Luke Vargas

Finally, when you look across the French tech landscape, startups and slightly larger businesses that already exist, do you think already there is a company out there that will grow and become a global competitor to some of the big U.S.

firms that we've talked about earlier?

Or is that missing the point?

David Amiel is France's Minister for State Reform.

Minister, thank you so much for being with us on What's News.

Thank you very much.

And that's it for What's News for February 22nd.

Today's show was produced by Daniel Bach and Hattie Moyer, with supervising producers Sandra Kilhoff and Melanie Roy.

I'm Luke Vargas, and we'll be back tomorrow morning with a brand new show.

Until then, thanks for listening.

Here is your Morning Brief for Friday, February 20th.

I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

Private credit markets are flashing warning signs after the industry's poster child, Blue Owl Capital, blocked everyday investors from withdrawing their money from one of its funds.

The move got the attention of Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, who's calling for more oversight.

Meanwhile, nervous investors sent shares in other private credit firms lower, reviving comparisons to the stress we saw in credit markets in 2007, just before the global financial crisis.

We're exclusively reporting that the White House wants to ban investors with more than 100 single-family homes from purchasing additional homes.

That's according to a memo sent to House and Senate committee leaders, with the Trump administration hoping to add the ban as an amendment to either of the landmark housing packages moving through Congress.

The proposal affects more investors than initially thought, with hundreds of investment firms set to lose their ability to buy single-family homes.

Here is your Morning Brief for Wednesday, February 18th.

I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.