes as tensions rise between Washington and Beijing

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Blinken to meet Xi in first visit to China by a Biden cabinet secretary

Billionaire Disney insider becomes pivotal figure in Peltz’s proxy fight

Marvel chair Isaac Perlmutter owns large stake and is supporting activist push for board seat

Global inflation

Fed and ECB diverge as Lagarde tackles ‘alive and kicking’ inflation

European Central Bank president points to several reasons why price pressures will take longer to tame

US jobs growth expected to have slowed further in January

Spotlight

Madison Square Garden owner battles outcry over ‘dystopian’ blacklisting

Tycoon under fire for using facial recognition to bar lawyers acting against his company from top music venues

FT Magazine. After hours with 10 Foot, London’s most notorious graffiti writer

He risks his freedom and his life nightly. Why?

News

Interview. Broadcom chief Hock Tan seeks more acquisitions after $69bn VMware deal

Dealmaker targets semiconductor and software companies after signing on for five more years as chief

Carlyle courts ex-Goldman executive Harvey Schwartz for CEO

Private equity group in talks with experienced Wall Street leader after long search

Chinese society

China’s ‘big white’ pandemic workers reel from end of zero-Covid

Migrant labourers who formed backbone of antivirus effort stranded after Beijing scrapped restrictions

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EY considers handing retired US partners cut of proceeds from spin-off

Big Four accounting firm agrees to hire legal counsel for retirees regarding $7.5bn pension liability

Jo Johnson quits as director of UK firm with Adani ties

Elara Capital has drawn scrutiny over short seller allegations about its connection to Indian group

Gautam Adani defends ‘robust’ business as stock losses reach $100bn

Trump’s Scottish golf courses trapped in lossmaking bunker

Two resorts lost £4.4mn in 2021 hit by Covid curbs, Brexit and staff shortages

Ripping apart art: Iran’s cultural world strained by protest and politics

New forms of expression emerge amid debate in the community about whether to continue civil disobedience campaign

Financial & markets regulation

Britain’s new crypto plans step up competition with EU regulations

UK proposals come months after Brussels finalised a bloc-wide framework for digital assets

US police receive less training than plumbers

Finnish officers take eight times longer to qualify than American counterparts

Ukraine’s allies push IMF to approve $14bn-$16bn loan

Fund to meet Kyiv officials in mid-February to negotiate package that would stretch rules about lending in war zones

Europe Express. Proclamations and promises as the EU caravan rolls into Kyiv

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Consumer goods group surprised some in City by appointing Dutch dairy executive

Opinion

The battle for the Colorado River is a water warning to us all

Who should control access to increasingly scarce resources?

Inside Business. Reality check for Spotify and the podcast boom

Big investments in the audio format turn into a drag on the company’s returns

Undercover Economist. How to fix the British economy

$5tn of ‘meh’ earnings

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Lex. Shell: the big bet on natural gas is now paying off

Markets Insight. China’s recovery might be a bit less than meets the eye

A changing, weakened Israel should worry everyone

The FT View. Trump and the future of the Republicans

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US News

US set to give Ukraine longer-range smart bombs

Latest weapons will double the current strike range in latest batch of assistance from Washington to Kyiv

Dealmakers tackle rising rates with new pitch: take the debt with you

Economists detect dovish undertones from ‘more optimistic’ Jay Powell

White House optimistic on tech sharing for Aukus security pact

New York property tycoon to give worn-out offices ‘back to the bank’

Meta shares soar on resilient revenue and $40bn in buybacks

Biden and McCarthy express willingness to continue talks over US debt ceiling

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Detailed supply chain mapping reveals a complex web of companies under significant strain

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