Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. With Sam Altman’s return as chief executive of OpenAI after five days of chaos, it might seem natural to expect things to go back to the way they were. That would be a mistake. OpenAI’s…
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Turkey’s exports to Russia of goods vital for Moscow’s war machine have soared in 2023, and nations at this year’s COP28 summit will revisit a proposal to phase out fossil fuels. Plus, the FT’s Madhumita Murgia explains how one patient in need of a new liver exposed major flaws in the UK’s organ transplant system.…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Novo Nordisk is in talks with healthcare systems about innovative pricing deals for its Wegovy weight loss drug, as it hopes to expand take-up of the obesity treatment by helping health services spread the cost…
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is chair of the Elders and former president of Ireland This year will go down in history as the one when global temperature records were not merely surpassed but shattered. There is also…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. An upcoming sale of shares in OpenAI is set to test how much the past week’s leadership chaos has cost the company and its backers, though big investors are bullish about securing a high valuation.…
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the EU trade myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Major European shipping nations are resisting the EU’s plans to charge vessels entering their waters for emissions, saying the policy could divert maritime trade away from the bloc. In a letter to the European Commission,…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bayer’s chief executive has blamed an “old chemistry mindset” and a chronic lack of investment in research by his predecessors for a thin drug pipeline that has dragged down the group’s share price. “We had…
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the German economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The chief executive of steelmaker Salzgitter has warned that Germany’s big energy users must commit to the country as a base to stave off the creeping deindustrialisation of Europe’s largest economy. Gunnar Groebler, who joined…
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Private medical insurance is booming: unprecedented waiting lists for treatment in the UK’s strained NHS and a crisis in primary care have driven demand to its highest in years. But the surge in demand is storing up problems for health insurers — and the customers relying on them. Patients going private encounter insurers with stretched…
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Indian business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. India is seeking to revive underground coal mining as it tries to boost production to meet the country’s fast-growing energy needs despite international pressure to phase down use of the polluting fossil fuel.…
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