Nvidia shares fall as it probes alleged Chinese spy scandal
Board of chipmaker opens investigation after chief executive Jensen Huang admits to affair
Alleged Chinese spy linked to Nvidia chief pitched AI chip deals to investors
Alice Huang boasted of having access to Nvidia GPUs and her connection to Alibaba
Russia caps petrol sales after wave of Ukrainian strikes on refineries
State-owned Rosneft limits sales to 30 litres per car in cities and 50 litres on highways
Whitbread investors slap down activist Corvex’s bid for board seat
Shareholders in Premier Inn owner vote against resolution to hand board seat to US hedge fund
The UK Treasury needs to keep consumers front and centre
The Financial Services and Markets Bill sees the pendulum swinging purposefully towards deregulation
Equity volatility is maybe a bit sort-of back
Sweat Vix and chill
US stocks rebound after AI rout
Lower oil prices help equity indices shrug off fall in Nvidia shares
Russell Brand jailed for 10 years and six months for rape and sexual assault
Former comedian is latest celebrity found to have exploited his fame for sexual gratification
UniCredit set to seal Commerzbank takeover this month
Italian lender plans to launch restructuring of German target in first quarter of 2027
Germany issues ultimatum to secure Ukraine funding
Chancellor Friedrich Merz threatens to withhold agreement on EU’s next budget unless bloc can unanimously agree on additional financial support for Kyiv
The labour left is back in America
Candidates backed by unions helped the Democrats win in some of their former heartlands
Super-Beast: The Mysterious Life of Saki — a dealer in lethal one-liners
Oliver Soden’s snappy biography of HH Munro acknowledges that the Edwardian satirist remains an elusive subject — and is all the better for it
Chess: Magnus Carlsen returns to combat in Budapest and London
Puzzle: find Black’s instructive win
What next for the Democrats? | Martin Wolf on the US midterms
Does the scale of their victory mean they have the country’s backing, or just that Republicans were unpopular?
The Democrats’ partial return to tariff sanity
The new masters of Congress may be content with reversing Donald Trump’s duties on Canada
Trump, Putin and the short war illusion
The American and Russian leaders have both launched failed wars. Will Xi Jinping learn the right lesson?
Merz nominates Germany’s first female president
Bavarian conservative Ilse Aigner expected to succeed Frank-Walter Steinmeier in March
Despite protests in Paris, Céline Dion will go on
A sold-out run by the queen of power ballads, extended into 2027, is a rare bit of good news for France amid nationwide strikes
Are you into weird, esoteric financial history memorabilia?
Then you’re in luck
Dolly Parton’s swan song and a Rosalía tribute enliven U2’s Carnaval de Luz
The Irish rockers incorporate a Latin flavour in a set of songs that starts forcefully, then falters, before being lifted by the late country star
And the FTAV chart quiz winner is . . .
Capulets and chartagues
Another round – of bagatelle
Backgammon, skittles and mahjong are bringing new life to the boozer
Alberta leader faces backlash after winning referendum to remain in Canada
Danielle Smith accused of ‘betrayal’ by rightwing separatists and of immigration fear-mongering by leftwing opposition
Ronald Lauder’s art legacy, Ghentrification and the world’s smartest toaster
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