Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Vladimir Putin has called on Russian officials to consider restrictions on exports of commodities including uranium, in retaliation against fresh western sanctions against Moscow and its allies. “Please take a look…

‘I just want to know about the dogs’: comedian Roy Wood Jr weighs in on Trump’s pet-eating claim  Former president Donald Trump repeated debunked claims about reports of Haitian immigrants eating pets. Comedian Roy Wood Jr. had some questions about that. Wood is the host of CNN’s “Have I Got…

The bigger your retirement account withdrawals, the higher your tax bracket will be in retirement. The good news is that you may owe fewer taxes in retirement than when you were in the workforce. There are no Social Security payroll deductions from your retirement account withdrawals. Everyone should have a…

New Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol will focus on improving the chain’s U.S. business in his early days on the job before he moves to fix its issues abroad, according to an open letter published on Tuesday.”… In some places — especially in the U.S. — we aren’t always delivering,” Niccol…

A gauge of economic misery that has a strong track record of predicting elections is tilting toward a Kamala Harris victory — but it appears tight entering the race’s final stretch.The “misery index” is the addition of the unemployment rate to the annualized inflation rate in the U.S. It has…

Starbucks has been on the decline, with shrinking sales as it moved from a traditional sit-down coffee shop into one where people place orders on their phones and grab a drink from the counter. Its new CEO has a plan to fix it all. And it starts with comfortable chairs.…

Thesis Summary Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR) rallied over 14% on Monday after it was added to the S&P 500 Index (SP500). The stock is up over 30% in the last month, in stark contrast to many other SaaS and AI companies. Palantir has taken it upon itself to prove to…

Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for freeThe stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White HouseDonald Trump and JD Vance have stepped up their attacks on immigrants with baseless claims about Haitians abducting pets and Venezuelan gangs taking over apartment buildings, betting that attacking…

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance acknowledged Tuesday that it’s possible the “rumors” of Haitian immigrants abducting pets of Springfield, Ohio, residents might “turn out to be false,” but encouraged his followers to continue posting “cat memes.” “In the last several weeks, my office has received many inquiries from actual…

There’s been a growing interest lately in phased retirement, as indicated by the results of several surveys. For example, more than half (52%) of pre-retirees wish to continue working in some way after they retire, according to The Retirement Outlook of the American Middle Class, a survey whose results were…