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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Pumped up Olympics are on. Next year sees the inaugural Enhanced Games — literally, sports on steroids — in Las Vegas. It is not just ripped bodies that will be on show. The event spotlights the growing interest in pharma not just as a cure for bodily ills, but also as a way to enhance human performance. For evidence, just take a look at the backers of this event. In addition to Donald Trump Jr, they include billionaire adherents of transhumanism —…

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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldDonald Trump has said he plans to impose a 50 per cent tariff on imports from the EU on June 1, saying that talks with the bloc are “going nowhere”.In a post on his Truth Social platform on Friday, the US president attacked the bloc for “Trade Barriers, VAT Taxes, ridiculous Corporate Penalties, Non-Monetary Trade Barriers, Monetary Manipulations, [and] unfair and unjustified lawsuits against Americans Companies”.He added: “Our discussions with them are going nowhere! Therefore I am recommending a straight…

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Warren Buffett once proclaimed that Vanguard founder Jack Bogle “has probably done more for the American investor than any man in the country.” Buffett’s praise appeared to affirm his longstanding appreciation for the index-tracking funds that Bogle helped bring to the masses. But there was actually more to it than that. Just days earlier, one of Bogle’s funds had helped Buffett win a $1 million wager. Key Takeaways Buffett has long been a big proponent of the index funds that Bogle helped bring to the masses. However, his public declaration that Bogle is an American hero may have also been…

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Legal & General, one of Europe’s largest asset managers, is merging two investment units and culling about 80 roles as part of a broader restructuring to cut costs and refocus the business on higher-profit markets.The FTSE 100 company, which runs £1.1tn in assets, is merging its £500bn index funds unit with its £12bn ETF division to create a more global team, according to two people familiar with the plans. As part of the merger, L&G’s London-based global head of Index and ETFs…

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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldDonald Trump has threatened Apple with a 25 per cent tariff on iPhones unless the company shifts production of its best-selling product to the US, escalating a stand-off with chief executive Tim Cook. Cook said this month that Indian factories would supply the “majority” of iPhones sold in the US in the coming months, as Apple tries to avoid the tariffs on Chinese-made goods imposed by Trump as part of his trade war. “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of…

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Budgeting vs. Financial Forecasting: An Overview Budgeting and financial forecasting are tools that companies use to establish a plan for where management wants to take the business and whether it is heading in the right direction. Although budgeting and financial forecasting are often used together, distinct differences exist between the two concepts. Budgeting quantifies the expected revenues that a business wants to achieve for a future period. In contrast, financial forecasting estimates the amount of revenue or income achieved in a future period. Key Takeaways Budgeting is the financial direction of where management wants to take the company.It helps quantify the expectation of revenues that a business wants to…

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Nestled between a spruce hedge and a hazel hurdle fence on Stone Edge Farm, a 16-acre estate in Sonoma County, Southern California that has been owned by the McQuown family for 30 years, are five white boxes. Each the size of a large fridge-freezer, they are home batteries. Together they can store enough power to run the average US home for a month and, connected to 516 solar panels, they form the farm’s microgrid — a small-scale autonomous power plant — which, for most of the year, generates and stores all the electricity the property needs, and more.Supported by roughly…

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