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<!–> The March Madness legend of McNeese manager and social media sensation Amir Khan continues to grow. While Khan sat behind the bench chatting with filmmaker Spike Lee during the Cowboys’ second-round game against Purdue on Saturday, some of the team’s players wore T-shirts with Khan’s name and picture on them. [Read more: ‘He is…
March Madness continues Saturday with the second round of action. Kicking off the day, No. 12 seed McNeese State, which upset fifth-seeded Clemson in the first round, plays fourth-seeded Purdue at 12:10 p.m. ET. Following that matchup, two-seeded St. John’s battles No. 10 seed Arkansas, as legendary head coaches Rick Pitino and John Calipari square…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Turkish police have detained more than 300 people during the biggest opposition demonstrations in more than a decade against the arrest of Istanbul’s popular mayor, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Ekrem İmamoğlu, the main…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is head of risk management policy at The Centre for Long-Term Resilience Investigators will doubtless need some time to understand the cause of the fire that closed down Heathrow airport on Friday, disrupting…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Heathrow airport reopened on Saturday morning following a complete shutdown caused by an electrical outage, but airlines warned of further disruption as they restarted operations. The airport fully reopened for flights on Saturday morning and…
<!–> Every college basketball coach preaches the importance of guard play in the NCAA Tournament. And each March, fans seek the next “Kemba candidate,” a title fittingly named after former UConn guard Kemba Walker, who carried the Huskies to a National Championship in 2011. Year after year, stand-out guards change the ceiling of their team…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street The results are in: this time is not different. Indexing remains the optimal investment strategy. Every year S&P Global Ratings publishes reports comparing…
When economists seek to account for the dollar’s outsize role as the only true global currency, they point to structural factors such as the US share of world GDP, or the depth and liquidity of US financial markets. This approach underlies the sanguine view of many financial market participants that, come what may, so long…
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A nation that has 44 Michelin stars, earns a fortune from visiting diners and then invents the appetite suppressant Ozempic is either multitalented, or very foolish. Either way, I am in the Danish capital…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In economics, shifting from a concentrated market with a handful of dominant players to a highly competitive market of small players is usually considered a good thing. But when the products these players are targeting…
