The world in a glance.

My husband and I are 75. We have $1.5 million in stocks and $425,000 in savings. Is that too much cash?

“We are debt-free, and he will get 80% of his salary when he retires.”

‘This would be a one-time event’: How can I take extra money from my 401(k) without triggering higher Medicare premiums?

“I generally withdraw money from my traditional 401(k) for projects, larger expenses and sometimes just to stay ahead on upcoming bills.”

‘This is a tricky subject’: We’re in our 70s and our only child is 40. Do we leave her everything?

“It makes us feel uncomfortable.”

Are we at the start of a new investment super-cycle?

AI, clean energy and defence spending are reinforcing each other, amplifying potential spend

Harry's and Coterie owner Mammoth Brands has ambitions to be the next CPG giant

Mammoth's direct-to-consumer brands have helped upend the razor, diaper and deodorant categories.

We thought we found the perfect luxury retirement community, but it’s millions of dollars in debt. Are we trapped?

“If we were to leave, we would lose a portion of our buy-in — about $80,000.”

Russian drone hits nuclear fuel site near Chernobyl

Radiation levels remain ‘within normal limits’, says Ukraine’s state nuclear company

Voters sour on Trump’s handling of inflation and grocery prices — FT poll

US president blamed for high cost of living as Iran war deepens discontent

‘He’s taking advantage of me’: My husband won’t sell his home so we can combine our finances and live in comfort. Am I unreasonable?

“Our homes are 20 miles apart, and he still drives back and forth almost daily.”

Europe risks ‘mass unemployment’ without reform, warns ABB boss

Morten Wierod calls for urgent deregulation as energy shock from Iran war dents EU competitiveness

Expensive oil is making electric vehicles look positively cheap

Petrol retails for £1.58 a litre in the UK, up about 20% since the start of the year

OpenAI plots biggest ChatGPT overhaul since launch

$850bn start-up to recast hit chatbot as a route to higher-margin products before a potential IPO

We are optimising ourselves to death

A tracker might tell you that you got to bed too late, but it doesn’t tell you that you were busy living your life

Ferrari diehards debate whether buying its first EV is test of loyalty

Group has banned dealers from bundling Luce sales and access to exclusive models as it seeks new clients

Trump’s outbursts rattle Gulf allies

US president’s threat against longtime mediator heightens concerns about unpredictability of Washington’s policy

Will America’s evangelicals stick with Trump?

A critical part of the president’s base is questioning whether his politics and rhetoric align with Christian values

US weighs using Iranian assets to compensate Gulf allies for war damage

Proposal comes as relations between Trump administration and regional partners have been strained by conflict

Tokio Marine boss to use Berkshire deal for global growth drive

Masahiro Koike aims to turn Japanese group into top five global insurer within a decade

‘This would be a one-time event’: How can I take extra money from my 401(k) without triggering higher Medicare premiums?

“I generally withdraw money from my traditional 401(k) for projects, larger expenses and sometimes just to stay ahead on upcoming bills.”

Bouygues Telecom consortium agrees to buy Patrick Drahi’s SFR for €20.35bn

Bid from group including Orange and Free-Iliad faces showdown with antitrust regulators in Paris and Brussels

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to surpass pre-Iran War capacity without price cuts

Airline had its planes grounded when fighting began but demand for transit through region has recovered

What we know about the plan to give Americans an equity stake in AI

OpenAI has proposed a sovereign-wealth-style fund to ease public anxiety about the impact of artificial intelligence

A new wave of weight-loss therapies aims to be better than today’s GLP-1s

Retatrutide is one of those drugs. It helped people lose a massive amount of weight in clinical trials. It also improved sleep apnea and knee pain.

Tired of nausea or taking a GLP-1 pill every day? These experimental drugs could be better than Zepbound and Wegovy.

There is a new wave of weight-loss therapies in development that aim to be better than the existing GLP-1s.

Most robo-advisers will never profit from Wall Street’s AI-generated stock picks

Retail robo-advisors excel at tax-loss harvesting and portfolio discipline, but market-beating returns aren’t part of the package.

