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IMF’s Georgieva warns of increased risks to financial stability

Fund head warns uncertainties in the world economy remain “exceptionally high”

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Lex. Bank failures: lessons of past crises echo today

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City braces for tighter regulation after banking turmoil

Silicon Valley Bank

‘A devastating impact’: SVB’s collapse leaves start-ups with a funding hole

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Why five days in the office doesn’t add up

Japanese banks take post-SVB hit over bond fears

Top stories

Putin plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

Russia’s president denies the move would violate Moscow’s non-proliferation obligations

Xi’s Russia trip reduced chance of nuclear war, says EU foreign policy chief

No more ‘dangerous’ money printing to fund war, vows Ukraine central bank chief

Andriy Pyshnyy says printing money ‘created huge risks for macro-financial stability’

Europe’s big battery hope Northvolt in talks to secure over $5bn in funding

Swedish start-up has become the main European challenger to the big Asian companies that dominate the industry

German defence minister shoots to fame as country pivots on security

Financial & markets regulation

Rules for winding up big banks do not work, Swiss finance minister warns

Karin Keller-Sutter says following the protocols ‘would have triggered an international financial crisis’

Majority of Swiss want new UBS-Credit Suisse mega bank split up

Spotlight

The Big Read. The teen mental health crisis: a reckoning for Big Tech

A growing body of evidence links a rise in depression in children to social media use. Will it lead to more regulation?

Japan remains free from the tyranny of tipping

A recent attempt to kick-start the practice has floundered

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News

Israel’s defence minister calls for halt to judicial reforms

Yoav Gallant said polarisation over the issue risked undermining the nation’s security

Libyan state oil chief stresses support across divided country

National Oil Corporation chair outlines plans to increase investment and lift production to 2mn b/d

Iraq wins landmark case against Turkey over Kurdish oil exports

Brussels agrees deal with Germany in spat over combustion engines ban

EU will exempt cars which run on certain types of fuel from new law after lobbying from Berlin

Daikin Industries Ltd

Japan’s Daikin targets India as air-con and heat-pump manufacturing hub

World’s largest air-conditioner maker sees huge export potential and untapped domestic demand for cooling systems

China’s richest county suffers export slump as US tension hits factories

Charts that Matter. Traders pile into bets on gold price rally

Options buyers see scope for further gains as banking turmoil boosts metal’s safe haven appeal

StanChart chief says Fed’s SVB deposit guarantee a ‘moral hazard’

SoftBank Group Corp

SoftBank’s LatAm fund co-head commits to further investments despite losses

Alex Szapiro says he is confident about securing extra capital from Japanese technology conglomerate

Panama warns of surge in US-bound migration through deadly jungle

Technology sector

Intel co-founder and key Silicon Valley figure Gordon Moore dies

Moore’s insight about how the cost of electronics would plunge made him a symbol of the industry’s advance

Obituary. Jiang Yanyong, surgeon and Sars whistleblower, 1931-2023

The celebrated Chinese doctor suffered multiple political detentions

Opinion

Person in the News. Alvin Bragg, the district attorney who holds Trump’s charges in the balance

The son of Harlem is presiding over a case that threatens to split open an already divided nation

Banks might behave responsibly if treated like adults

The failings of intrusive financial supervision have never been more obvious

How millennial faces fell out of fashion

On Wall Street. Wall Street’s big shift raises case for a new regulatory stance

Lex. Pension ages: reforms focus attention on longevity gaps

Investing in early childhood is a down payment on all our futures

Catherine, Princess of Wales

The FT View. The fallout from the banking turmoil

The editorial board

China is tightening its embrace with Russia as it builds bulwarks against the west

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US News

‘Trump without the nonsense’: DeSantis treads fine line as popularity ebbs

Florida governor battling to appeal to former president’s base while weathering persistent attacks from him

Fed officials double down on rate rise decision citing high inflation

First Republic hit by succession crisis before Fed began raising rates

US air strikes target Iran-backed militants in Syria

Executive pay at SVB soared after big bet on riskier assets

Carl Icahn says Illumina directors demanded extra insurance for Grail deal

UK regulator U-turns on Microsoft’s $75bn Activision deal

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Culture clash: the challenge of uniting fierce rivals UBS and Credit Suisse

Investment banking is at the heart of divisions between the two Swiss lenders

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