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<!–> Some fans might view May as one of the slower months on the sports calendar, but there were still plenty of things that happened over the last 31 days as we prepare for summer. The NBA and NHL playoffs each held crucial rounds in their tournaments, with the finals in each sport now being…
Argument An expert’s point of view on a current event. Haiti Is Burning, but There Is a Path Forward A successful intervention will provide a model for solving other crises in an era of fraying multilateralism. By Christopher Sabatini, the senior research fellow for Latin America at Chatham House, and Robert Greenhill, the executive chairman…
Donald Tusk’s ruling coalition has broken into fresh infighting after the Polish premier suffered a bruising defeat in the presidential race, stalling his reform plans and raising doubts over the government’s survival. Tusk on Monday decided he would need to seek a vote of confidence in parliament to continue governing after the victory of the…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Private credit is now so intertwined with big banks and insurers that it could become a “locus of contagion” in the next financial crisis, a group of economists, bankers and US officials has warned. Researchers…
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Big Four accountancy firms are racing to create a new type of audit that verifies the effectiveness of artificial intelligence tools as they seek to profit from clients’ demand for proof that their AI systems…
By the standards of Wall Street earnings calls, where executives are typically wary of commenting on politics or the businesses of their rivals, it was quite a barb. “For some, ‘capital-light’ has become code for ‘heads we win, tails we win and hopefully our clients do OK’,” said Jim Zelter, president of Apollo Global Management,…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One of the “godfathers” of artificial intelligence has attacked a multibillion-dollar race to develop the cutting edge technology, arguing the latest models are displaying dangerous characteristics such as lying to users. Yoshua Bengio, a Canadian…
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Everyone has an idea every now and again for a little online tool or game that ought to exist but doesn’t. “There should be an app for that,” we say wistfully, then we move on with…
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 chair and chief executive of BlackRock The global economy is in a strange place: we know more about the next seven years than the next seven days. For nearly two months,…
<!–> Longtime New England Patriots center David Andrews is retiring from the NFL. The Patriots said that Andrews, who spent all 10 of his seasons with the team before he was released in March, will retire at a news conference on Monday. “I didn’t want to go do it for another organization,” an emotional Andrews…
