Labour hails ‘seismic’ by-election result as Tories haemorrhage council seats but hold on to Tees Valley
https://www.ft.com/content/115ae751-de12-43b3-9bb3-380ea9d510f2
Insight into macroeconomics and the financial markets from the Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/content/35d5d995-fdab-493c-8201-3aa35fbd76b2
Regulator says BF Borgers ran ‘sham audit mill’
https://www.ft.com/content/16947980-2da2-49f3-980c-401c80cb36a9
Executives project optimism about coming months after earnings report surpasses downbeat expectations
https://www.ft.com/content/935fcc5e-d8e4-4620-927d-ae7e1dfcfda1
More than 200 dead and 160,000 displaced as torrential rain wreaks havoc in east African country
https://www.ft.com/content/7d37a457-a939-4a14-a340-b9e357347a0d
UK prime minister faces a mutinous party after worst initial council poll results in 40 years
https://www.ft.com/content/934fde8c-8448-40b7-a6c7-a73ab1462a84
Fines threatened for producers who cut product size without informing consumers
https://www.ft.com/content/61c3975d-ca0e-4043-bc47-79120bb19347
Non-farm payrolls figure for April indicates US economy is cooling and bolsters expectations for rate cuts this year
https://www.ft.com/content/fad96dd0-7064-4a74-bffb-e74b9b28ac09
French bank reports smaller than expected drop in profit after strong performance in equities trading
https://www.ft.com/content/0e4e8ff3-ce15-4ffd-bff2-4eb1cca24caf
Foreign minister vows ‘consequences’ for 2023 hack targeting Social Democrats
https://www.ft.com/content/6946fb91-df7e-43c4-a84a-3bee0dcf4a13
Red Lobster is in trouble but luxury feasts with unlimited steak and champagne are thriving
https://www.ft.com/content/19a6216a-670a-4090-8136-534e4c9de0d5
The American lawyer on the problem of overturning of Roe vs Wade, the ‘psychological difficulty’ of retirement — and what ‘Macbeth’ tells us about Washington
https://www.ft.com/content/8729aeee-0613-4c38-8c7a-27ab8f9a676e
Trip to tropical island brings Rassemblement National to brink of break-up with Alternative for Germany
https://www.ft.com/content/69225eb2-4fa2-448d-bc62-a4d7a7eccfee
Confiscating hundreds of billions of foreign reserves could transform Ukraine’s war. But the US and Europe disagree on how far to go
https://www.ft.com/content/0d77f54b-af74-4186-9cae-237528ad7d69
Freddie Mac wants to enter the secondary home equity loan market in a win-win for the government, Wall Street and consumers
https://www.ft.com/content/1d287e0c-afda-46f0-9961-9da157b50101
Spirits group hires Coca-Cola bottler’s CFO to replace Lavanya Chandrashekar after three years in role
https://www.ft.com/content/ceb5560d-0ffd-4f88-93a6-0f76a680403c
CEOs weighing mergers may think twice after FTC bars industry veteran from Exxon’s board
https://www.ft.com/content/6a22b7e8-f917-43c8-a046-a99da2377817
It is no longer clear the sprawling business remains in the group’s sweet spot as global warming reorders industry
https://www.ft.com/content/550bc3c4-855a-4f5a-8b1c-c52219dec204
As the threat of a Chinese invasion intensifies, one soldier is waging his own battle on defeatism
https://www.ft.com/content/5226d905-7644-450f-a9b9-89462ebe35ce
Join me and let’s try to double our savings in eight years
https://www.ft.com/content/94be6229-e936-451a-96ec-d70273577524
Zhipu AI, Moonshot AI, MiniMax and 01.ai are striving to rival the success of US counterparts
https://www.ft.com/content/4e6676c8-eaf9-4d4a-a3dc-71a09b220bf8
Government interventions this week fail to ease concerns about plunging currency
https://www.ft.com/content/a22643db-1e86-421b-acc1-5332bc99415d
By shifting its mix of businesses to services, the tech company has kept margins expanding even as sales dip
https://www.ft.com/content/9528edd3-f963-4694-b28a-8584f1378278
ExxonMobil agrees to bar Scott Sheffield from board after federal regulator’s allegations
https://www.ft.com/content/aac55afc-78a2-415b-bb1b-b6118fa5e2eb
Fed is unlikely to get to its 2% inflation target unless it is willing to impose major damage on the economy
https://www.ft.com/content/aa8c68f7-9dad-465f-ab92-c64c38337a84
Danish group beats expectations with first-quarter sales up 24% and raises annual forecast on high demand
https://www.ft.com/content/dcc1e573-0b5d-4d3a-a581-abd93388ff76
Kavish Kataria complains of losing his bonuses and claims his options trades made money
https://www.ft.com/content/b326fbcd-db29-45eb-9e1d-772ccd498d66
Sticky inflation means the Federal Reserve less likely to reduce borrowing costs before November election
https://www.ft.com/content/90b70efb-b0e6-4054-a650-132401b1b975
Accountancy firm did not want to be associated with former US president’s social media venture
https://www.ft.com/content/24668c3f-bcc9-49c2-ac97-2ecf4207a101