Big Tech is losing a battle with Brussels
22 Sep 2025
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US companies may have to pay billions in new fees to hire foreign workers, and US tech groups are lo...
Nvidia throws rival Intel a lifeline
19 Sep 2025
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Deutsche Bank chief executive Christian Sewing is set to be named as a defendant in legal proc...
The Fed changes course
18 Sep 2025
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The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates for the first time this year and China is banning its tec...
Trump shifts power from shareholders to bosses
17 Sep 2025
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The UK and US are set to announce deeper co-operation on digital assets such as cryptocurrenci...
Will the US and China make a trade deal?
16 Sep 2025
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Lisa Cook can remain a Federal Reserve governor for now, the US and China seem to be making progress...
Turkey’s opposition is under siege
15 Sep 2025
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Borrowing costs for the French government are outpacing some French corporations, and the threats to...
Charlie Kirk’s killing leads to calls for retribution
12 Sep 2025
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Brazil’s supreme court has voted to convict former president Jair Bolsonaro for plotting a coup d’...
Russia tests Nato defences
11 Sep 2025
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Conservative political activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead, military analysts are worried about Nato...
Israel escalates attacks on Hamas
10 Sep 2025
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US annual jobs numbers get a revision, and Israel is intensifying its fight against Hamas. Plus, the...
Macron looks for a new PM, again
09 Sep 2025
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Rupert Murdoch has resolved the bitter dispute over his sprawling media empire, France is once again...
Political instability jolts Japan
08 Sep 2025
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The French government is on the brink of another collapse, and Japan’s prime minister quits after ...
Bond investors are counting on US tariff revenues
05 Sep 2025
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US President Donald Trump’s nominee to join the Federal Reserve has vowed to uphold central bank i...
AI helps Google dodge a bullet
04 Sep 2025
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Lloyds Banking Group will put thousands of its staff at risk of dismissal, and Indonesians are anger...
Bond woes spill over into equities
03 Sep 2025
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A sell-off in government bonds spilled into the equity market as stocks fell on Tuesday, and Eurozon...
Russia suspected of GPS interference on EU official's flight
02 Sep 2025
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Israeli banks pressed to give back war profits to customers, Russia denies GPS jamming of an Europea...
The world’s newest petrostate heads to the polls
01 Sep 2025
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The leaders of China and India met on Sunday amid trade tensions with the US, and Guyanese voters he...
Investors remain chipper about Nvidia
29 Aug 2025
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Some World Trade Organization members are preparing to unveil a new grouping to boost “trade openn...
Donald Trump’s new favourite billionaire
28 Aug 2025
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Nvidia’s earnings report signalled solid growth, cryptocurrencies are taking a hold of Venezuela’...
The risk of firing a central bank governor
27 Aug 2025
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Investors are worried that Donald Trump’s attempted firing of a Federal Reserve governor could und...
Germany’s pension crisis
26 Aug 2025
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US President Donald Trump said he was firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, shares in Ørsted p...
Jerome Powell triggers market bets on a September rate cut
25 Aug 2025
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Jay Powell signalled a monetary policy shift during a high-profile Jackson Hole speech last week, an...
The return of ‘pump and dump’ stock scams
22 Aug 2025
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EU officials are accelerating plans for a digital euro, and the US Department of Justice has called ...
Can Target get its ‘swagger’ back?
21 Aug 2025
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Chinese regulators are pushing back against US AI chips, Target shares fell more than 6 per cent aft...
What to expect from Jay Powell’s Jackson Hole speech
20 Aug 2025
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US tech stocks sold off on Tuesday, and Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell will be between a rock and ...
Italian and French bonds meet in the middle
19 Aug 2025
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US President Donald Trump floated the prospect of US security guarantees for Ukraine, Prime Minister...
Zelenskyy goes back to the White House
18 Aug 2025
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US President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy today, just days after meetin...
The markets are shrugging off chaos
15 Aug 2025
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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska today, and Dubai is tr...
Opec pops US shale’s balloon
14 Aug 2025
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Fears of a massive non-dom exodus from the UK have been allayed by initial tax data, and UK companie...
Norway’s oil fund dumps Israeli companies
13 Aug 2025
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The White House walks back expectations for Friday’s meeting between the US and Russian presidents...
Why the Mexican peso is on a tear
12 Aug 2025
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EU leaders will hold a call with US President Donald Trump ahead of his meeting with Russian leader ...
Trump tries for a Ukraine peace deal
11 Aug 2025
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UK employers cut back hiring over labour and tax cost fears, and Ukraine and its European allie...
A divided Bank of England
08 Aug 2025
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Donald Trump has nominated Stephen Miran to fill a soon-to-be vacant seat on the Federal Reserve’s...
CoreWeave’s takeover deal hits a speedbump
07 Aug 2025
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European companies are falling behind US counterparts and CoreWeave’s takeover of Core Scientific ...
Is Palantir’s stock too good to be true?
