Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler sought Jeffrey Epstein’s help to secure a top job at Facebook just months before the sex offender’s arrest, and advised him on how to respond to press coverage of his crimes. Epstein gave extensive coaching to Ruemmler as she sought a senior role at
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Palantir shares climbed as much as 9 per cent on Monday as the data intelligence group reported a surge in revenue driven by rapid growth in its US government contracts
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Politicians made the annual trek to Davos for the World Economic Forum’s flagship meeting in January. During a contentious speech, Donald Trump said the US “is in the midst of
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Prominent members of Norway’s elite, including the crown princess, a former prime minister who later headed the Nobel committee and the head of the World Economic Forum, have been ensnared
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans. The
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Gold and silver tumbled on Monday as the reversal of a record-breaking rally in precious metals gathered pace and reverberated across equity markets. In early London trading, gold was down
Just over a year ago, HSBC chief executive Georges Elhedery unveiled one of the most consequential parts of his grand restructuring plan: the creation of a financing powerhouse within the lender by combining its commercial banking and global banking and markets businesses. With much of that integration now completed, HSBC’s
Top Apollo Global Management executives including chief Marc Rowan held wide-ranging discussions over the firm’s tax arrangements with Jeffrey Epstein throughout the 2010s, despite the private capital firm having previously said it “never did any business” with the child sex offender. Files released by the US Department of Justice on
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Lord Peter Mandelson told Jeffrey Epstein in 2009 that the boss of JPMorgan should “mildly threaten” Britain’s chancellor over a tax on banker bonuses proposed by the government in which
The technology hasn’t yet hit employment notably, and could create more openings