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Lex is the FT's agenda-setting daily column on business and finance. Premium FT subscribers can sign up to our popular twice weekly newsletter Best of Lex ⬇️ ft.com/lex London, New York, Hong Kong Joined February 2009-
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Frasers is better at making headlines than creating shareholder value ft.trib.al/IfJeZeb
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European defence stocks retreat on lower spending and higher wrangling ft.trib.al/435G9NM
Musk should go more boldly with fantastical SpaceX projections ft.trib.al/oF66EHT
New York Knicks’ winning streak should rub off on its owner too ft.trib.al/71tqjj1
SpaceX IPO marks the end of the no-brainer benchmark index trade ft.trib.al/Dnwracr
Why the much-feared crunch in oil markets has yet to arrive ft.trib.al/tpif7Jm
Pay trends suggest US bosses are wealthier and more nervous ft.trib.al/OJjoKIM
How tin went from baked beans to AI gravy train ft.trib.al/WMGtCnY
Anthropic leans into AI’s nascent slice-and-dice era ft.trib.al/8WpBxpB
Homeowners are getting used to the UK’s perma-crisis ft.trib.al/JIsvCGy
GSK’s $10.6bn cancer deal will lead to more ft.trib.al/mYSuV1L
There is a simpler option for making AI pay its way: tax it properly ft.trib.al/Vm8UjEn
Intesa’s bid for MPS restores some sanity to Italy’s M&A scene ft.trib.al/CRkTHuV
The World Cup offers pubs a chance to change the story ft.trib.al/Jl2LIRe
Expensive oil is making electric vehicles look positively cheap ft.trib.al/r6DgGje
Investors wake up to the merits of sleep biotech ft.trib.al/TgHfGFr
The dollar’s decline is overstated — but still real ft.trib.al/DXRBgN8
Is the K-shaped economy real? Cut-price UK retailers should hope not ft.trib.al/JSS4ilZ
Tech groups find a new way to monetise AI hype: selling volatility ft.trib.al/uyIQ14E
Japanese hardware stocks are having a moment — again ft.trib.al/KVUs1TF
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