06 Aug 2025
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US President Donald Trump plans on imposing new sanctions on Russia unless there is a ceasefire in U...
Australia wants its port back
05 Aug 2025
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US President Donald Trump wants to raise tariffs on India and the CEO of Deutsche Bank approved a co...
Wall Street digests bitter economic data
04 Aug 2025
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The FT’s US financial commentator joins to discuss how investors are responding to unsettling new ...
Swamp Notes: Trump’s case against Fed chair Powell
02 Aug 2025
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This weekend, we're sharing an episode from our fellow FT podcast, Swamp Notes. The US president is ...
Trump’s tariffs kick into higher gear
01 Aug 2025
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Apple revenues jump on strong iPhone sales and rebound in China and Donald Trump has reimposed tarif...
Making sense of a wonky GDP reading
31 Jul 2025
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Meta’s shares jumped more than 10 per cent off the back of better than expected second-quarter ear...
Concerns rise over starvation in Gaza
30 Jul 2025
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The potential US-China trade war truce depends on US President Donald Trump’s approval, and a UN-b...
EU politicians bristle at US trade deal
29 Jul 2025
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Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey and UK chancellor Rachel Reeves are at odds, and EU politicia...
China’s growing muscle at the UN
28 Jul 2025
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The European Union struck a deal to limit the rate of US tariffs, and public companies are filling t...
Return of the stonk
25 Jul 2025
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US President Donald Trump is set to visit the UK and Krispy Kreme and GoPro stocks rise after becomi...
Private equity recycles assets
24 Jul 2025
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Tesla’s second-quarter profits fell 23 per cent as sales of its electric vehicles continued to sli...
Big Pharma’s China gamble
23 Jul 2025
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US House Speaker Mike Johnson sent home Congress members early to avoid a vote on releasing files on...
What deregulation means for the UK economy
22 Jul 2025
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JPMorgan Chase explores lending against cryptocurrency, and the UK will have to pay in order to join...
Trump’s $50bn tariff haul
21 Jul 2025
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Japan’s ruling coalition lost its majority in the country’s upper house of parliament, and the E...
Is Ukraine sliding into authoritarianism?
18 Jul 2025
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is accused of authoritarianism after favoring loyalists in a...
US investment banking is so back
17 Jul 2025
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Donald Trump asked lawmakers whether he should fire Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell, and Wall Stree...
Why the UK kept an Afghan immigration scheme secret
16 Jul 2025
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US President Donald Trump sealed a trade deal with Indonesia and the UK had a secret plan to immigra...
Washington weighs in on crypto
15 Jul 2025
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The EU proposes to shift its budget to send billions to eastern European countries, and bitcoin hits...
US investment banking expected to stay in the doldrums
14 Jul 2025
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The EU has put trade retaliations against the US on hold, and US investment banking is set to extend...
Big Pharma markets left on a ‘patent cliff’-hanger
11 Jul 2025
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India is set to reach a record year in initial public offerings and Big Pharma is facing a wave of p...
Global copper market weighs Trump tariff threat
10 Jul 2025
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The UK and France have pledged for the first time to co-ordinate the use of their nuclear weapons, a...
BCG tries to limit Gaza work fallout
09 Jul 2025
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EU negotiators are closing in on a trade deal with Donald Trump that would cement higher tariffs tha...
Liechtenstein's zombie-trust apocalypse
08 Jul 2025
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US President Donald Trump extended tariff deadlines, and Liechtenstein’s trust industry is in a cr...
US stocks: rally or overcorrection?
07 Jul 2025
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington DC today to discuss a Gaza ceasefire pro...
The cost of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
04 Jul 2025
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Donald Trump has secured passage of his flagship tax and spending legislation and the US jobs market...
The mad dash for trade deals
03 Jul 2025
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European CEOs are lobbying against AI regulations, and trade officials are rushing to make deals bef...
Hong Kong’s bull run leaves China in the dust
02 Jul 2025
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The UK government passed its welfare reform bill after making concessions, and Hong Kong’s stocks ...
Rise of the neobank
01 Jul 2025
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Two of the biggest oil companies in the Middle East scale down their acquisition sprees, and Wall St...
US banks are hungry for deals
30 Jun 2025
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The Trump administration is paving the way for more US bank mergers, and China’s online retail gia...
Labour MPs rebel against UK welfare reform
27 Jun 2025
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Some members of the UK's parliament fight back against proposed welfare cuts, and early intelligence...
Why markets are unfazed by the Middle East conflict
26 Jun 2025
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Nato members decided on increased defence spending, the Federal Reserve is planning on cutting capit...
Iran's path forward
25 Jun 2025
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US stocks almost hit record highs amid possible de-escalation in the Middle East, and Johns Hopkins ...
Will the wheels come off Nato?
24 Jun 2025
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US president Donald Trump has said Israel and Iran have agreed a ceasefire, shifting priorities in t...
The US targets Iran’s nuclear programme
23 Jun 2025
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The US is now using force to try to eliminate Iran’s nuclear programme, and new tariffs on US hous...
