FT News Briefing

Britain’s nurses launch historic strike

16 Dec 2022

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Global stocks tumbled after a broad group of central banks raised interest rates, and nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland went on strik...

Fed enters a new phase

15 Dec 2022

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The Federal Reserve slowed the pace of its interest rate increases, western sanctions are causing a steady degradation, rather than a dramatic collaps...

Former FTX chief charged with fraud

14 Dec 2022

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US inflation slowed for the second month in a row, the US has formally charged former FTX chief executive, Sam Bankman-Fried, with criminal conspiracy...

Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas

13 Dec 2022

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Sam Bankman-Fried, the former chief executive of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has been arrested in the Bahamas, Goldman Sachs is considering cutting h...

Spyware maker NSO hopes for a comeback

12 Dec 2022

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Environmental group Greenpeace has started legal proceedings against the UK government to try and block new North Sea oil and gas exploration licences...

FTC hits pause button on video game deal

09 Dec 2022

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The US Federal Trade Commission says it will sue to block Microsoft’s $75bn acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard, and KLM’s chief e...

Political turmoil in Peru

08 Dec 2022

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The US bond market is signalling that investors expect the Federal Reserve to stay the course in its battle to tame inflation, Peru’s congress impea...

China’s next stage of the pandemic

07 Dec 2022

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US stocks slid and the price of Brent crude touched its lowest level since January, and China’s elderly are causing challenges for president Xi Jinp...

Could the 4-day work week…work?

06 Dec 2022

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US stocks fell after new data showed the US services sector grew last month, PwC plans to take advantage of uncertainty at EY by poaching some of its ...

The struggle is real for investors in the high-rate era

05 Dec 2022

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EU and US officials meet today to discuss the effect Washington’s green subsidies plan is having on Europe and Opec is standing pat as the cartel aw...

The corporate backlash against net zero

02 Dec 2022

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Brussels is pushing EU member states to agree to a $60 ceiling on global purchases of Russian oil and emerging market stocks and bonds are staging a s...

Fed hints at less aggressive rate increase

01 Dec 2022

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Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell signalled the central bank will start to slow the pace of interest rate increases, French president Emanuel Emmanuel ...

Private equity’s mystery boxes

30 Nov 2022

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China is enlisting the help of tech giants to reduce its dependence on foreign semiconductor technology, the Federal Reserve is divided over how much ...

Why are China’s nationwide protests happening now?

29 Nov 2022

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Europe is importing a record amount of seaborne Russian gas, and Rolls-Royce has successfully tested hydrogen instead of conventional jet fuel to powe...

China rocked by protests against ‘zero-Covid’ policies

28 Nov 2022

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Zero-Covid protests in Shanghai escalated on Sunday evening as police struggled to disperse large crowds who gathered in the city, and Iranian protest...

Martin Wolf: The geopolitical threat to globalisation

24 Nov 2022

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The FT’s chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, discusses why geopolitics could be the biggest threat to globalisation. Mentioned in this po...

Qatar’s bet on the World Cup

23 Nov 2022

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Mortgage rates in the UK on five-year fixed deals have dipped below 6 per cent for the first time in nearly two months, and US retailers are facing th...

Bob Iger's back at Disney. But who comes next?

22 Nov 2022

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Austria’s central bank chief is calling for a third-straight 0.75 percentage point interest rate rise at the European Central Bank’s next meeting,...

Cracks in the US Treasury bond market

21 Nov 2022

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A report finds that large asset managers are invested in companies allegedly linked to the repression of Uyghur Muslims, and Lebanese households and b...

The UK chancellor’s new plan

18 Nov 2022

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The world’s largest cryptocurrency fund has become embroiled in the turmoil swirling around the troubled sector, Jeremy Hunt announces a £55bn fisc...

Crypto broker Genesis halts withdrawals

17 Nov 2022

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UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to unveil a massive package of tax rises and spending cuts, crypto broker Genesis Trading suspended withdrawals, and ...

