US seizes Russian tanker in Atlantic
Interception follows failure of bid to capture vessel as it headed to Venezuela last month
Eurozone inflation falls to 2% in December
Economists polled by FT do not expect interest rate cut this year
US says using military is among ‘options’ to acquire Greenland
White House says annexation of semi-autonomous territory from Denmark is ‘national security priority’
US job vacancies fell sharply in November, official data shows
Vacancies were 7.1mn in November, well below consensus expectations for 7.6mn
Zilch buys Lithuanian lender to secure European banking licence
UK fintech agrees $38mn deal as it eyes international expansion and potential IPO
Hipster robots and cuddly AI take over Las Vegas
The annual Consumer Electronics Show is a smorgasbord of futuristic tech products
UK government cuts estimated cost to businesses of workers’ rights bill
Revised impact assessment says ministers had been ‘deliberately cautious’ in their initial review
Synthetic skin based on octopus biology promises uses in robotics
New technique varies colour and texture to open up potential applications in display technologies
Argentina taps foreign banks for $3bn loan ahead of debt repayment
One-year repo agreement will also help Javier Milei’s government build vital dollar reserves
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US seeks to control sales of Venezuelan oil ‘indefinitely’
Crude revenues to be funnelled to American banks as Washington lifts some sanctions on Caracas
Syria readies offensive after clashes with Kurdish forces in Aleppo
Violence comes after months of rising tension between Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government and Kurdish-led SDF
Trump’s Venezuela operation echoes the CIA’s Chile playbook
The US move against Maduro has eerie parallels to the coup that ousted Salvador Allende in 1973
Saudi air strikes target UAE-backed separatist leader in Yemen
Bombing of Aidarous al-Zubaidi’s home region marks escalation in crisis pitting Riyadh against Abu Dhabi
Strategy’s stay of exclusion
MSCI chickens out (for now)
Chinese miners strike gold on record prices
The rally reflects continued buying by central banks and a repricing of monetary risk
The auto sector’s bumpy road to an electric future
Battery-powered cars continue to gain global market share despite setbacks
Trump says Venezuela will turn over oil to US
President says money earned from sale of up to 50mn barrels of sanctioned crude ‘will be controlled by me’
Carillion finance directors accept FCA fines eight years after its collapse
UK watchdog penalises Richard Adam and Zafar Khan over failures to highlight problems at outsourcing group
Starmer puts minister in charge of digital ID rollout
Josh Simons will look at expanding contentious scheme to be a catalyst for reforming public services
MPs will vote on any deployment of UK troops to Ukraine, says Starmer
Prime minister under pressure over pledges made as part of security guarantees to underpin proposed peace deal
The ‘catastrophic’ state of Venezuela’s oil facilities
Donald Trump wants a Venezuelan oil reboot. But years of neglect have left corroded tanks, leaking pipelines and collapsing production
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Warner Bros rejects Paramount’s ‘inadequate’ $108bn hostile bid
Board warns shareholders over ‘extraordinary’ amount of debt financing and $4.7bn of costs if it backs out of Netflix deal