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World - Financial Times

FirstFT: China’s ‘rich list’ of billionaires shrinks again

Also in today’s newsletter, US and Taiwan set for talks to end double taxation, and PwC profits fall in Asia amid scandals

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World - Financial Times

FirstFT: China launches large military exercises near Taiwan

Also in today’s newsletter, Trump backs strong dollar, says adviser, and EY delays start dates for recruits

October 14

World - ABC News

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming tops China's rich list

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming tops the list of China’s richest people, according to the Hurun Research Institute, although many of them have seen their net worth plunge over the past year

18 hours ago

China to offer Taliban tariff-free trade as it inches closer to isolated resource-rich regime

China will offer the Taliban tariff-free access to its vast construction, energy and consumer sectors, Beijing’s envoy to Afghanistan said on Thursday.

4 days ago

Business - CNBC

ByteDance founder tops China's rich list for the first time, beating Tencent and Nongfu heads

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming is now China's richest for the first time, according to Hurun Research Institute's China Rich List.

22 hours ago

World - Financial Times

FirstFT: Uber explored bid for travel website Expedia

Also in today’s newsletter, Kamala Harris locks horns with Fox News interviewer Bret Baier and Wall Street roars back

October 17

World - Financial Times

FirstFT: Japan plunges into political chaos

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

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World - Financial Times

FirstFT: Israel grapples with shortage of air defence missiles

Also in today’s newsletter, Nvidia share price hits new record and tensions rise on the Korean peninsula

October 15

World - Financial Times

FirstFT: Musk backs Trump election bid with $75mn donation

Also in today’s newsletter, luxury shares fall after poor LVMH results and Boeing raises new capital

October 16

World - Financial Times

FirstFT: Hizbollah warns of ‘new and escalating’ phase of war

Also in today’s newsletter, Zelenskyy says in FT interview that Nato invitation is needed to stop war, and Netflix shares rise after upbeat results

October 18

World - Financial Times

FirstFT: Calls grow for investigation into Musk election giveaways

Also in today’s newsletter, Trump’s vulgar ramble and Boeing workers to vote on pay deal

October 21

World - Financial Times

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

October 22

World - Financial Times

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

5 days ago

World - Financial Times

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?

19 hours ago

Business - Financial Times

$10mn? $30mn? $100mn? The redefinition of the super-rich

The rapid rise in billionaires has disrupted what it means to be part of the moneyed elite

October 14

Is there a danger of F1 becoming the best rich drivers?

F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions before the season resumes with this weekend's United States Grand Prix.

October 15

World - The Guardian

My brilliant Korea: rediscovery of a rich cultural narrative

By writing a book about Korean myths, a writer learned that the old stories ran deep in her family. In my childhood homes, I grew up with Korean culture all around me. For years we had a woodblock ...

October 20

World - Financial Times

The Patagonian shale riches driving Argentina to an energy surplus

New oil pipelines will boost exports from the Vaca Muerta formation, although gas infrastructure is more complex

6 days ago

Business - Financial Times

How squeezing the rich through tax may backfire

If Britain is to have a more European welfare state, it needs a more European tax system

5 days ago

World - Financial Times

FirstFT: Shares in McDonald’s plunge on links to E. coli outbreak

Also in today’s newsletter, Israel claims Nasrallah’s heir killed and Starbucks scraps financial guidance

6 days ago

World - Financial Times

FirstFT: Partner pay at US law firms hits record levels

Also in today’s newsletter, US backs huge lithium mine and Canada cuts immigration programme

4 days ago

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