FT News Briefing
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Salesforce catches a break
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Salesforce reported better than expected earnings on Wednesday amid a fight with activist investors, Bridgewater Associates is set to cut about eight ...
Goldman’s big bet
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Goldman Sachs is going all in on asset management, Nigeria’s opposition parties are calling for a rerun of the presidential election over the weeken...
A big step for Brexit
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shell’s top executives explored moving the company to the US, and Britain and the EU clinched a deal on Monday to settle their dispute over Northern...
The future of the World Bank
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Major US employers are reporting a dramatic improvement in hiring conditions despite official data, and the FT’s Aime Williams tells us what the Wor...
Ukrainian filmmaker Nadia Parfan on art and resistance
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nadia Parfan was travelling outside Ukraine when Russia invaded on February 24. Instead of remaining abroad, Parfan returned to her homeland, fearing ...
Life in a war zone
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine MP Lesia Vasylenko describes waking up in a war zone that day and she argu...
The economics of Russia’s war in Ukraine
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Investors are betting the European Central Bank will raise interest rates to all-time highs, and the FT’s Ben Hall explains the impact of the war in...
Russia’s ‘second front’
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Consumer confidence in the eurozone is up, Moscow is buying influence in Africa on the cheap, and the FT’s Henry Foy explains how the war in Ukraine...
Biden in Poland for Ukraine war anniversary
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
US President Joe Biden travels to Poland to mark one year since Moscow invaded Ukraine, the FT’s Felicia Schwartz discusses US response to the war o...
Nigeria’s ‘democracy generation’
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
YouTube chief executive Susan Wojcicki is stepping down, the Pentagon is reviewing its weapons stockpiles after seeing how quickly ammunition has been...
The SEC’s crypto crackdown
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
World Bank president David Malpass will step down from his post at the end of June, US authorities have begun the year looking to further crack down o...
Dispatch from northwest Syria
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
US inflation declined in January though less than expected, Turkey’s president faces a backlash for an amnesty programme that forgave faults in mill...
US regulators go after non-competes
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nigeria’s highest court slapped a temporary ban on the plan to replace the country’s largest currency notes, and US regulators may ban non-compete...
Syrian refugees in Turkey face rising hostility
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The earthquake in Turkey has worsened the plight of Syrian refugees who already face rising hostility, YouTube has rolled out a revenue sharing scheme...
Credit Suisse’s big slump
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
China has pulled back from an internet pipeline connecting Asia with Europe, activist investor Nelson Peltz has called off his fight against Disney, a...
Disney to axe 7,000 jobs
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disney plans to cut 7,000 jobs to reduce costs, the UK competition regulator said Microsoft’s acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard wo...
Adani scrambles to reassure investors
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell said on Tuesday that reducing inflation would take a “significant period of time”, Turkey declared a state of eme...
The jig is up for the Texas two-step
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The UK Treasury and Bank of England are designing a “digital pound”, Google revealed plans on Monday to launch a chatbot to rival OpenAI’s popul...
Unhedged’s Rob Armstrong on a puzzling US economy
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The US donor network led by billionaire industrialist Charles Koch has signalled it will oppose Donald Trump’s bid to secure the 2024 Republican pre...
Markets’ dove-coloured glasses
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Big Tech companies reported earnings lacklustre yesterday, equities markets ended Thursday higher despite central banks tightening monetary policy,&nb...
Federal Reserve slows pace of rate rises
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The US Federal Reserve increased its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, Adani Enterprises called off its $2.4bn ...
Do meme 'stonks' still stink?
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hundreds of thousands of UK public sector workers set to walk out on Wednesday in co-ordinated action, the EU is set to unveil a draft plan today that...
Renault and Nissan reach a deal to save alliance
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The International Monetary Fund says that global economic growth has proven “surprisingly resilient” in its latest forecast, Renault and Nissan re...
Nelson Peltz versus Disney
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
India’s Adani Group has published an angry rebuttal of allegations of wrongdoing by short seller Hindenburg Research that wiped more than $50bn from...
