FirstFT: Epstein trustee document contradicts Jes Staley’s testimony
Also in today’s newsletter: Microsoft plots AI ‘self-sufficiency’ and Iran nuclear talks
Transcript: The predator in the Oval Office
Gideon Rachman talks to Stephen Walt
Private equity’s doomsdAI moment
As AI threatens the software sector, some private capital groups face a reckoning
Transcript: A wacky US jobs report
Marc Filippino speaks to Myles McCormick and Andres Schipani
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry — warm-hearted musical is a moving and hopeful journey
This touching production at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket gains potency from its communal setting
EU needs a ‘big bang’ on regulation, says top official
European Council president António Costa blames national capitals for inertia that has left economy trailing China
Picking through $1tn of hedge funds with universities attached
Well endowed
US and Iran showing flexibility on nuclear deal, says top Turkish diplomat
Hakan Fidan tells FT that broadening talks to ballistic missiles would bring ‘nothing but another war’
The WhatsApp moment for money is here
This is the year that stablecoins are becoming part of the mainstream for online and international payments
How is the weight-loss revolution showing up in the data?
Slimming the world is a slow business
The real Greenspan lesson for Warsh on inflation
Those calling for the Fed to cut rates should look again at the relationship between prices and productivity growth
Trump prompts global surge in people viewing US as a threat
Poll for Munich Security Conference shows sharp rise in Canadians and others perceiving peril from Washington
From Spitfires to drones: the UK defence tech cluster harnessing its industrial past
Having made WW2 fighter planes, Honda cars and trains, the English town of Swindon is now emerging as a hub for drones
Toyota bets on Kenta Kon’s financial discipline to survive EV onslaught
Incoming chief executive vows to eliminate ‘any wasteful penny’ in battle with Chinese rival carmakers
Four partners leave EY after independence rule breach on Shell audit
Big Four firm set to be replaced by PwC on lucrative contract after compliance error
Mustafa Suleyman plots AI ‘self-sufficiency’ as Microsoft loosens OpenAI ties
Big Tech group’s AI chief predicts white-collar work could be automated within 18 months
Epstein trustee document contradicts Jes Staley testimony
Signed 2014 contract shows former Barclays boss would be paid $250,000 a year for role
Keir Starmer faces backlash over ousting of Britain’s top civil servant
Cabinet secretary Chris Wormald’s exit follows resignations of prime minister’s chief of staff and communications director
Could a house stager cut your property’s time on market?
Sellers and landlords are increasingly turning to design experts to add lustre to their listings — hoping to speed up transactions and maximise values
Lebanon’s divisive banking bill jeopardises reform agenda
Draft law sets out who should repay savers whose deposits were frozen during country’s devastating financial collapse
Eugène Atget at the ICP — an incomplete picture of a photography master
A New York show spotlights the chronicler of old Paris — but is thin on his masterpieces
At New York Fashion Week, female designers are changing the game
Exceptional women are now at the forefront of the city’s fashion showcase — are they able to save it?
Bright bags to beat the winter blues
Nine charmers with a bouncy attitude
How Walter Iuzzolino sold the UK on subtitled TV
The brains behind Channel 4’s Walter Presents on tracking down the world’s best shows — and moving to a new city each year