Climate change increases threat of heat deaths in European cities
In the most extreme scenario, global warming would lead to 2.3mn additional temperature-related deaths, mostly in southern European cities such as Athens, Madrid and Rome. But those fatalities could ...
The coming great global land reshuffle
These two disparate trends show the push and pull of a coming global land reshuffle. As the world’s population grows, the planet warms and resources dwindle, land is poised to change hands and uses at ...
Venture Global saga undermines IPO recovery hopes
Snag is, Cheniere’s two export terminals are already advanced enough to generate several billion dollars in cash flow, much of which is already flowing in dividends to shareholders. Venture Global is ...
And the FTAV charts quiz winner is
Per the wheel at the top, this week’s winner of an exclusive FT Alphaville “I ❤️ Charts” T-shirt is Jonathan Gai, who’s a Master of Mathematics student at the University of Cambridge. Congratulations ...
Markets latest: Wall Street tech stocks head for $1tn sell-off as DeepSeek rattles investors
Wall Street tech stocks were headed for a $1tn sell-off on Monday, following advances by Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek that raised doubts over whether the US can maintain its lead ...
Advances by China’s DeepSeek sow doubts about AI spending
The rout extended well beyond traditional tech names. Siemens Energy, which supplies electrical hardware for AI infrastructure, plunged 22 per cent. Schneider Electric, a French maker of electrical ...
Tech sell-off is a reminder of the risks of a concentrated US stock market
The current sell-off in the tech sector is a reminder of the risks of a concentrated stock market. The largest 10 stocks account for almost two-fifths of the S&P 500. Such concentration is ...
Tesla sues EU over tariffs on electric vehicles from China
About a fifth of all electric cars sold across the EU last year, or 300,000 units, were built in China. Tesla accounted for 28 per cent of Chinese-made EVs imported into the bloc in 2023, more than ...
A farcical Colombian chapter in Trump’s trade war
Believe what narrative you want: following an exchange of heated rhetoric and mutual threats of trade sanctions on social media yesterday, either Colombian President Gustavo Petro backed down from his ...
Venture Global’s IPO stumble shows the limits of gassing up a valuation
More generally, markets have a way of recalibrating, and Venture Global’s IPO offers a nuanced lesson. It’s a reminder that valuations aren’t fixed by management or banker decree, but rather hammered ...
How the Davos crowd responded to Trump’s return
Trump’s election victory, and Europe’s loss of confidence, is propelling other regions into the green spotlight. Davos delegates agreed that China is now a key driver — if not the leading proponent — ...
Top bosses at Fuji TV resign after investors attack handling of sexual misconduct case
The resignations of FMH’s chair, Shuji Kano, and the head of Fuji TV, Koichi Minato, follow an unusually vehement backlash by shareholders after the company’s initial efforts to address the scandal ...