We must stop the smartphone social experiment on our kids

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Imagine that a James Bond villain decided to achieve world domination not with armies or drones but through our brains. They might manipulate our minds to get us addicted to …

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Sony Music boss Rob Stringer: ‘We want the artist to be paid’

London’s Soho, reflects Sony Music boss Rob Stringer, has changed since his days as a cub A&R man spending boozy afternoons in now vanished bars and clubs. We are meeting at Dean Street Townhouse, a restaurant opened by his friend and Soho House founder Nick Jones. It serves the sort …

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Gardening SOS? Here’s who you can turn to

Responding to the needs of young and curious urban gardeners, a network of plant-care educators and businesses that support urban gardening is growing and thriving Standing between scores of potted marigolds, Harish Chandra Joshi, a lanky 54-year-old, holds one up. It is a bright orange genda, two flowers and a …

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Biden’s EPA could jeopardize his key policies by imposing sweeping new environmental rules on chemicals used for chips manufacturing

It takes up to 500 highly specialized chemicals to manufacture one semiconductor chip. Some of these will soon be subject to misguided new environmental rules that will spike costs and effectively ban the production of these chemicals for U.S. producers. This will shut down domestic production and hands our overseas …

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French and Italian inflation data boost hopes of ECB rate cut

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. French inflation has fallen faster than forecast to its lowest level since July 2021, while price growth also undershot expectations in Italy to boost hopes that the European Central Bank …

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US inflation rises to 2.5%, according to Fed’s target index

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US inflation rose slightly to 2.5 per cent in February, according to the metric that the Federal Reserve uses for its target. The rise in headline Personal Consumption Expenditures inflation, …

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