You’re going to pay tax on RMDs — there’s no way around it. Or is there?

Here’s your new playbook to protect your retirement cash.

South Korea is the ultimate backdoor tech play — but stock investors now face a looming threat

Samsung and SK Hynix are key to soaring South Korean stock market, but a rate hike could trigger a 15% market correction.

Wall Street hated these 15 stocks. Then their earnings proved the analysts wrong.

Earnings beats mean a lot more when it happens to stocks the market gave up on.

Don’t rule out a ‘June swoon’ — the S&P 500 is pushing its limits

Even upbeat Oracle earnings next week might not be enough to rally the market.

This investing strategy digs deeper to find hidden stocks riding the AI wave

There are plenty of ways to jump into the generative-AI hardware infrastructure expansion beyond the familiar chip makers and hyperscalers.

Busted AI budgets at Uber, Microsoft and Nvidia spur hiring — because human workers are cheaper

Uber blew its entire 2026 AI budget by April. Here’s why replacing workers with bots backfired.

Marvell, Micron shares tumble as the chip sector suffers its worst day in 6 years

Investors are cooling on momentum stocks and considering the implications of a strong jobs report.

SpaceX, Anthropic and other mega-IPOs could leave your index fund completely out of luck

Index rules and timelines will divide winners and losers.

The U.S. stock market is facing historic downside risk — these 10 low-volatility stocks can protect your portfolio

Low-volatility stocks give investors a smoother ride — and they are beating the market on a risk-adjusted basis.

We thought we found the perfect luxury retirement community, but it’s millions of dollars in debt. Are we trapped?

“If we were to leave, we would lose a portion of our buy-in — about $80,000.”

How ‘Backrooms’ producer Peter Chernin thinks Hollywood needs to change

Franchise fatigue could drive an entertainment industry sea change as the appetite for fresh ideas grows and younger audiences make up more box office sales.

Oil tanker owners fear market crash after Iran war drove record profits

Shipowners ploughed windfall into new vessels and are braced for steep drop in rates if Strait of Hormuz reopens

Trump relaunches tariffs war after court struck down levies

President attempts to craft a regime of punitive trade measures that can survive legal challenges

America’s crude inventories are getting perilously low. But that’s not the full story.

U.S. commercial oil inventories may be too low for comfort as the war with Iran enters its fourth month far from a clear resolution — and a lot is riding on how much longer the…

Apple’s WWDC will be a make-or-break moment for the company’s fledgling AI strategy

At Monday’s keynote, Apple will get a second chance to show users it can make Siri smarter and more contextually aware.

‘No one wears bling’: What does it say about America if people are afraid to wear their jewelry?

“I’ve been to many shows, operas, big parties and fundraisers.”

‘He’s very short-tempered’: My husband won’t sell his home so we can combine our finances and live in comfort. Am I unreasonable?

“Our homes are 20 miles apart, and he still drives back and forth almost daily.”

The key to the upcoming Fed meeting? How Warsh reacts to all the hints of a rate hike.

The new Fed chair might make swift changes to how the central bank communicates.

Allegations against Maine Senate candidate plunge Democrats into turmoil

Political outsider’s campaign is overshadowed by accusations of inappropriate behaviour

Netherlands moves to soothe rich investors over tax on paper profits

Most countries only impose levies once gains are realised

Can AI save a company’s soul?

It is easy to imagine institutional memory lost to automation preserved in silicon — but there is one crucial difference

On yer bike! Freud and middle-aged men in Lycra

The ever-present fear of ridicule among cycling’s weekend warriors tells us a thing or two about human nature

Wasting China’s solar panel surplus is madness

Clean power is within our reach — yet factories sit idle

The power games that paved the way for Trump’s World Cup

Football’s biggest show kicks off next week and the US president means to be its biggest star. But prestige-hungry hosts do not always get their way

US and Iran exchange strikes in new threat to shaky ceasefire

Kuwait and Bahrain are attacked as American forces intercept drones launched over Strait of Hormuz