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Elon Musk’s net worth has plummeted 25%—or about $113 billion—since President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Tesla’s stock, where Musk derives about 60% of his wealth, has nosedived as sales for the EV plunge, in part a result of negative sentiment...

Whistleblowers – people who expose wrongdoing within their organizations – play a crucial role in holding governments and corporations accountable. But speaking up can come at a cost. People who report misconduct often face retaliation,...

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The last five years have been a challenging time for John Lewis. Under the chairmanship of Dame Sharon White, the Partnership had to navigate the challenges of Brexit, Covid, and a cost-of-living crisis. During White’s tenure as chairman, she...

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Mark Carney has won Canada’s election after a campaign dominated by the country’s relationship with the US under Donald Trump.Carney’s Liberal...

Asia-Pacific businesses are frantically trying to explore how to best use AI to improve productivity, according to new survey data from Microsoft, which the company's new Asia president credits to the region's rapid climb up the value chain.“We’ve been...

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Peter Harf, chair and managing partner of Europe’s JAB Holdings, is retiring after more than 40 years, as the investment group...

The rapid global evolution of AI—from OpenAI’s release of GPT-4.5 to China’s development of models like DeepSeek, Baichuan, and others (China's "AI Tigers”)—highlights a critical challenge for U.S. AI policy. With China’s AI industry valued at $70 billion by...

It’s telling that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration wants to fire bureaucrats. In its view, bureaucrats stand for everything that’s wrong with the United States: overregulation, inefficiency and even the nation’s deficit, since they draw...

As the Trump administration seeks to shrink the federal workforce, slash nonmilitary spending and curb opposition to its policies, it is taking steps beyond the firing and furloughing of thousands of government workers.The government is...