Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China’s exports to the US plunged last month by the most since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting the stakes for Beijing as Chinese and US negotiators are set to meet in London on…
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airplane tickets are getting cheaper, but it’s getting more expensive to bring your family to an airport lounge. Capital One is the latest company to limit access to booming airport lounges to combat overcrowding. Starting Feb. 1, Venture X and Venture X Business cardholders will no longer be able…
“Ja, ja, ja, now we’re gonna spit on our hands, we will increase the gross national product!” is the refrain from Geier Sturzflug’s biggest hit. The band’s “Gross National Product” topped Germany’s pop charts in 1983, when the country’s work ethic was still ferocious: “when grandpa gets on his bike on Sunday/and sneaks into the…
We all wish to be rich especially when we struggle for years and do not get the return of that in life. But it is not certain that by doing hard work and struggle a person will become a millionaire. There are many people who struggle whole their lives but even when they get old…
Slate Auto electric vehicles inside the startup’s beta production facility in Lake Orion Township, Michigan. Slate Auto LAKE ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. — In a nondescript supplier park in suburban Detroit, an electric vehicle startup backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is building what it hopes will be America’s newest automaker. The facility is filled with…
US restaurants are bracing for staff shortages as the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown threatens to squeeze an already-tight labour market. Restaurant operators nationwide said they were coming under greater scrutiny as immigration officials conduct enforcement sweeps to verify the employment status of workers, including visits to more than a hundred Washington businesses in May. This…
At first glance Bicester Village looks like any other in the Cotswolds, the bucolic corner of England it is located near. It is filled with low-rise buildings with gabled roofs, cobbled streets, wooden benches and greenery. It is, in fact, a shopping centre where designer brands, from Armani to Zegna, sell their wares at discounts…
This article is an on-site version of Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Hello readers. If there is one thing US President Donald Trump obsesses over even more than the size…
