FirstFT: Elon Musk’s war on management consultants

• Elon Musk’s Doge to expand blitz against spending on consultants

  Firms including Deloitte and Accenture told to justify billions of dollars’ worth of contracts
  
  Financial Times - 9h
• 

  Tesla Fires a Manager Who Criticized Elon Musk on Social Media

  The employee objected to a post on X by Mr. Musk, Tesla’s chief executive and a top adviser to President Trump, that referred to Nazi leaders.
  
  The New York Times - 6d
• 

  GOP senator praises Elon Musk as the ‘United States’ consultant’ amid federal cuts

  In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) defends President Trump and Elon Musk's cuts to federal agencies amid backlash from Oklahoma voters.
  
  NBC News - Feb. 23

• UK’s Leading Management Consultants 2025: the ratings

  Consultancies recommended by clients and peers, rated by sectors and services
  
  Financial Times - Feb. 27
• 

  What Elon Musk Got Wrong About Why Federal Retirement Is Still Managed out of a Limestone Mine

  The massive underground facility, which has been used to store archives since the 1960s, remains a crucial but convoluted hub for US government records.
  
  Wired - Feb. 22
• 

  Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Criticizes DOGE and Elon Musk’s Management Style

  “It’s not good for a business to run that way,” Wozniak said of recent DOGE mass firings.
  
  Inc. - 18h

• FirstFT: US drives UN resolution on Ukraine war with Russian backing

  Also in today’s newsletter, US companies left out of defence stock rally and BP abandons pledge to cut oil and gas output
  
  Financial Times - Feb. 25
• 

  Elon Musk Zeroes In on the I.R.S.

  The tech mogul’s cost-cutting initiative is seeking sensitive taxpayer data, drawing concerns about privacy, potential political retribution and more.
  
  The New York Times - Feb. 18

• Elon Musk is the fox in the henhouse of science

  The businessman’s central role in threatening American research has sparked protests in the UK’s Royal Society
  
  Financial Times - 1d

More from Financial Times

• The deteriorating state of US relations with Ukraine

  Also in today’s newsletter, farmers sound off about how tariffs will impact their industry
  
  Financial Times - 15m

• TSMC plays its hand in Donald Trump’s tariff war

  The Taiwanese chipmaker’s attempt to keep the US president on side is not without risks
  
  Financial Times - 15m

• Inflation and interest rates tracker: see how your country compares

  Inflationary pressures are beginning to wane but not all central banks have taken action yet. See how this affects you
  
  Financial Times - 17m

• Turkey cuts interest rates to 42.5% after inflation falls to 2-year low

  Borrowing costs reduced for third month running after price rises ease to below 40 per cent for first time since June 2023
  
  Financial Times - 50m

• US grain prices tumble as trade war sparks fears of glut

  Wheat and soyabean fall as China and Canada impose retaliatory tariffs on foodstuffs
  
  Financial Times - 1h

More in World

• 

  5 convicted of plotting to overthrow German government and kidnap the health minister

  A German court has convicted five people of plotting to overthrow the government in a far-right coup and kidnap the former health minister
  
  ABC News - 13m

• The deteriorating state of US relations with Ukraine

  Also in today’s newsletter, farmers sound off about how tariffs will impact their industry
  
  Financial Times - 15m

• TSMC plays its hand in Donald Trump’s tariff war

  The Taiwanese chipmaker’s attempt to keep the US president on side is not without risks
  
  Financial Times - 15m
• 

  Ange and the Boss: the Australian title and ties that bind Postecoglou and Puskás

  There is emotional and cultural heft to the story revealed in a film about the Hungarian football great’s time as coach of South Melbourne Hellas. Based on a blur of childhood memory that hardly ...
  
  The Guardian - 15m
• 

  Couples fight about housework. Couples divorce about housework. Surely it would be easier if men just did more housework? | Lucy Clark

  Dividing household tasks fairly and upending some gender norms along the way is good for everyone. . Many moons ago, when I was much less cynical than I am now, I wrote a story for a newspaper ...
  
  The Guardian - 15m