Twitter’s ‘collision course’ with EU

16 Nov 2022

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A landmark tech regulation law goes into effect in Europe, Russia targeted Ukraine’s power infrastructure in an air raid, and the Japanese Yen is re...

Amazon set for big job cuts

15 Nov 2022

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Amazon is planning to cut about 10,000 jobs, Google got hit with its biggest US privacy penalty, and Beijing has a plan for China’s troubled propert...

Apple’s bargain with Beijing

14 Nov 2022

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Digital asset exchanges are rushing to reassure clients that their funds are safe as the FTX collapse ricochets through the industry, a top Federal Re...

FT Weekend has moved!

12 Nov 2022

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Wondering where FT Weekend has gone? We've stopped publishing on the FT News Briefing feed! To subscribe to our own feed wherever you listen, click he...

FTX founder’s mega mea culpa

11 Nov 2022

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US stocks roared ahead on Thursday in their strongest day in more than two and a half years, and FTX's founder apologizes for the cryptoexchange's col...

US midterm elections: what we know so far

10 Nov 2022

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Binance backs out of its deal with FTX, Joe Biden and the Democrats avoided sweeping defeats but still risked losing control of Congress to the Republ...

Binance set to buy FTX

09 Nov 2022

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Americans voted in crucial midterm elections yesterday, cryptocurrency exchange Binance agreed to buy rival FTX, and TikTok has slashed its worldwide ...

COP27: South Africa’s tricky shift from coal

08 Nov 2022

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UK prime minister Rishi Sunak says Britain and France are in the ‘final stage’ of reaching a deal over migrant crossings, and cyber experts are wo...

TSMC's chip challenge

07 Nov 2022

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The European Central Bank has clashed with UniCredit over the Italian lender’s plans to return cash to shareholders and its failure to leave Russia,...

Climate tech to save the planet: Out of thin air

06 Nov 2022

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Direct air carbon capture - taking carbon dioxide straight out of the air around us - sounds like science fiction. In this episode of Tech Tonic Pilit...

FTNB Special: your crash course to the US midterm elections

05 Nov 2022

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In this special episode of the FT News Briefing, listen to our four-part series on the US midterm elections. We go around the country to learn about s...

Coming soon: Will climate tech save the planet?

04 Nov 2022

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The climate crisis threatens the future of the planet. But don’t worry, technology will save us. At least that’s the message from startups, innova...

Germany falls out of love with China

04 Nov 2022

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The US labour market appears to be cooling, the Bank of England raised interest rates by 75 basis points, the biggest increase in 30 years, and R...

US midterms countdown: election deniers want your vote

03 Nov 2022

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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 75 basis points for the fourth time in a row and warned rates would ultimately have to rise to a higher l...

Elon Musk’s juggling act

02 Nov 2022

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The Federal Reserve is set to raise interest rates by 0.75 points for the fourth time in a row, and Pfizer raised its sales forecast for its Covid-19 ...

Lula’s comeback, Bolsonaro’s silence

01 Nov 2022

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Joe Biden calls on US Congress to tax oil companies until they pump more oil, and Renault and Nissan close in on a deal to reshape their partnership. ...

Lula makes a comeback, Russia ends Ukraine grain deal

31 Oct 2022

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Moscow’s decision to suspend the Black Sea agreement will lead to fresh spike in prices, experts warn, Wall St bankers are under pressure to offer h...

FT Weekend: The Woman King, with producer Cathy Schulman

29 Oct 2022

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This is the last week you’ll hear FT Weekend on this feed! To subscribe to our own feed wherever you listen, click here: https://link.chtbl.com/ftwe...

FT investigates KPMG Saudi Arabia

28 Oct 2022

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Big tech companies lost nearly $1tn in valuation this week, Credit Suisse announced a radical restructuring plan, and expats at KPMG’s Saudi Arabia ...

