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James Fontanella-Khan

US corporate finance and deals editor

James Fontanella-Khan is US corporate finance and deals editor at the Financial Times covering deals across America. Previously he worked on Lex and as a correspondent in Brussels, New Delhi and Mumbai. He started his career at the FT in London on the news desk in 2005. He graduated at Science Po, Paris.

Along with Arash Massoudi, he is the co-creator of the FT’s premium corporate finance briefing called Due Diligence. To receive the newsletter in your inbox Tuesday to Friday at 5am UK time, sign-up here.

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  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    News in-depthCryptocurrencies
    The criminal’s ‘go-to cryptocurrency’ has a new friend in the White House

    Howard Lutnick has defended the stablecoin company which has been used by gangs and US adversaries

    Donald Trump, left, and Howard Lutnick, right
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
    Walgreens in talks over sale to private equity group Sycamore

    Potential deal highlights mounting distress facing the retail pharmacy industry

    Walgreens pharmacy
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Daily Telegraph
    Chelsea FC’s Todd Boehly enters Telegraph newspaper auction

    US billionaire’s late move could disrupt bid by media executive Dovid Efune

    Todd Boehly
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    ‘Merger Monday’ spree signals revival of deals since Trump victory

    US companies ink more than $35bn in transactions as election sends jolt of enthusiasm through industry

    Person holding cellphone with logo of US insurance company Arthur J Gallagher Co. on screen
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    News in-depthAdvertising
    Omnicom aims for a Mad Men comeback with $13bn Interpublic deal

    Tie-up fulfils long-held ambition of chief John Wren as industry fights threat from large tech groups

    Omnicom chief John Wren with logos of Omnicom and InterPublic
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Omnicom to buy Interpublic in $13bn deal to create new marketing giant

    All-stock pact is designed to give new advertising group heft to harness rise of AI

    A montage showing the logos of both companies
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Advertising
    Omnicom and Interpublic in merger talks to become largest advertising group

    A $30bn-plus deal would come as most of the money in the industry is being siphoned off by big tech companies

    IPG logo
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Anti-ESG investing
    New ‘anti-woke’ ETF makes Starbucks its first target

    Azoria Partners launches new fund at Donald Trump’s Florida resort

    People outside a Starbucks store
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    News in-depthUS banks
    Is the Biden-era blockade on US bank M&A finally over?

    Investors and advisers prepare for consolidation among country’s thousands of regional lenders

    Montage of Donald Trump, Joe Biden and corporate logos
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    News in-depthUS foreign policy
    Warren Stephens: the Arkansan Spurs fan Trump is sending to London

    The billionaire history buff and former Clinton backer will be the US president-elect’s man in the UK

    Warren Stephens and Harriet Stephens pose together
  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    Special ReportInvesting in America
    How an American steel takeover became a political firestorm

    A Japanese company’s plan to buy US Steel is challenging the country’s long-standing policy towards foreign investment

    A montage image of a factory labelled United States Steel and Nippon Steel against a background of stylised $100 bills and abstract blue architectural elements, set on a bold red background
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Media
    Telegraph newspaper deal extended until end of year

    Preferred bidder Dovid Efune given at least two more weeks to raise funds for title

    Copies of Daily Telegraph on a rack in a supermarket in London, England
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Venture Global
    Venture Global launches new LNG plant ahead of IPO

    Gulf Coast producer’s share listing expected to be among biggest in sector

    A liquefied natural gas tanker
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    US financial regulation
    Trump considers tough antitrust advocate for justice department unit

    Gail Slater is ally of JD Vance who had also been in running to chair Federal Trade Commission

    A US flag waves outside the Department of Justice building in Washington
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    Scott Bessent
    Scott Bessent’s fund made biggest returns with bet against Fed

    Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary pick shorted vulnerable assets in 2022 to capitalise on post-pandemic inflation

    Donald Trump, left, listens as investor Scott Bessent speaks on the economy in Asheville, NC
  • Saturday, 23 November, 2024
    Media
    Former UK chancellor Zahawi and billionaire Mansour join bid for Telegraph

    Conservative party veterans join US consortium to buy British newspaper

  • Saturday, 23 November, 2024
    News in-depthUS politics & policy
    Inside the bitter fight to become Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary

    Scott Bessent prevailed after a fierce battle for influence inside the president-elect’s court

  • Saturday, 23 November, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Trump picks Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary

    Hedge fund manager will be responsible for implementing president-elect’s pledges to cut taxes and raise tariffs

    Scott Bessent speaks at a podium during the National Conservative Conference in Washington
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Kenneth C. Griffin
    Trump’s tariff plan would put US on path to ‘crony capitalism’, Griffin says

    Founder of hedge fund Citadel also floats possibility of selling minority stake in firm to outside investors

    Ken Griffin speaks in an interview with Sonali Basak
  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
    Comcast Corp
    Comcast to spin off cable TV networks and drive streaming growth

    ‘Cord-cutting’ consumers lead entertainment group to focus investment on online assets

    The Comcast logo
  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
    Investment Banking
    ‘Trump bump’ makes Paul Taubman Wall Street’s newest billionaire

    Stock surge at boutique PJT Partners values Blackstone co-founder Stephen Schwarzman’s stake at over $900mn

    Paul Taubman
  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Marc Rowan emerges as a top contender to be Trump’s Treasury secretary

    Private equity billionaire considering job and set to meet president-elect on Wednesday

    Marc Rowan speaks during a panel discussion
  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Trump picks Howard Lutnick to run commerce department

    Cantor Fitzgerald boss to also have ‘direct responsibility’ for the office of the US trade representative

    Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick is co-chair of Donald Trump’s transition team
  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Lutnick and Bessent’s battle for Treasury secretary turns bitter as Trump expands field

    Wall Street factions fight for top economic post in president-elect’s cabinet

  • Monday, 18 November, 2024
    Donald Trump
    Trump expands search for Treasury secretary

    President-elect’s top economic appointment has kicked off fierce lobbying among loyalists

    Scott Bessent and Howard Lutnick
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