Nigeria’s $11bn court challenge
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt will on Friday take on rightwing Tory MPs by rejecting calls for big tax cuts in his Budget, Brazil and Argentina’s leftwi...
Tesla sees a bumpy road ahead
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tesla reported record revenues last quarter, the Bank of Canada signalled it would pause interest rate rises, and trillions of dollars each day are gu...
Microsoft cloud business holds up
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Growth in Microsoft’s cloud computing business slowed further in the latest quarter but still did better than the software company and many analysts...
Germany’s tank dilemma
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bonds issued by China’s highly indebted real estate developers have rebounded sharply over the past two months, the EU is on the brink of effectivel...
A Latin American common currency?
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brazil and Argentina will this week announce that they are starting preparatory work on a common currency, advisers to western banks trying to exit Ru...
Netflix's CEO steps down
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Reed Hastings is stepping down as chief executive of Netflix, central bankers are making it clear to investors that they’re going to keep raising in...
US expected to hit debt ceiling
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The US is set to hit the debt ceiling today and Microsoft plans to cut 10,000 jobs to bring down costs. Plus, the FT’s Katie Martin reports from Dav...
Beijing’s new tech control strategy
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Goldman Sachs’ profits plunged by two-thirds last quarter while Morgan Stanley reported a 40 per cent year-on-year drop in net income, and companies...
Berlin beats back Big Tech
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen will meet her Chinese counterpart Liu He in Zurich this week, a former Russian paramilitary soldier has promised to...
The FT heads to Davos
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Demand for ‘buy now, pay later’ deals has surged among all age groups in the UK, US regulators are cracking down on a type of investment vehicle u...
Pakistan’s debt crisis
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Annual US inflation fell in December to its lowest level in more than a year, and Sweden’s state-owned mining company LKAB has said it has discovere...
Moscow’s military reshuffle
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brussels is stockpiling drugs and obliging manufacturers to guarantee supplies, and Russian forces are stepping up attacks on the Ukrainian town of So...
Toyota’s EV struggle
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
UK staffers fired by Twitter claim their dismissals were conducted unlawfully, BioNTech has agreed to buy UK artificial intelligence start-up InstaDee...
White House under pressure to expel Bolsonaro
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The White House is facing calls from the US Congress to expel former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro after Sunday’s insurrection, France is set t...
Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil’s capital
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thousands of supporters of Brazil’s former rightwing president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country’s capital, and America’s biggest banks are set...
Crypto bank’s ‘crisis of confidence’
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The pace of US jobs growth is set to have slowed further in December, and clients pulled $8.1bn in deposits from crypto-focused US bank Silvergate lat...
Falling inflation in Europe
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
IMF deputy managing director says the Federal Reserve shouldn’t declare victory against inflation just yet, inflation in Europe is falling, and the ...
Apple and Tesla start 2023 on the wrong foot
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Downing Street says Britons could struggle to access healthcare this winter, Tesla and Apple shares both fell because of production issues in China, a...
How did 2% become the magic inflation target?
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Economists say the UK will face one of the worst recessions and weakest recoveries in the G7 in the coming year, and The Netherlands may be the first ...
Bankman-Fried’s $250mn bail
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail is set at $250mn, Wall Street stocks slide after a round of upbeat economic data was released, and the FT’s A...
UK childcare in crisis
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Big Tech groups are ditching offices that are part of their European headquarters to cut costs and Tesla has fallen below ExxonMobil in stock market v...
Bank of Japan stuns markets
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Bank of Japan stunned markets with an unexpected change to its controversial yield curve control policy, and a group of FTX customers will try to ...
Wirecard on trial
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
US regulators settled a record breaking case against the maker of video game Fortnite, a former Wirecard executive told a Munich court that the collap...
India ramps up lending to counter China
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
EU member states have reached a deal on the world’s first major carbon border tax, New Delhi has stepped up spending on infrastructure in neighbouri...
Britain’s nurses launch historic strike
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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...