India restricts laptop imports in boost to local producers

Surprise announcement means companies such as Apple need a licence to ship personal computers from overseas #press

https://www.ft.com/content/eca9a785-2221-4c2f-934b-8964bc430faa?utm_source=press.coop

BoE raises interest rates by 0.25 percentage points

Smaller increase to 5.25% comes amid signs persistently high inflation is beginning to ease #press

https://www.ft.com/content/a9e551a6-20d5-45f9-9c68-e98dc44436c0?utm_source=press.coop

Israeli tech sector sounds the alarm over Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial changes

Entrepreneurs warn about economic impact of controversial drive to weaken power of courts #press

https://www.ft.com/content/f893c5ca-8f53-4f18-a368-57c1a10b0217?utm_source=press.coop

Higher yields threaten the equity rally

The rise in long Treasury rates is not just a soft landing story #press

https://www.ft.com/content/645907db-e304-4dd8-966b-576aa3bc8108?utm_source=press.coop

Apple in India and Nintendo’s IP push

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times #press

https://www.ft.com/content/14bc9c12-0f68-4435-bdb2-6ea318a7e215?utm_source=press.coop

After divorce with EU, UK’s future involves getting closer

Delays to introduction of trade barriers with neighbours show Rishi Sunak’s administration cannot avoid tighter relations #press

https://www.ft.com/content/19544b54-1c99-4e84-b1f5-4c0675b087e8?utm_source=press.coop

Adani’s Ambuja Cements buys Sanghi Industries in $600mn deal

First major acquisition by Indian tycoon since criticisms in short seller Hindenburg’s January report hit group’s stock market value #press

https://www.ft.com/content/13b7724a-59c2-4e49-8ed9-17b857cea3a7?utm_source=press.coop

Free Lunch summer reading

Good writing on economic phenomena that affect us all #press

https://www.ft.com/content/7d3640bd-73a7-4058-89ca-43ed4b37cf71?utm_source=press.coop

Israel and the US are battling identity crises

Could they both end with the dismantling of democracy? #press

https://www.ft.com/content/9a8a9bc0-0a81-43e6-b215-bde2611ba6cc?utm_source=press.coop

Are Scotland’s rent controls working?

Neither tenants nor landlords are happy as the country’s rental crisis deepens #press

https://www.ft.com/content/2152bba5-9da4-446f-b780-2fa4fe5e3c7d?utm_source=press.coop

FirstFT: Goldman exodus as top executives head for the exit

Also in today’s newsletter, Tom Brady invests in English football club Birmingham City and how Latin America conquered inflation #press

https://www.ft.com/content/7c4ae9e7-304e-4394-bed8-0ca289ed153f?utm_source=press.coop

Nintendo: Mario movie means Switch keeps on giving

The console is old but its enduring popularity means the group saves on development and marketing costs #press

https://www.ft.com/content/b44f7c52-5a6f-4a5d-ab51-9025577de111?utm_source=press.coop

Climate activists arrested after scaling Sunak’s roof in oil protest

Prime minister’s Yorkshire mansion clad in black fabric after decision to expand drilling #press

https://www.ft.com/content/bdbfd127-1f20-47c3-b8fe-d93d3659b2fd?utm_source=press.coop

UK ordered to apologise to academic over alleged torture in UAE

Parliamentary ombudsman attacks ‘profound failure’ of embassy staff to spot signs of alleged mistreatment #press

https://www.ft.com/content/d5df16a8-374d-4661-89d1-a9e2e29b4b44?utm_source=press.coop

There is political logic to Fitch’s downgrading of US debt

A divided Congress is in no position to tackle America’s serious fiscal problems #press

https://www.ft.com/content/b50c561f-3339-4857-ac4a-6d6e5fec6587?utm_source=press.coop

UK discount retailer Wilko on the brink of collapse

Chain prepares to appoint administrator within days if it fails to find a buyer or investor #press

https://www.ft.com/content/9bbb9317-fe3c-4efa-8680-022c2e73132c?utm_source=press.coop

Hot property: five homes for sale in the French Alps

From a contemporary house with uninterrupted views across Lake Annecy to an 18th-century farmhouse with an apple orchard #press

https://www.ft.com/content/55743bae-af29-46fa-8238-945a6b6a4ea2?utm_source=press.coop

India restricts laptop imports in boost to local producers

Surprise announcement means companies such as Apple need a licence to ship personal computers from overseas #press

https://www.ft.com/content/eca9a785-2221-4c2f-934b-8964bc430faa?utm_source=press.coop

Britons paid record £16.7bn in capital gains tax in 2021-22

Rising asset values and more house sales provided boost for HMRC, official figures reveal #press

https://www.ft.com/content/1987db3a-a542-4052-88ce-440ff798784a?utm_source=press.coop

BoE raises interest rates by 0.25 percentage points

Smaller increase to 5.25% comes amid signs persistently high inflation is beginning to ease #press

https://www.ft.com/content/a9e551a6-20d5-45f9-9c68-e98dc44436c0?utm_source=press.coop