US midterms countdown: the GOP courts Hispanic voters

27 Oct 2022

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The International Energy Agency says the world’s fossil fuel consumption will peak at the end of this decade, and US GDP is expected to have increas...

Google earnings fall on lower ad sales

26 Oct 2022

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Alphabet reported an unexpectedly severe slowdown in its core search ads business, and the European Central Bank is going to start talks on shrinking ...

Rishi Sunak takes the reins

25 Oct 2022

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Chinese technology stocks sold off sharply after president Xi Jinping secured a third term as party leader. Plus, the FT’s chief features write...

Boris Johnson drops out

24 Oct 2022

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More FTSE-listed companies have issued profit warnings this quarter than at any time since 2008, and jet shortages are hitting airlines hard. Plus, th...

FT Weekend: Jane Austen, forever. Plus: trans inclusion in sports

22 Oct 2022

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To subscribe to FT Weekend wherever you listen, click here: https://link.chtbl.com/ftweekend-------Two hundred years after Jane Austen’s novels were...

Truss is gone. Who will lead the UK?

21 Oct 2022

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Liz Truss resigned as UK prime minister on Thursday. We’ll look at the political fallout, impact on economic policy, and what it means for ordinary ...

US midterms countdown: Republicans bank on inflation

20 Oct 2022

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UK lawmakers plan to introduce legislation making rail strikes harder, private sector attendance at China’s Communist party congress has fallen by a...

Private equity giant CVC bets on going public

19 Oct 2022

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Netflix stemmed its subscriber losses in the third quarter and Russia is using Iranian drones in its war against Ukraine. Plus, Europe’s top private...

Disney vs France

18 Oct 2022

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Strong US bank earnings reports pumped up Wall Street stocks and new UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt scrapped the bulk of his party’s controversial propos...

Xi Jinping opens China’s Communist party congress

17 Oct 2022

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China’s leader Xi Jinping is set to begin his third-consecutive five-year term, and the UK’s Jeremy Hunt starts his first full week as the country...

FT Weekend: Artist Shirin Neshat on the women-led protests in Iran

15 Oct 2022

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This week we speak with Shirin Neshat, one of the most famous contemporary artists from Iran, about the protests in her home country. Shirin’s work ...

Truss’s possible U-turn on tax cuts

14 Oct 2022

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Investors shrugged off another high US inflation report and Liz Truss could be about to rip up her ‘mini’ Budget. New US export controls force glo...

US midterms countdown: abortion on the ballot

13 Oct 2022

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Emerging economies have seized price discounts to buy cheaper Russian oil, and the FT News Briefing election series will take listeners around the US ...

The UK’s gilt trip continues

12 Oct 2022

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on G7 countries to speed up supplies of air defence systems after another day of Russian missile attacks, and the biggest U...

US property industry braces for downturn

11 Oct 2022

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Britain’s largest global law firms are struggling to attract and retain staff in the US after the sterling’s drop in value, and the European Commi...

Iranian song fuels anti-regime protests

10 Oct 2022

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The US and Germany are leading calls to overhaul the World Bank to better address climate change, ships carrying Ukrainian grain are stuck in a Black ...

FT Weekend: HBO’s 'Industry', and Esther Perel

08 Oct 2022

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This weekend, we discuss Industry on HBO with chief features writer Henry Mance. The show is part of a trend: like Succession and Euphoria, it depicts...

China keeps peeling off Taiwan’s allies

07 Oct 2022

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The pace of US job growth is expected to have cooled in September, Ukrainian forces are continuing their counteroffensive in the southern part of thei...

US lashes out at Opec+’s oil cuts

06 Oct 2022

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Opec+ is cutting oil output to prop up prices, the FT and Nikkei ranked the most popular US cities among foreign businesses, and this week’s Rachman...

Elon Musk offers to follow through on Twitter deal

05 Oct 2022

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Elon Musk is offering to follow through on his deal to buy Twitter, Russians are fleeing the country after Putin announced a conscription army, and th...

