German billionaire says €250mn Bayern Munich deal about more than money
Family stake in Germany’s most successful football club driven by passion as much as financial returns, Maximilian Viessmann says
What my most embarrassing job interview taught me
Job hunters should not have to disclose their pay history or guess what salary is on offer
Bolsonaro and Lula face off in knife-edge Brazil election
Rightwing challenger seeks to oust leftist president and bring Latin America’s largest country closer to Donald Trump
Luxury groups’ value drops by €250bn as Chinese consumer demand fades
Slowdown in China and cooling global stock markets are exacerbating a downturn for European sector
Martin Wolf on the US midterms: What’s at stake for the world?
The FT’s chief economics commentator speaks to writer and historian Anne Applebaum about why the elections matter beyond America
Mercuria challenging the ‘Dow Jones of shipping’ in court after Hormuz losses
Case will test the Baltic Exchange’s decision to keep publishing price estimates for shipping oil through the Strait of Hormuz during the war
The Black Sea is now the world’s deadliest shipping route
Fatalities of commercial sailors caught in battle between Russia and Ukraine are outstripping deaths in the Gulf
Life after USAID in Somalia
Jowhar, a town on the frontline of conflict, climate change and aid cuts, is preparing for flooding as international support evaporates
The right’s obsession with ‘civil war’ in Britain
Many of those stoking fears of bloody unrest don’t actually live in the country
More than 1mn antiquities returned to countries of origin
First comprehensive database of looted items returned by museums and collectors suggests articles worth at least $2bn have been repatriated since 1950
Many care services in England have never been inspected by regulator
Backlog of assessment calls into question Andy Burnham’s vow to fix the ‘broken’ system
Why is it getting harder to raise taxes in the UK?
IMF argues that major reform is needed of Britain’s tax complexity and competitiveness
Conservatives and Reform ready their attacks on Healey’s Budget
UK’s rightwing opposition parties hope to get some attention from voters for their rival economic programmes
Eight delicious pumpkin recipes
From a spiced loaf cake to comforting soup and the classic pie, here’s why the seasonal icon belongs on a plate rather than a doorstep
Climate accounting body in battle over corporate ‘capture’, say staff
Former BCG partner involved in drafting job description before taking the role
‘Designer baby’ start-ups test limits of biotech taboo
Failed ventures have not cooled investor appetite for gene-editing groups and one of the most contested frontiers in science
Billionaire benevolence is booming, but it comes with strings
Generating goodwill is helpful in building data centres and developing bots with minimum governmental intervention
The Bethlehem Project: Voters feel anxious and uncertain as US midterms near
The FT sat down with more than a dozen voters in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, ahead of n…
Why 17 is not the magic number in industrial policy
A lack of focus threatens to hobble Japanese premier Sanae Takaichi’s growth strategy
Co-operate to avoid being hostage to geopolitics, Australia tells ‘middle powers’
Jim Chalmers argues economic security and bolstering supply chains would benefit consumers
SoftBank-backed drone maker wants every farmer to ‘have their own robot’
Chinese start-up XAG believes pilotless crop sprayers are the answer to a dwindling workforce and rising temperatures
Hundreds of thousands protest in France in second weekend of mass demonstrations
Government puts 70,000 police officers on the streets to boost security after last weekend’s riots
Sunday Number 168: News Puzzle
Ukraine military says Starlink service restrictions have been lifted
Slowdown in drone communication system had hampered Kyiv’s ability to defend itself against Russian strikes