Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk raise profit outlook as weight-loss drug demand soars
Drugmakers’ share prices diverge as investors take dim view of Novo’s over-reliance on obesity treatments
Strong box office for ‘Toy Story 5’ boosts Disney as US theme parks rebound
Shares rise as entertainment group increases buyback plan
The bureaucratic misery of India’s voter revision
Millions of Indians have been forced into the near-impossible task of trying to prove they are who they say they are
Europe and the eternal north-south rift
On defence, the two sides of the continent increasingly inhabit different worlds
Russian bombardment kills 17 in Kyiv as Ukraine runs low on interceptors
Patriot interceptor stocks are depleted as retaliatory 40-day air campaign expires
Flutter chief steps down as gambling group cuts guidance
Peter Jackson to be replaced as CEO by head of Flutter’s international business in October
Remember when the US Treasury caused that major yen rally in ‘98?
Us neither
China launches global tax hunt going back decades
Fiscal pressure sparks retroactive campaign and tougher controls on future offshore capital flows
As airlines struggle, their suppliers are flying high
The aviation supply chain is buoyant but its wings will be clipped if customers struggle
Citadel surges 6% after swoop on Situational Awareness
Ken Griffin’s flagship fund bought billions of dollars of AI stocks from Leopold Aschenbrenner’s firm
Hooked on diesel: the economy looking to kick the habit
Pacific island of Palau is fundraising for a pivot to clean energy
Ted Lasso season 4 — can a women’s football team save this dwindling comedy?
Trusty stars Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham benefit from fresh material but the series is not a glorious return to form
High-stakes Michigan Democratic Senate primary too close to call
Fewer than 20,000 votes separate centrist congresswoman Haley Stevens and progressive challenger Abdul El-Sayed
The Old Man by the Sea — memory and make-believe merge in a comic beachside stroll
Award-winning Italian author Domenico Starnone’s elegantly translated novel is a mischievous blurring of past and present
Uber pledges $10bn to win robotaxi race
Chief Dara Khosrowshahi lauds strong bookings and record cash flow as company seeks to fund costly AV push
Jacques Marie Mage – Patti Smith’s favoured optical shop
The luxury eyewear house has landed in London
The hottest garden furniture for high summer
Smart designs for every occasion
Where are they now? The ex-Trump lawyers in plum US government posts
Todd Blanche is the latest former member of the president’s personal legal team to snag a prestigious federal position
FirstFT: Hopes for Strait of Hormuz deal grow
Also in today’s newsletter: SpaceX shares fall after maiden results and Trump administration revokes visa of Brazil’s ambassador
Ancient Rome's poor didn’t scrimp on dining | The Story of Money
It was an uncertain place for ordinary people, where hunger was just a failed harvest away
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Musk’s SpaceX unnerves investors with lavish AI spending plans
Shares slide in pre-market trading even as group says its quarterly revenues nearly doubled
US bans exports of various used critical minerals
Washington announces year-long ban on overseas sales of scrap tungsten and ‘black mass’
Burnham rewires the ‘unaccountable’ state
Prime minister’s opening devolution gambit does not lack ambition