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FirstFT: Apollo’s Marc Rowan top contender for Treasury job

Also in today’s newsletter, SpaceX fails to catch Starship, as well as machine learning and robots

World - Financial Times - 23 minutes ago

FirstFT: HSBC overhaul to divide businesses along east-west lines

Also in today’s newsletter, EY fires staff for ‘cheating’ and Mubadala Capital’s private equity push

World - Financial Times - October 22

FirstFT: Donald Trump on course to reclaim the White House

Also in today’s newsletter, Benjamin Netanyahu fires defence minister and Big Oil’s dirty legacy in Nigeria

World - Financial Times - November 6

Michelle Obama introduces Kamala Harris at Michigan rally; across state, Trump joined by Arab and Muslim leaders – as it happened

Obama urges crowd to ‘turn the page on the ugliness’ as Michigan voters pledge support for Trump because ‘he promised to end war’. This blog is now closed.. At his rally in Novi, Donald Trump was ...

World - The Guardian - October 26

FirstFT: Decision day in America

Also in today’s newsletter, Boeing workers vote to end strike and Ukraine encounters first North Korean troops on the battlefield

World - Financial Times - November 5

FirstFT: Trump’s first appointment

Also in today’s newsletter, Fed cuts rates and Citi revamps wealth banker pay

World - Financial Times - November 8

Harris struggles to keep the faith of Arab-Americans in Michigan

Israel’s war in Gaza has cost the support of important constituency in battleground state

Business - Financial Times - October 28

I am an Arab American voting for Kamala Harris

I’m voting for Kamala Harris because I don’t want to see the same divisive thinking that destabilized the Middle East imported here.

Politics - The Hill - November 4

Need an Arabic-Hebrew Ketubah? This Artist Can Help.

Josh Berer makes most of his money designing Arabic tattoos. He also has a side business designing cross-cultural marriage contracts.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - November 12

FirstFT: Japan plunges into political chaos

Also in today’s newsletter, oil price falls and Franklin Templeton hit by record outflows

World - Financial Times - October 28

FirstFT: Jockeying to join Trump’s cabinet

Also in today’s newsletter, Fed and BoE rate decisions, and Germany’s government collapses

World - Financial Times - November 7

FirstFT: Bitcoin hits a record high

Also in today’s newsletter, Kremlin denies Putin spoke to Trump last week and America Inc’s new chief executive

World - Financial Times - November 11

FirstFT: Republicans complete Congress sweep

Also in today’s newsletter, France boycotts COP29 and renowned conservative lawyer dies

World - Financial Times - 6 days ago

Trump seeks to use Cheney appearance with Harris to win Arab American voters

Former President Trump on Monday attacked Vice President Harris and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) ahead of a series of joint appearances by the pair in battleground states, with Trump seeking to ...

Politics - The Hill - October 21

Arab League head eyes Lebanon ceasefire, says Hezbollah idea persists

World - Yahoo News - October 21

Trump tops Harris by 2 points among Arab American voters: Survey

Former President Trump leads Vice President Harris by 2 points among Arab American voters, according to a survey released Monday. The poll, conducted by Arab News/YouGov, found Trump leading the ...

Politics - The Hill - October 22

Arab Americans slightly favor Trump over Harris, says new poll

Poll shows a deadlock in Michigan, a key state on the path to the White House with a large Arab American population. Arab Americans are slightly more likely to vote for Donald Trump than Kamala ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

Tlaib tears into CNN for ‘normalizing’ 'anti-Arab hate' rhetoric on network

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is blasting CNN over a segment that aired on the network Monday during which a panelist made an offensive comment Monday toward Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan. "CNN has ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

‘The Arabs will disappear’: emboldened Israeli settlers eye return to Gaza

Once dismissed as the pipe dream of fringe extremists, the idea of resettling Gaza has gained momentum. From a few points on the periphery between Israel and Gaza, it is possible to see the ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Trump courts Arab American vote as Harris blasts RFK Jr.

Four days before the election, former President Trump tried to pick up support among Arab Americans and Muslims in Dearborn, Mich. Trump also denied that he was trying to get rid of Obamacare. NBC ...

Trump courts Arab and Muslim support, with Harris criticized for 'not engaging'

Former President Trump and his surrogates in the Arab and Muslim communitiesare doubling down on their efforts to win over the traditionally Democratic constituency amid widespread anger over the ...

Politics - The Hill - November 3

Trump’s Strange Bedfellows: Arab Americans and Right-Leaning Jews

Donald J. Trump won votes from Arab Americans and conservative pro-Israel Jews. Someone is likely to be disappointed.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 8

‘They blew it’: Democrats lost 22,000 votes in Michigan’s heavily Arab American cities

Trump’s courting of Arab American voters and the Biden-Harris Gaza policy turned votes away from the Democrat. Kamala Harris received at least 22,000 fewer votes than Joe Biden did four years ...

World - The Guardian - November 9

FirstFT: Trump edges ahead of Harris in FT-Michigan Ross poll on economy

Also in today’s newsletter, Boeing machinists reject company pay offer and Tesla’s turnaround

World - Financial Times - October 24

FirstFT: Twin scandals hit PwC’s Asia profits

Also in today’s newsletter, the fallout from the Madison Square Garden rally and what happened to Project 2025?

World - Financial Times - October 29

FirstFT: Harris calls on America to ‘turn the page’ on Trump

Also in today’s newsletter, Ukraine and Russia hold secret talks, while Alphabet and Reddit shares rise after results

World - Financial Times - October 30

FirstFT: US consumers continue to spend, spend, spend

Also in today’s newsletter, North Korea fires its longest-ever test missile, and the activists ready to challenge the election result

World - Financial Times - October 31

FirstFT: Media groups prepare for election night disinformation

Also in today’s newsletter, bets on US election volatility rise, and UK borrowing costs soar

World - Financial Times - November 1

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