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Yves here. This Jeff Masters post describes the severity and the health/lifespan costs of exposure to the sort of hazardous smoke that descended on the Great Lakes and extended to the east coast. It’s not over, even if the intensity of the pollution has eased off. From USA Today: Perhaps it may seem like overkill…
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Good morning, happy Friday and welcome to FirstFT. In today’s newsletter: Xi warns of AI risks and calls for global co-operation Trump revives claims 2020 election was “stolen” The billionaire scions fighting to escape the family shadow Yamal vs Messi in Sunday’s World Cup final We start today in Shanghai where President Xi Jinping has…
Part the First: Profit in Medicine. In a report that will tug at the heartstrings of everyone, STAT tells us that HCA warns of lower profits in its future as more patients go uninsured because ObamaCare subsidies have gone by the wayside: The country’s biggest hospital chain lowered its 2026 profit outlook on Tuesday after…
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Ukraine is struggling to ship grain via the Black Sea as Moscow steps up strikes on commercial vessels in retaliation for a week of heavy attacks by Ukraine on Russian shipping. Russian drone attacks…
Do birds enjoy flying? Phys.org Salad greens scrutinized as cyclosporiasis outbreak spreads Stateline Cacti spines, snake fangs, snail love darts – oh my! How function drives the evolution of nature’s puncture tools The Conversation The banana as we know it is in trouble WBUR Climate/Environment US heatwave shatters records as wildfires fuel toxic air across…
For more than half a century, arms control has been one of civilization’s principal safeguards against catastrophic war. Yet today that framework is visibly weakening. Major treaties have expired or been abandoned. Verification disputes have become increasingly contentious. New military technologies routinely outpace existing agreements, while strategic rivalry is extending into emerging domains such as…
TLDR: The value of corporate equity relative to GDP is at a historical high. But this does not necessarily mean there’s a bubble: profits and shareholder payouts are also very high relative to historical values. I first started thinking about economics thirty years ago, during the (first) tech boom. This was the era of “irrational…
