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UK financial regulation

BoE governor dismisses chances of financial crisis

Officials suggest rules may need to be tightened after SVB’s collapse and the implosion of Credit Suisse

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Top Republican accuses regulators of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ over SVB

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Financial turmoil will not stand in the way of further rate rises says Bailey

Scientific research

The Big Read. China’s fake science industry: how ‘paper mills’ threaten progress

Editor's picks

Monetary policy is not solely to blame for this banking crisis

Israel’s divisions are distracting it from a regional perfect storm

Top stories

Scotland’s finance secretary Kate Forbes to leave government

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Markets Briefing. Wall Street stocks dip as tech loses ground

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UK labour disputes

UK Treasury to provide extra funding for NHS pay deal

Hope that any resolution may aid other public sector settlements, but schools dispute still acrimonious

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Teaching union urges members to reject UK government’s new pay offer

Gary Lineker wins £4.9mn tax appeal against UK government

Victory for sports presenter accused of tax avoidance as part of HMRC clampdown on ‘disguised employees’

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Sam Bankman-Fried

US charges Bankman-Fried with bribing Chinese officials

Prosecutors allege FTX founder made multimillion-dollar payment to help unfreeze accounts

Cheap FTX crypto tokens were offered to Genesis executives

Spotlight

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland stuck in political paralysis despite Brexit deal

Democratic Unionists refuse to restore power sharing as region’s finances worsen

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Gambling industry

Stake.com: the Aussie gambling minnow that made it big on crypto

Business founded in 2017 has grown almost unnoticed to become the world’s seventh largest gambling group

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News

Alibaba plans to split into six in radical overhaul

Tech group will retain most profitable ecommerce businesses but allow other units to spin off and list separately

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Credit default swaps

Top ECB official claims CDS market ‘contaminates’ bank stocks and deposit flows

Sharp moves in thinly-traded credit insurance needs scrutiny, Andrea Enria says

ECB approves UniCredit’s share buyback plan ahead of AGM

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Israel’s president calls on leaders to start talks to solve political crisis

Netanyahu’s government forced to delayed bitterly contested judicial overhaul after mass unrest

The FT View. A battle for the soul of Israel

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EU recovery fund

Italy at odds with Brussels over using EU money for football stadium

European Commission delays Rome’s recovery funds by a month after questions over plans

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Belt and Road Initiative

China grants billions in bailouts as Belt and Road Initiative falters

New study attempts to capture total rescue loans from world’s biggest bilateral creditor

Trade Secrets. How China may keep subverting sovereign debt workouts

Liontrust directors quit over chair’s 12-year tenure

Corporate governance worries prompted two executives to leave the asset manager’s board

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Inside the boardroom bust-up that shook Scottish Mortgage

Apple launches ‘buy now, pay later’ service in the US

Tech giant debuts rival to companies such as Klarna and Affirm after delays

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Bashar al-Assad

Assad cousins hit with sanctions over amphetamine trade that funds regime

Captagon is estimated to be worth $57bn annually to the Syrian government

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Head of Irn-Bru dynasty stands down from board after 58 years

Robin Barr is one of only three people who know the recipe for the Scottish soft drink made by AG Barr

Diageo chief Menezes to step down

French politics

Smaller crowds turn out at French pension reform protests

Universities and tourist sites closed as government rejects unions’ idea of mediation to alleviate crisis

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French prosecutors raid banks in tax fraud probe

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A year in the life of FT Edit 🎂

The FT’s new app celebrates its first birthday with a round-up of the best FT Edit stories from the past 12 months

Opinion

Western voters won’t give up the peace dividend

Governments are right to increase defence spending, but their electorates prefer butter to guns

We are all secretaries now

Cost-cutting has left workers drowning in ‘self-service’ admin tasks — but AI might come to the rescue

We can’t let companies get away with making consumers sick

Outlook. Lebanon fails the test of time

Markets Insight. Inflation targets have left central banks in a bind

Lex. United Utilities: Great Stink II may land water groups with £56bn bill

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The FT View. Scotland’s new first minister should govern for all Scots

The editorial board

Humza Yousaf should beware the SNP’s new infighting habit

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UK News

William Hill hit with record £19.2mn fine

Gambling group dodges losing licence after swiftly improving consumer protection and money-laundering controls

Northern Ireland terrorism threat raised to second-highest level

Official UK report to call for green aviation fuel subsidies

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Forcing Afghan refugees from hotels risks homelessness, councils warn

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UK food prices rise at record rate, Kantar data shows

Fruit and vegetable shortages push UK food inflation to record high

Scotland’s incoming first minister has a daunting in-tray

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Highlights

The Henry Mance Interview. Matthew Desmond: ‘America does so much more to subsidise affluence than alleviate poverty’

The sociologist believes the US is stacked against the poor and decisions by the rich are to blame

Succession is painful but it doesn’t need to be

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Why five days in the office don’t add up

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

My first job: what I wish I had known

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