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Everything the novelist has learnt from a decade of dinners and dating:
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Private equity backers refuse to roll over investments as returns dwindle
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Data from investment bank Houlihan Lokey shows 92% opting to cash out
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One year on: UK communities count the cost of anti-immigration riots
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Charities and politicians describe a ‘tinder box’ atmosphere in some areas
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Crypto lenders dial up risk with ‘microfinance on steroids’
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Digital asset price boom inspires new ventures making precarious loans despite painful wipeout three years ago
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The UK’s aversion to super-CEOs might be due for a rethink | opinion.
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The idea that splitting chief executive and chair roles is necessary deserves debate
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The truly worrying thing about the Coldplay concert scandal | opinion.
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The wild afterlife of the affair incident shows we need to do more to confront online rot
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The Very Online Right has come for Britain too | opinion.
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New media repackages old fashioned bigotry for the modern age
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Israel to airdrop food into Gaza as it rebuffs famine claims
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Netanyahu’s government denies it has deliberately starved civilians in the blockaded territory
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EU and US locked in talks ahead of key Trump meeting with von der Leyen
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Leaders due to meet on Sunday in bid to avoid economically damaging transatlantic trade war
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For years, FT film critic Danny Leigh searched the city for traces of the Hollywood he’d grown up watching. Then he realised he’d been looking in all the wrong places
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'I have tired of the floaty dress formula. It is time to find a style that’s more imaginative,' says Alexa Chung
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Thames Water boss keeps bonus despite missing target after restatement
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Embattled utility undershot cash flow goal to trigger awards for Chris Weston and other managers
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‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation
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Israel’s offensive and aid curbs tip enclave of 2.1mn Palestinians into famine
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How long can the US economy defy expectations?
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Despite the tariff shock, inflation is modest, stocks are up, and unemployment is low. Some experts insist it is too soon to tell
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Over Lunch with the FT, the Italian ‘king of cashmere’, discusses his advocacy of ‘humanistic capitalism’, his thoughts on President Trump and Elon Musk – and why we shouldn’t be worried about the global trade war
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Tim Harford on how a well-timed kind word can change everything:
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Canary Wharf hotel becomes flashpoint for anti-migrant protests
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Demonstrations show no signs of abating with unrest expected in other parts of England this weekend
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The songs that say summer – for @stephenkb Janine Gibson @martinwolf_ @rbrtrmstrng @edwardgluce Lilah Raptopoulos Jo Ellison Henry Mance @jayrayner1 @jemimajoanna @timharford and lots more FT writers. Read, listen and watch here:
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Stephen Bush, Jemima Kelly, Martin Wolf and other FT writers choose the tracks that evoke festivals, first loves, sunshine and cricket
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US kicks off $151bn procurement process for Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’
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Defence contractors and start-ups line up for windfall from missile defence project
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Two lesser-known factors behind David Swensen’s success at Yale | opinion.
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The nurturing of in-house talent and close partnerships with external managers helped drive returns
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