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Oil prices fall after Trump’s Venezuela strikes

Investors weigh short-term disruption to exports from South American country against potential to pump more crude

Plus, banks and activist investors

Private equity firm to take majority stake in Interpath in deal that would see HIG Capital exit

Also in this newsletter: France jumps the gun on pesticide protection measures

Grok; Venezuela; AI and private markets; crypto thieves; Tolkien nerdery

Also in today’s newsletter: Greenland threats and France’s far right

Industry insiders have warned the process could take years — and cost tens of billions of dollars

Donald Trump’s toppling of President Nicolás Maduro opens door to US investors eyeing world’s largest crude reserve

Florida residents rejoice at authoritarian leader’s ousting, even as some nurse apprehension about future

The AI mania could wane and drag down the economies of the two superpowers, but the rest of the world is well positioned to pick up the slack

Antitrust enforcers suffer setbacks in huge monopoly cases as judges prove reluctant to carve up businesses

Washington has built its transition plans around vice-president Delcy Rodríguez, a canny operator close to the oil industry

Central bank aims to introduce the tokens in 2029 but parties in the European parliament are divided

Proceeds from supermarket, warehouse and petrol station sales have been used to cut debt accrued in leveraged buyouts

Majority of respondents in FT’s annual survey say economy will not be strong enough for people to feel better off

The surge in investment may end up looking more like previous cycles of over-optimism and heavy capital spending

Novelis executive says European metal sector in terminal decline despite consumers willing to pay more for recycled products

Rassemblement National leader Jordan Bardella holds once-taboo meetings with CEOs and investors

From a 22-year-old’s striking debut to fictional forays by acclaimed poets, first novels that conjure China, Spain, Italy, Wyoming and a royal castle

Industry reported $38bn in transactions in 2025 as consolidation intensifies

For delicious, time-honoured dishes served with snapshots of local life, dining at one of the city’s countless ‘esnaf’ restaurants is essential

The latest batch of spaces seen on screen offer a smorgasbord of design inspiration

The issue of women’s hair shedding is taking over salons and social media. The fix depends on the, ahem, root cause

As 2026 begins, optimists are talking down bubble anxiety