What a glorious “Lunch with the FT” interview (“‘I don’t believe in guardrails’”, Life & Arts, April 20) George Parker conducted with Mrs Elizabeth O’Leary, or Liz Truss as she calls herself — or as ...

Sam Dunkley is right that the mixing of clean and dirty water in Joseph Bazalgette’s sewers gives us a problem today (Letters, April 24). But in defence of my great great-grandfather, the ...

Proxy advisers “do serious harm” to the competitiveness of UK companies says the AstraZeneca chair ( Report, April 16). They do indeed. The underlying issue is that they take their lead on governance ...

BHP has proposed a takeover of Anglo American, in a deal that would bring together two global mining giants and rank as one ...

Ten per cent of all jet fuel on flights taking off from the UK will need to be made up of so-called “sustainable aviation ...

Smaller companies play a big role in Japan’s electric vehicle battery supply chain, indirectly supporting the likes of Toyota ...

Taiwan is aiming for trade deals with more countries after breakthroughs with three G7 economies last year, Taipei’s trade tsar said in an exclusive interview.

Jefferies chief executive Rich Handler has sold $65mn of his stock in the Wall Street investment bank to buy a luxury yacht from longtime client Tilman Fertitta.

Japan’s yen crossed ¥155 per dollar for the first time since 1990 on Wednesday as US stocks edged slightly higher in a choppy trading session. Ford reported a smaller profit in the first quarter than ...

Also in today’s newsletter, Pentagon rushes $1bn in weapons to Kyiv, and Indonesia unexpectedly raises interest rates ...

The Labour party has pledged to fully renationalise the passenger rail network within a first term if it wins the UK general election, as it promised sweeping reforms of fares to draw people back on ...

On a bright Tuesday afternoon, a masked young woman calling herself W stood beside the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” in the ...