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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · Jul 29
Welcome to FT Edit! When the news is overwhelming, we bring you eight stories a day, chosen by editors, offering clarity, fresh perspectives, insight and inspiration — plus some extra treats! Explore more at www.ft.com/ftedit or, if you're reading on iOS, find us on the FT app: on.ft.com/44SHfGA
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Is it time to retire the wall clock? on.ft.com/3W4JS2S #FTEdit
Is it time to retire the wall clock?
An analogue clock phobic attempts to explain her aversion — to children who are learning to tell the time
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Chopin-mania grips Poland as pianists battle it out on.ft.com/4n7LMuC #FTEdit
Chopin-mania grips Poland as pianists battle it out
The composer’s soft power remains undiminished as competitors gather for the five-yearly contest
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Why peace in the Middle East may still be elusive on.ft.com/3W60p6B #FTEdit
Why peace in the Middle East may still be elusive
A ceasefire and hostage release are cause for celebration. But big questions remain about the rest of the Trump plan
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With hostages freed, Netanyahu bids for political redemption on.ft.com/3WBJZD3 #FTEdit
With hostages freed, Netanyahu bids for political redemption
Israeli premier wagers Trump can help rewrite narrative around worst security failure in nation’s history
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Novo Nordisk’s ‘lottery ticket’: can obesity drugs help treat Alzheimer’s?
Results are due soon from two studies using semaglutide to treat thousands of people with the disease
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The science is compelling, but the jury is out. For Novo Nordisk, it may be a risk worth taking. It's losing out in the weight loss market to US competitors and needs a share price boost. And if it means a treatment for Alzheimer’s, which affects millions of people every year, then it’s a win-win.
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1️⃣ GLP-1s could reduce sugar in the brain that accelerates the build-up of proteins linked to the disease. This sugar could be one reason why people with obesity or diabetes are more likely to get Alzheimer’s.

2️⃣ GLP-1s can reduce inflammation in the body, one of the main causes of Alzheimer’s.
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The magic ingredient in all this is GLP-1, a hormone that tells you when you’re full and the active ingredient in both Wegovy and Ozempic. So how could it combat Alzheimer’s? There are two theories …
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It’s important to stress just what a moonshot this is for Novo Nordisk. Most experimental drugs for Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, have failed. But with cases of the disease set to triple by 2050, the drugmaker hopes that finding an effective treatment could be its “lottery ticket”.
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Can obesity drugs treat Alzheimer’s? Novo Nordisk, the Danish company behind Wegovy and Ozempic, is staking its future on the answer. It's been running two vast trials for more than three years and is about to publish the results.

An #FTEdit 🧵on the science behind Novo Nordisk’s big gamble 👇
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Art Basel ditches ‘empty’ VIP title as it looks to reach young rich on.ft.com/3JbK3q7 #FTEdit
Art Basel ditches ‘empty’ VIP title as it looks to reach young rich
Swiss art fair group says term has lost ‘gravitas’ and distracts focus from core audience of individual and museum collectors
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How long will gold mania last? on.ft.com/4n2HW5I #FTEdit
How long will gold mania last?
Professional and retail investors are swarming to buy the precious metal, raising the risk of a bubble
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‘Home, home’: Israel erupts as hostages are freed on.ft.com/43gjOWc #FTEdit
‘Home, home’: Israel erupts as hostages are freed
After two years of pain for the country, tears and joy mark moment of collective release
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I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight — Americana with a dash of Englishness from Richard and Linda Thompson on.ft.com/3J3DEgv #FTEdit
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight — Americana with a dash of Englishness from Richard and Linda Thompson
Heavily influenced by The Band, the 1974 track by the folk-rock duo also featured a Manchester horn ensemble
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Would your speech make a professional’s top 10? on.ft.com/48KfGld #FTEdit
Would your speech make a professional’s top 10?
Lists of hits and misses often feature when talking shop, but for public speaking such rankings raise the stakes
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‘The Stella show’: the executive at the heart of BYD’s global push on.ft.com/4q8RiQb #FTEdit
‘The Stella show’: the executive at the heart of BYD’s global push
Stella Li is steering the Chinese carmaker through price wars at home and tariffs abroad in its pursuit of EV dominance
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The fashion for the young: turn to the radical right on.ft.com/4n4CCyZ #FTEdit
The fashion for the young: turn to the radical right
The intellectual energy of new rightwing movements is drawing in young people
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How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution on.ft.com/3VYRuDY #FTEdit
How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Vast battery units are shoring up grids and extending the use of clean power
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Who owns OpenAI? Blockbuster deals complicate investor payouts on.ft.com/42Dji4B #FTEdit
Who owns OpenAI? Blockbuster deals complicate investor payouts
Microsoft, OpenAI’s staff and non-profit arm are due close to 90% of start-up. But Nvidia deal will dilute shareholders
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The bitter bargain over Israeli and Palestinian bodies on.ft.com/3WBZIly #FTEdit
The bitter bargain over Israeli and Palestinian bodies
Return of Israel’s dead hostages from Gaza will mark latest chapter in a conflict where remains have long been negotiating chips
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Donald Trump’s bid to end the war in Gaza looks set to be his biggest foreign policy achievement. He missed out on a Nobel Peace Prize this year. Should he win next year? Tell us in today's #FTEdit poll: on.ft.com/4hbLykL

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Beware the forever 35-year-old face on.ft.com/4q33bXQ #FTEdit
Beware the forever 35-year-old face
In a ‘golden age’ of surgery, we’re all in danger of becoming freaks
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How OpenAI put itself at the centre of a $1tn network of deals on.ft.com/46KyTSf #FTEdit
How OpenAI put itself at the centre of a $1tn network of deals
The company behind ChatGPT has signed agreements with many of the largest tech groups, adding to a growing web of financial dependencies across the AI world
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Don’t move to Dubai — this is still the place to be on.ft.com/3J1EL0b #FTEdit
Don’t move to Dubai — this is still the place to be
Better to buy the dip and celebrate the UK as an enduring cultural behemoth
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Must you chew so loud? The trials of suffering from ‘misophonia’ on.ft.com/4o4sVlz
Must you chew so loud? The trials of suffering from ‘misophonia’
The strange emerging science behind a little-understood medical condition
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