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Blinken cancels China trip following discovery of spy balloon

US secretary of state calls it ‘irresponsible act’ as Beijing denies espionage claims and insists it is ‘civilian airship’

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Explainer. How much of a threat are Chinese spy balloons?

The Big Read. The Adani affair: the fallout for Modi’s India

Editor's picks

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

Britain should not accept its status as the ‘sick man of Europe’

Nicholas Macpherson

Top stories

FTSE 100 beats 2018 peak to hit all-time high

Stock barometer is stacked with companies that dodged last year’s global sell-off

US jobs total surges by over half a million in January

Labour market’s resilience leads to bond sell-off as investors reassess Fed’s interest rate stance

The Long View. Robust jobs data delivers a swerve to markets

Musk wins investor lawsuit over Tesla ‘funding secured’ tweet

Verdict is a victory for billionaire chief executive of electric-vehicle maker

Twitter makes first $300mn interest payment after Musk buyout

Google invests $300mn in AI start-up Anthropic

Cash-for-computing deal shows how large tech groups are investing in companies at the vanguard of generative AI

Big Tech groups disclose $10bn in charges from job culls and cost cutting

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

Lunch with the FT. Rugby superstar Siya Kolisi: ‘I’ve got no ego at all’

The first black captain of the Springboks on winning the Rugby World Cup, the art of leadership — and why it is vital to know what you don’t know

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Digital democratisation is welcome, but the clever tweakery of editing software has its drawbacks

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Auction hunter: the rare, the strange and the baffling

Letter from Vilnius — partying in the shadow of Putin

FT Magazine. Memo to staff: dress fabulously

Do we want our lawyers to ‘express themselves to the full’?

Robert Shrimsley

Don’t knock romance novels — they’re big business

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NEWS

EU agrees price caps on Russian oil products

Ambassadors to impose a $100-a-barrel cap on diesel and a $45 cap on low-end products

Ukraine warns against complacency in face of Russian threat

Nigeria’s attempt to replace its currency notes descends into chaos

Long queues form outside cash machines and fights break out as customers demand access to money

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

FT Alphaville. Happy China Article IV day everyone

The Weekend Essay. Germany grapples with the limits of pacifism

As an adaptation of ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ is tipped for Oscars, the country’s long antiwar tradition is being tested by Russian aggression

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

Cryptocurrencies

Cryptofinance. Crypto is back with $300bn frenzy

Bitcoin puts post-FTX collapse behind it with 40% rise so far in 2023

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

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Activision Blizzard pays $35mn SEC settlement over workplace complaints

US regulator says video game group did not properly collect and address allegations of harassment and discrimination

Ford to return to Formula 1 with Red Bull deal after two-decade absence

US carmaker will use top-flight racing to grow awareness and develop electric technology

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

Opinion

The Top Line. Picking sides proves too hard for CEOs in a fragmenting world

The uncoupling from Russia has not happened, partly because executives have not woken up to the return of geopolitics

Anne-Sylvaine Chassany

The FT View. A defining moment for central banks

Monetary policymakers grapple with how to chart a path to terminal rates

The editorial board

On Wall Street. How Goldman can regain its swagger

Teachers’ strike lays bare the heartbreaking plight of schools

Obituary. Barrett Strong, songwriter and musician, 1941-2023

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Toyota has a tragic flaw in the electric vehicle drama

Person in the News. Sally Wainwright, ‘Happy Valley’ creator takes centre stage

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Tempting back older workers means ditching business as usual

Camilla Cavendish

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US News

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

Carlyle courts ex-Goldman executive Harvey Schwartz for CEO

Apple posts first revenue fall in three and a half years

Google’s advertising sales fall in sharper than expected slowdown

Amazon posts solid sales but softer cloud growth

US set to give Ukraine longer-range smart bombs

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

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How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defence industry

Boeing delivers last 747, a jumbo jet that ‘shrank the world’

Beware the great battery industry fallacy

How First Abu Dhabi Bank pursued Standard Chartered and ‘opened Pandora’s box’

Why Nissan and Renault’s attempt to reset alliance might herald divorce

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