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FINANCIAL TIMES
Sunday, 15 March 2026
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
US oil groups in line for $63bn windfall from Gulf war disruption
 
American producers will be among biggest beneficiaries if crude prices average $100 a barrel this year
 
 
Why has Trump left Iran’s nuclear stockpile untouched?
 
US administration appears to have no plan to retrieve the enriched uranium after two weeks of military action
 
 
UK government grilled over Vistry finances
 
Shadow housing minister raised questions over critical partner in housebuilding scheme
 
 
Are markets being too complacent about the Iran war?
 
Sometimes crises do not blow over as investors might hope
 
 
Elon Musk’s $134bn claim against OpenAI rests on ‘numbers out of the air’, judge says
 
California court questions billionaire’s expert witness but declines to exclude the testimony from April trial
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
US submarine attack brings Iran war to Sri Lanka’s door
 
Attack on Iranian warship in coastal waters highlights country’s vulnerability to Middle East conflict
 
 
Japan loses its thirst for vending machines
 
Drinks companies cut networks as rising costs and driver shortages undermine business model
 
 
The slow death of the English boarding school
 
Times, taxes and ideas about parenting are changing
 
 
South Africa finance minister rejects calls to bail out Johannesburg
 
African National Congress under pressure to fund crisis-ridden city ahead of crucial elections
 
 
Nvidia prepares AI ‘inference’ chip launch to counter rising challengers
 
Jensen Huang to unveil new products at GTC event next week as spending shifts from training to running AI models
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Chart of the Week: Higher oil prices are just a short-term worry
 
Long-term inflation expectations are staying steady
 
 
Iran war risks global food shock as fertiliser supplies cut
 
Growing number of fertiliser plants forced to shut, threatening rice and other harvests
 
 
UK ‘home bias’ drives surge in Isa millionaires, say investment platforms
 
UK companies such as Lloyds, Shell and Rolls-Royce featured heavily in Isa portfolios whose value topped £1mn last year
 
 
How to build a defensive Isa
 
As markets reel from the war in the Middle East, some UK investors are seeking a path to safety
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Sovereign AI is a bet on the economies of anti-scale
 
Deglobalisation is expensive for individual countries, but a windfall for their suppliers
 
 
Mobile internet blackouts hit Moscow as Kremlin tightens control
 
Outages mark new phase in government campaign against internet freedom
 
 
The Noma affair will leave a very nasty taste in the mouth
 
High-end restaurants as a force for moral good was an idea long lacking in self-awareness
 
 
Pinterest’s mood board should include a potential sale
 
Many of its users may gather ideas on the platform but shop somewhere else
 
 
AI is dressing up greed as progress on creative rights
 
The problem is not that the law is unfit for the 21st century but that it is being flouted
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Why Iran could become the next Iraq
 
The first Gulf war left a weakened regime in place without a political settlement — paving the way for future conflict
 
 
Donald Trump, globalist
 
It should not have taken the Iran war to finish the idea that he is ‘isolationist’
 
 
Deepfakes, wigs and the war on truth
 
Amid the online slop of casual deceptions, everything now requires a second look
 
 
What to do when you own more wine than you’ll ever drink
 
A generation of serious collectors are confronting an enviable problem: more bottles than time 
 
 
What a food truck and a fine dining restaurant can tell us about life in Puerto Rico — restaurant review
 
Leña Eh and 1919 sit at opposite ends of San Juan’s restaurant scene
 
 
 

Work & Careers

 
 
 
A new era for Isas: FT Money special 2026
 
The tax year is ending, it’s Isa season . . .  but it comes at a time of global economic peril. FT writers uncover how to invest wisely
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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