The UK tax cut and pound U-turn

04 Oct 2022

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The UK government reversed course on a tax cut, Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro defied expectations in the first round of election voting, and Cre...

The race to reinvent the space station

03 Oct 2022

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Opec+ is planning to cut oil production, and Tories are in Birmingham for their annual party conference while demonstrations against the cost of livin...

FT Weekend: Jamaica Kincaid and Enuma Okoro on writing

01 Oct 2022

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Writer Jamaica Kincaid is one of the best known writers on race and colonialism in the US. Her writing is biting and fearless, and she’s been a keen...

The next phase of Putin’s invasion

30 Sep 2022

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Russia plans to annex four regions of Ukraine today, turmoil in UK markets is spilling over on to global bond markets, and Germany announced a €200b...

Brazil's high-stakes election

29 Sep 2022

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The UK's tax cutting plan is a political liability, the EU announced another round of Russian sanctions, and Brazil is days away from a monumental pre...

The global backlash to UK tax cuts

28 Sep 2022

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The IMF is criticising the UK’s tax cut plan, the US is pressing EU countries to speed up and increase the financial support for Ukraine, and the he...

Italy’s new far-right government

27 Sep 2022

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China’s economic output will lag behind the rest of Asia for the first time since 1990, according to new World Bank forecasts, the Bank of England f...

UK tax plan hurts investor confidence

26 Sep 2022

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UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has vowed to double down on his controversial tax-cutting drive despite investor jitters, at least 41 people have died in...

FT Weekend: How NFTs shook up the art world

24 Sep 2022

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NFTs were a big sensation, but the market for them has crashed. This week, we invited a crypto-sceptic, FT columnist Jemima Kelly, to answer all the q...

Catch a falling yen

23 Sep 2022

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Several EU member states are pushing for hard-hitting measures against Russia and a UN policy memorandum argues Pakistan should suspend international ...

Fed signals more economic pain to come

22 Sep 2022

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The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage points for the third time in a row on Wednesday, and Credit Suisse has drawn...

Travis Kalanick’s excellent (and secret) venture

21 Sep 2022

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The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by 0.75 per cent today, Goldman Sachs is expanding its transaction banking business in Eu...

Swamp Notes: US Democrats on the offensive

20 Sep 2022

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Two Turkish banks have halted the use of Russia's payment system, two global energy agencies estimate it would cost $1tn to avoid the catastrophic eff...

The collapse of Celsius Network

19 Sep 2022

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Markets are increasingly betting on policymakers raising borrowing costs higher and faster, an FT-IGM survey shows economists expect the US central ba...

FT Weekend: How do young Brits feel about the monarchy?

17 Sep 2022

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This week we discuss how young people view the late Queen Elizabeth with journalist Imogen West-Knights and our own producer Lulu Smyth. For many Mill...

Inflation, the Hamptons and an $800 grocery cart

16 Sep 2022

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China’s local government financing vehicles are bailing out cities and provinces that are struggling for cash, and UK prime minister Liz Truss is ma...

A worsening migration crisis in the Americas

15 Sep 2022

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The US and EU are concerned that Russia can use Turkish banks to evade financial sanctions, Porsche tries to catch up to Ferrari with an initial publi...

Wall Street shudders after seeing US inflation data

14 Sep 2022

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A worse than expected US inflation report triggered a Wall Street sell-off, Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko testified in front of a US Senate commi...

Is a post-dollar world coming?

13 Sep 2022

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US inflation is expected to have eased due to falling energy prices and Ukraine has regained momentum fighting back the Russian invasion. Plus, Ruchir...

King Charles and the royal finances

12 Sep 2022

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King Charles heads to Scotland today, UK financial markets are bracing for Liz Truss’s energy package, and Russia’s Gazprom is making record profi...

