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Barclays chief collected £15mn last year, with Lloyds and NatWest leaders pocketing £7.4mn and £6.6mn respectively

R-Star Wars: Age of Rebellion

Also in today’s newsletter: US plans to roll back metals tariffs and Wall Street’s hunt for the next AI casualty

For dollar wannabe renminbi, liability currency status > reserve currency status

And how the rest of the world should react

City-state says tougher times loom after a turbulent year of geopolitical strife and US tariff threats

Deal will reduce American tariffs on a range of Taiwanese food products

Central bank’s research undercuts Trump’s claims that foreign companies will pay for levies

COP31 in Antalya intends to focus on ‘concrete results’ including corporate commitments

Industry body urges UK government to ‘vigorously’ pursue deals with other countries

A worthy goal of creating rare earths independence from China needs a more reliable anchor

Thinking through the implications of a Warsh-led US central bank

Also in today’s newsletter: Microsoft plots AI ‘self-sufficiency’, and China’s Arctic ambitions

UK’s large services sector recorded zero growth in the final three months of 2025

Poll for Munich Security Conference shows sharp rise in Canadians and others perceiving peril from Washington

Those calling for the Fed to cut rates should look again at the relationship between prices and productivity growth

Draft law sets out who should repay savers whose deposits were frozen during country’s devastating financial collapse

President expected to veto measure in which six Republicans joined Democrats to rebuke trade war on ally

UK chancellor says Britain prepared to align with Brussels’ rules to try to boost trade with the bloc

Congressional Budget Office warns Washington’s public finances are ‘not sustainable’