EU pushes a UK-style trade deal with the US
20 Jun 2025
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Russia’s war-time economy is slowing down, and the EU is negotiating a trade deal with the US to k...
The Fed cuts US economic outlook
19 Jun 2025
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The Federal Reserve cut its outlook for the US economy on Wednesday, and in the UK, inflation remain...
Trump demands that Iran surrender
18 Jun 2025
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US President Donald Trump demands unconditional surrender from Iran on social media, and the Iran-Is...
What Trump’s golden share means for the Nippon deal
17 Jun 2025
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Tensions rise as the EU refuses trade talks with China before next month’s leaders summit, and Air...
Inside Iran’s ‘impenetrable’ nuclear bunker
16 Jun 2025
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Israel may not have big enough bombs to take down Iran’s most secure nuclear facility, and Nippon ...
Hot Money: Agent of Chaos - Ep. 1, The Bribe
14 Jun 2025
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Today, we're bringing you the first episode from the new season of Hot Money. On Hot Money: Agent of...
Southern European bond markets make a comeback
13 Jun 2025
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Israel has launched a strike against Iran, Argentina’s month-on-month inflation rate has fallen be...
Europe’s game plan for handling Trump at G7
12 Jun 2025
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The Pentagon has launched a review of the 2021 Aukus submarine deal with the UK and Australia, Donal...
Winners and losers of UK spending review
11 Jun 2025
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The FT’s George Parker explains the winners and losers in UK chancellor Rachel Reeves’ spending ...
Trump cracks down on Los Angeles protests
10 Jun 2025
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The head of the operator of the Panama Canal has warned that a $23bn global ports deal could put the...
Who gets to be Italian?
09 Jun 2025
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Syria is preparing to rejoin the international banking system, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Me...
Swamp Notes: Trump’s big play to save steel production
07 Jun 2025
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US President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on steel to 50 per cent this week. He’s also allowing Ja...
Trump and Xi break the ice
06 Jun 2025
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US President Donald Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping agreed to launch a new round of high-level...
Bulgaria moves into the Eurozone
05 Jun 2025
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Apple’s rollout of artificial intelligence services in China with Alibaba is being held up, Wells ...
Mexico’s new supreme court
04 Jun 2025
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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof resigned after far-right leader Geert Wilders walked out of his coa...
Trump’s push to privatise Fannie and Freddie
03 Jun 2025
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Elon Musk’s xAI is launching a $300mn share sale that values the group at $113bn, and China’s pr...
South Korea plots a post-coup future
02 Jun 2025
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Private equity dealmaking around the world slowed down in the second quarter of 2025, and South Kore...
Swamp Notes: Do Republicans still care about debt?
31 May 2025
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Republicans are often known as the party of fiscal responsibility. This week, Swamp Notes unravels t...
Trump’s tariffs in legal limbo
30 May 2025
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The White House is fighting court rulings that US President Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ ta...
The challenge to Delaware’s corporate dominance
29 May 2025
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A US court invalidated President Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariff scheme yesterday. Nvid...
Rio Tinto’s surprise CEO hunt
28 May 2025
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US stocks jumped yesterday after President Donald Trump said trade talks with the EU were heade...
How Ukraine fell victim to fake arms deals
27 May 2025
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Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 kicked off a massive arms procurement race for Kyi...
Behind the Money: GE Vernova tries to shake its parent’s problems
26 May 2025
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Today, we're bringing you an episode from our fellow FT podcast, Behind the Money. Massive conglomer...
Swamp Notes: Trump’s next 100 days
24 May 2025
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This week, Swamp Notes goes to London for a live recording. Katie Martin, host of the Unhedged podca...
The economic impact of Trump’s budget bill
23 May 2025
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Republicans in the US House of Representatives narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s major budg...
Will Germany ban the far-right AfD?
22 May 2025
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Telegram leapt to a $540mn profit last year despite the ongoing legal threat to its leadership, yiel...
CATL’s IPO pops in Hong Kong
21 May 2025
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European and Asian investors have pumped record sums into global equity funds that exclude the US ma...
A warning shot to the Treasuries market
20 May 2025
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The US may be stepping back from its role as mediator in the war in Ukraine, and US long-term borrow...
Trump administration to roll back banking rules
19 May 2025
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The UK is holding its first summit with the European Union since Brexit, and US authorities are prep...
Swamp Notes: Trump’s tilt to the left
17 May 2025
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Within the space of one week, US President Donald Trump endorsed tax increases for America’s top e...
Can Bill Ackman create a Berkshire Hathaway rival?
16 May 2025
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Japan has signalled it is prepared to hold out for a better deal with US President Donald Trump over...
Turkey after the PKK
15 May 2025
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CoreWeave reported a 420% rise in revenue in its first quarter as a listed company and the furious r...
UnitedHealth’s big shake-up
14 May 2025
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The White House unveiled what it says is $600bn worth of defence and artificial intelligence deals w...