Nike chief executive John Donahoe to step downShares rise after sportswear maker announces Elliott Hill will return to take the top job in October presshttps: www.ft.com content d bda f eec b a f fa e c utm source press.coop

   John Paulson brushes aside Wall Street worries about Trump’s tariff planHedge fund manager and Republican megadonor shifts position on trade and decoupling with China presshttps: www.ft.com content f ddd eb ad d b f beb utm source press.coop

   Life insurance becomes less boring with creative financial engineering As the Fed cuts rates, markets are rallying but there are long term risks from experiments presshttps: www.ft.com content c e e d a f d utm source press.coop

   Axel Springer top team close to making times their money in KKR dealGroup valuation underpinning planned break up nears . bn, which would trigger bumper payouts to more than managers presshttps: www.ft.com content bac e c f a aeb dfe f utm source press.coop

   Israel’s northern gambit: Netanyahu shifts war focus to HizbollahExploding devices and air strikes suggest strategy is to force Lebanese militants to rethink military support for Gaza presshttps: www.ft.com content b a d fb d fc aef utm source press.coop

   Intel’s long shot turnaround hits a critical stageChipmaker is trying to pull off one of the most complex revivals in tech history presshttps: www.ft.com content f ab a e bb e dc e utm source press.coop

   EU carmakers pressure Brussels to delay stricter emission rulesDrop in electric vehicle sales puts manufacturers at risk of multibillion euro’ fines and production cuts presshttps: www.ft.com content b a e ddf ff utm source press.coop

   Mining tycoon claims Swiss prosecutors acted illegallyBeny Steinmetz mounts fresh attempt to have bribery conviction overturned, pointing to a cache of hacked documents presshttps: www.ft.com content bdebd c d dc utm source press.coop

   Israel strikes Lebanese targets as Hizbollah chief warns red lines’ crossedHassan Nasrallah says pager and walkie talkie detonations are major security and military blow’ presshttps: www.ft.com content fe d ef adcb cf c da utm source press.coop

   Titans’ AI alliance is a bid to dominate the next tech frontierBlackRock, Microsoft and Abu Dhabi may not be the benevolent consortium they are depicting presshttps: www.ft.com content ea b b cd bfd f e e utm source press.coop

   VW audit of Xinjiang plant failed to meet international standardsLeaked report, which the carmaker claimed cleared it from forced labour allegations, shows audit fell short, according to experts presshttps: www.ft.com content ae a c d f ab ed a utm source press.coop

   Axel Springer agrees . bn break up deal with KKRMedia group will be split from classifieds business presshttps: www.ft.com content bba e bf b a c f a utm source press.coop

   Bank of England holds rates at Decision comes after first cut since last month presshttps: www.ft.com content b e a b c f c utm source press.coop

   Rightwing self help guru takes Sà o Paulo mayoral race by stormBaseball cap wearing populist Pablo Marçal has become serious contender to lead western hemisphere’s biggest city presshttps: www.ft.com content daaa f c a c ab ed utm source press.coop

   Of South Africa, apartheid, Thiel and MuskThe parallels between South Africa then and the US today presshttps: www.ft.com content cfbfa e d f b b c dae cc a utm source press.coop

   Berlin very sceptical’ about UniCredit move on CommerzbankSenior figures in German government believe Italian lender took stealthy’ approach to stakebuilding presshttps: www.ft.com content d bbd afe a cb a utm source press.coop

   Global stocks rally after jumbo Fed cutInvestors bet half percentage point cut will support US economic growth presshttps: www.ft.com content f eb c a e c be c b ad b utm source press.coop

   Israeli man charged with aiding Iran backed’ assassination plotSuspect was smuggled to Iran and demanded mn to carry out surveillance in bid to kill prime minister or other senior figures, says Israel presshttps: www.ft.com content a ba e b ee e eeff d utm source press.coop

   For the Fed, the destination matters much more than the paceInvestors have no choice but to guess at the neutral rate presshttps: www.ft.com content e f d a ef aadb a d f aecb utm source press.coop

   Germany’s SPD looks to halt rise of far right in its Brandenburg bastion Local Social Democrats warn voters it’s us or them’ in bid to defeat AfD in eastern state election presshttps: www.ft.com content abe fc a ae b e e fc utm source press.coop