Smiths Group is pressing ahead with plans to sell its £1bn electrical connectors division, taking the first step towards a break-up of the London stock market’s last large industrial conglomerate.

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A man’s attempt to introduce his son to the Australian coast of his childhood turns transcendentally nightmarish ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In 1993, Taiwanese director Ang Lee released The Wedding Banquet, a romcom about a gay Manhattan couple, socially ...

The Federal Reserve held US interest rates steady yesterday for the third consecutive meeting, resisting repeated calls to lower borrowing costs from President Donald Trump, who has taken to calling ...

Brussels has threatened tariffs on €95bn of US exports, including cars and vehicle parts, if talks with Washington fail to ...

The Bank of England has cut interest rates by a quarter point to 4.25 per cent but stressed it was not on a preset path to further reductions, as it prepares for the impact of US President Donald ...

Survey finds high tariffs hurting European businesses but also offering chance to win market share from US rivals ...

Remaining under the control of a non-profit board does not negate the risks of increasingly autonomous AI models ...

Billionaire reopens feud with Tesla chief as he unveils plan to spend $200bn on philanthropy and close foundation in 2045 ...

Financial pressures are rising as international student recruitment falls due to migration curbs, says regulator ...

The play’s not really the thing in Aviva Studios’ Hamlet Hail to the Thief, which uneasily fuses Shakespeare’s tragedy with Radiohead’s 2003 album. The join is about as seamless as the production’s ...