Breaking USMCA would be ‘lose-lose’ scenario after Trump talks of blocking Chinese vehicles crossing border
https://www.ft.com/content/c79cb87b-0a85-4992-9fc5-8a8dde4244d2
Continuing supply chain bottlenecks come as carriers race to unveil new cabins to attract customers
https://www.ft.com/content/b07ee882-5058-4098-8ae5-1667ce63a130
Former Barclays boss to chair lossmaking video platform that claims $3bn value
https://www.ft.com/content/5baa7c56-e57b-4195-a8ff-bd7f95f48b2f
New team faces steep challenge as high-profile listings sink
https://www.ft.com/content/c77a82a7-ee6d-4d6f-9bec-f410d6fffe38
Preparations have begun to allow breakdancers at the Place de la Concorde and archers at Les Invalides
https://www.ft.com/content/dd2016bf-7362-4e09-855d-af9b19614bdd
Dana Mattioli’s important book looks the winner-takes-all dynamic that built a competition-squashing behemoth
https://www.ft.com/content/48bd51aa-ea9a-4cd1-9d20-448ee5ce80f8
The antiquated system of setting prices is frustrating for merchants and their customers
https://www.ft.com/content/7851d03c-9c7b-49f0-b34a-1d6a2906fc38
The 107-year-old South African mining group, long resistant to change, has now rejected a takeover offer from BHP
https://www.ft.com/content/e65e0527-52fe-42e6-982c-bc3efe0cd691
Workers’ groups increasingly adopt strategies used by activist hedge funds to exert pressure on companies
https://www.ft.com/content/b05a8b9a-d284-46a9-896a-12b6f2e99c2a
Court has warned lender it is likely to lose parts of complex lawsuit brought by former shareholders of rival
https://www.ft.com/content/2013f39b-0050-485c-9b19-538be138cba5
Combined market value of the two tech giants rose by more than $250bn after revenue growth beat expectations
https://www.ft.com/content/f01c6852-8aa6-4cc0-991d-38f15077ba92
Shares of Google’s parent company jump after first-quarter earnings beat expectations and $70bn stock buyback
https://www.ft.com/content/23b4b384-5971-4f91-a9c9-8a779d10b6bc
Director says technology at some point will ‘write a script, direct a movie’
https://www.ft.com/content/37a8e470-1521-4ba1-a40d-e2880da9aceb
Move comes as Biden administration begins parcelling out funds unlocked by Congress this week
https://www.ft.com/content/bfd54fd8-de16-4a5a-97e7-14c701e9520f
Settlement resolves second of Berkshire Hathaway’s three big legal entanglements over the past year
https://www.ft.com/content/86da53d4-0a7b-4e24-9946-124bc7014d96
UK-listed company says Australian miner’s takeover approach ‘significantly undervalues’ it
https://www.ft.com/content/afe3c68d-1b77-4a2f-9055-22c72f06c48d
Also in this newsletter: US inflation higher than expected, panic on Wall Street, science round-up
https://www.ft.com/content/bf78d1ea-4135-4737-a4b0-c3fdfea79e3e
Companies analysis from our sister publication
https://www.ft.com/content/83e1243f-fa66-4c78-a48e-2f69a0af9cc8
Quarterly results signal pullback from bumper earnings in past two years
https://www.ft.com/content/d1582cea-4375-4bd6-9da9-e5255733495a
Financial companies scramble to rework contracts and tie down personnel after US Federal Trade Commission rule
https://www.ft.com/content/681ca675-d92a-4be1-bcd3-ed31c16ab191
Companies
https://www.ft.com/content/712b2c1e-e9b2-430e-bcf6-ddc3c2874d4c
Government says it met Virgin O2 chief executive and Ofcom after incidents last year
https://www.ft.com/content/accd4c72-a7fa-4f82-9c48-4a20cf75124a
Breakdown of accounts comes as testing on Tideway tunnel set to begin and UK’s biggest water provider faces debt crisis
https://www.ft.com/content/1b58a0f7-cf7a-4d39-9ebb-93db7172ece3
Checks on food arriving at Dover will be carried out on the outskirts of Ashford
https://www.ft.com/content/b0b1c393-3f17-490b-9823-85073ccebd27
Sports streaming group accuses DFL of ‘unlawful behaviour’ after losing out to Sky
https://www.ft.com/content/60b13d1f-a150-49cc-843a-322aa1807262