A sign saying “Sorry, No Petrol” on the forecourt of a BP service station during a fuel shortage in London on Feb 9, 1971. Evening Standard | Hulton Archive | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The dispatch For Britons of a…
Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Disney Experiences, speaks during the grand opening ceremony of Shanghai Disney Resort’s Zootopia-themed land on December 19, 2023 in Shanghai, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Disney will release its fiscal second-quarter results before the bell Wednesday. It will mark the first earnings call led by Josh D’Amaro…
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The Venice Biennale will breach EU sanctions if it includes Russia’s national pavilion, Brussels has warned Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Italian government, as a row over Moscow’s participation escalates ahead of the cultural gala’s…
China’s artificial intelligence race has no finish line. DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba and even consumer electronics firm Xiaomi have all dropped new models in recent weeks, jostling for position on leaderboards. From native AI startups to platform giants, companies across the sector face growing pressure to innovate, expand their user base and find paths to…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Toyota is pushing the accelerator on electric vehicle sales even as other automakers scale back their ambitious targets, in a sign that the hybrid pioneer is facing up to the threat posed by such cars…
An actress accused the director James Cameron of stealing her likeness to create an “Avatar” character in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in California — a case that reflects a core fear among Hollywood performers in the artificial intelligence age: losing control of their own faces. The actress, Q’orianka Kilcher, also sued Disney, which controls…
OMAHA – and its controlling stockholder, Warren E. Buffett, reported the sale of a significant block of DaVita Inc. (NASDAQ:DVA) common stock. The transaction, which occurred on May 1, 2026, involved the disposition of 1,220,376 shares, totaling approximately $182.8 million. The shares were sold at a price of $149.8429 per share. Following this transaction, Berkshire…
People walk past an AMC theatre in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., February 25, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters AMC Theatres is bringing live concerts to the big screen. The world’s largest theater company has partnered with Arena One, a live entertainment technology company, to bring real-time concert events to theatrical audiences. AMC has…
The crux of Brockman’s testimony so far has been that Musk was aware of plans to shift OpenAI to be more of a traditional for-profit business. When the company started, it was a non-profit, then it added a for-profit arm in order to raise billions of dollars in funding for investors, before deciding last year…
Gold pure gold bar models captured in Shanghai, China on March 15, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Gold and oil have been two of the hottest trades of the last 12 months, but one could be causing the other to falter now. What’s good for energy stocks may be bad for precious…
