Feb 27, 2026 • 3 min

Big Tech and banking stocks helped Norway's $2 trillion wealth fund book a $250 billion profit in 2025

Norges Bank Investment Management manages the world's largest sovereign wealth fund.

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Feb 27, 2026 • 4 min

Smartphone market poised for 'sharpest decline on record' in 2026

Two recent reports predict further declines in the smartphone market in 2026, as dwindling memory supplies continue to drive up prices of consumer electronics.

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Feb 27, 2026 • 3 min

India's economy grows at faster-than-expected pace of 7.8% in December quarter

The world's fastest-growing major economy expanded by 7.8% in the December quarter.

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Feb 27, 2026 • 1 min

Subscriber webinar: the dollar under Trump

Join FT journalists to discuss the greenback, monetary policy, markets and Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair

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Feb 27, 2026 • 3 min

Opinion: Block's layoffs might just be the biggest story of a tumultuous week. Here's why

Block, Jack Dorsey's payments company, will cut 6,000 of its 10,000 workers as it embraces AI. CNBC's Steve Sedgwick says it's the biggest story of the week.

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Feb 27, 2026 • 1 min

Jacinda Ardern joins New Zealand’s ‘brain drain’ to Australia

Former PM is the latest addition to a wave of emigration spurred by weak economic prospects at home

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Feb 27, 2026 • 4 min

UK PM Keir Starmer suffers major blow after his party comes third in key vote

The result in a seat that Labour has dominated for nearly a century represents an embarrassing setback for the prime minister.

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Feb 27, 2026 • 5 min

See the movie, play the game: How Nintendo is pulling out all the stops to sell the Switch 2

Nintendo is betting on nostalgia and new gamers to drive sales of its flagship Switch 2 console and key games.

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Feb 27, 2026 • 1 min

FirstFT: Greens deal by-election blow to Labour

Also in today’s newsletter: Pentagon eyes AI tools and Paramount clinches Warner Bros deal

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Feb 27, 2026 • 3 min

An Indian company is set to build a $2 billion AI hub with Nvidia’s GPUs and go public. Here's what we know so far

Yotta Data Services, which controls up to 70% of India’s GPU capacity, said surging demand from local AI startups and global tech firms is tightening supply.

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Feb 27, 2026 • 1 min

Bank of Japan to press on with April rate rise

Read the central bank’s February forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

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Feb 27, 2026 • 1 min

Economic nationalism is just getting started

Tariff wars may de-escalate but companies in the US and elsewhere are still expected to serve their country first

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