Stocks finished higher Friday, lifted by the volatile artificial intelligence trade, leading the market to the upside for the week. The S & P 500 eked out a 0.1% weekly gain, while the Nasdaq gained 0.5%. While logging three positive weeks in the past four, the indexes were still modestly lower for the seasonally strong … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rising prices for UK wool are enough to warm the heart of any knitted seasonal jumper-clad heritage lover. Values still have a way to go before they might improve the lot of sheep farmers but … Read more
Sad female worker carrying her belongings while leaving the office after being fired Isbjorn | Istock | Getty Images Layoffs have been a defining feature of the job market in 2025, with several major companies announcing thousands of job cuts driven by artificial intelligence. In fact, AI was responsible for almost 55,000 layoffs in the … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Workplace pensions myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Royal Mail’s new pension scheme, the first of its kind in the UK, fell almost 5 per cent in its first six months, raising questions over the level of future payouts for its more than … Read more
A photo showing President Donald Trump’s face that was included in the release of the investigative files on notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein — and more than a dozen other files — appears to have been removed from the Department of Justice’s website. The photo, released on Friday along with a slew of other files, … Read more