FT Weekend: The legacy of Queen Elizabeth II

10 Sep 2022

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Queen Elizabeth II has died after a 70-year reign. This weekend, we reflect on her legacy, life and cultural impact with FT Weekend editor Alec Russel...

Britain in mourning

09 Sep 2022

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Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-serving monarch, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace has announced. The FT’s Miranda Green examines this mom...

The ECB goes from dove to hawk

08 Sep 2022

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Chinese companies have raised six times as much money through share sales in Europe than the US this year, and European farmers expect a sky-high food...

EU wants tax to fight ‘astronomic’ electricity bills

07 Sep 2022

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The EU is considering a windfall tax for energy companies, Zambia’s IMF bailout is a test for countries that have defaulted on Chinese debt, and US ...

Russia’s double energy whammy

06 Sep 2022

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Liz Truss will be the next UK prime minister after winning the Tory leadership race, Opec+ agreed on Monday to cut crude supply in a bid to prop up oi...

Britain set for new prime minister

05 Sep 2022

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The oil producing cartel is meeting today and will consider a cut in oil supply to prop up prices, and UK Conservative Party members will vote today o...

Have we hit peak TV? Plus, our debt to bees

03 Sep 2022

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This week, guest host Topher Forhecz is joined by Los Angeles bureau chief Chris Grimes to hear about the future of TV's streaming wars. Since the pan...

Cruise control: port cities push back against ships

02 Sep 2022

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The US releases the latest jobs numbers today and analysts expect the pace of positions added to have slowed in August, eurozone unemployment fell to ...

Russia shuts down Nord Stream 1 pipeline

01 Sep 2022

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Russia has halted the flow of gas through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Europe for three days, and the EU has agreed to suspend a visa deal with Mosco...

Will student debt add up to more inflation?

31 Aug 2022

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The world’s second-largest cinema chain incorrectly reported the identity of its largest shareholder, and ExxonMobil is contesting Vladimir Putin’...

Morgan Stanley beefs up block trade supervision

30 Aug 2022

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Morgan Stanley has tapped a lawyer to keep an eye on its block trading, and airlines are bracing for a chilly winter. Plus, Liz Truss, the frontrunner...

US watchdogs take on private equity

29 Aug 2022

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Financial markets are bracing for a longer period of high interest rates, EU foreign ministers are set to suspend the bloc’s visa facilitation agree...

A sceptic’s guide to crypto: the ‘smart’ money

28 Aug 2022

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In the second episode of the latest season of Tech Tonic, FT columnist and host Jemima Kelly tries to understand why an influential Silicon Valley inv...

FT Weekend: The art of sound design. Plus: summer hits of 2022

27 Aug 2022

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FT Weekend has its own podcast feed! For more content, subscribe to 'FT Weekend' wherever you listen.This weekend, we meet a British pioneer of sound ...

Afghanistan’s economy after one year under the Taliban

26 Aug 2022

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Finland will host talks with Sweden and Turkey for talks on the Nordic countries’ Nato membership bids, and we’ll take a look at the ins and outs ...

Can Jay Powell stick the landing?

25 Aug 2022

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Hedge funds have lined up the biggest bet against Italian bonds since the global financial crisis, Japan is looking to rebuild its nuclear energy capa...

Six months of war in Ukraine

24 Aug 2022

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Today marks six months since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a Twitter whistleblower says the company hid security flaws and fake ...

The student who rode Bed Bath & Beyond to the moon

23 Aug 2022

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Ben & Jerry’s lost a legal dispute with its parent company over sales in Israel and investors are sceptical about this summer’s equities rally...

Droughts grip large parts of the globe

22 Aug 2022

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Apple employees are pushing back against the iPhone maker’s call for workers to return to the office next month, and major droughts across the globe...

A sceptic’s guide to crypto: boom and bust

21 Aug 2022

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A new season of Tech Tonic asks whether crypto and its supporting technology - the blockchain - have a future following a market crash. In the first e...