The president-elect of the US is promoting a shitcoin?
The post was on TruthSocial, a platform majority owned by US President-elect Donald Trump, which was taken public through a ...
Letter: Big Tech relieves internet of burden to tell the truth
In “A time for truth and reconciliation” ( Opinion, January 11) is Peter Thiel suggesting that the internet will cast in stone as “truth” the apocalyptic secrets supposedly to be revealed during the ...
Letter: To the barricades? No, Thiel runs to a newspaper
It is interesting that Peter Thiel ( Opinion, January 11) writes that media organisations, among other establishment groups, “traditionally delimited public conversation”. But where does he run when ...
Letter: Politics explains why US wealth gap keeps growing
From Thomas F Remington, Goodrich C White Professor of Political Science (Emeritus), Emory University; Visiting Professor of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US ...
Letter: Here’s a better approach to shareholder capitalism
Shareholder capitalism has long been criticised for being overly focused on the needs of shareholders at the expense of other stakeholders of an organisation ( Letters, December 14).
Letter: Headline salutation won’t escape German readers
Congratulations to the headline writers on Laura Pitel’s report “Germany’s far-right leader hailed by Musk” ( January 11 ). Undoubtedly, the verbal proximity of your “hailed” to a salutation which, ...
Letter: Fifty holidays a year? Literally?
I did wonder after (sadly) reading “Everest in a week” ( Life & Arts, January 11) whether the travel piece in the same paper, describing “50 holidays to take in 2025”, was meant literally?
Transcript: Reeves vs the markets
Lucy Fisher So if you cover the markets, you think it’s the politicians. And if you cover politics, you think it’s the markets. Robert Shrimsley Just to be fair, the famed James Carville quote was not ...
Dale Vince did not donate £5mn to Labour to spite ex-wife, judge rules
A judge has ruled that green tycoon Dale Vince did not give more than £5mn to the UK Labour party to spite his former wife but at the same time has awarded her over £40mn in a high-profile settlement.
Los Angeles after the fires: ‘You can only live in a disaster zone for so long’
The city is pushing to rebuild areas devasted by wildfires. But the costs and the mounting risks of future disasters are hard to overcome ...
US regulator sues Pepsi over discounts to Walmart at expense of smaller rivals
The US Federal Trade Commission is suing PepsiCo over allegations that it engaged in illegal price discrimination by providing Walmart with unfair advantages.
Tennessee drops BlackRock ESG suit after asset manager agrees concessions
Tennessee has dropped its landmark lawsuit against BlackRock after the $11.6tn money manager promised to increase disclosure and compliance around its use of environmental, social and governance ...