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FT Weekend: The story of a stolen cookbook. Plus, Elizabeth Strout
28 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1930s, Alice Urbach wrote a beloved cookbook in Vienna. But during the Holocaust it was stolen: Aryanized, peppered with Nazi ideology and repu...
Guerilla. Economist. Colombia’s next president?
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
China has offered “a few hundred million dollars” in lending to Sri Lanka to help alleviate a shortage of essential goods, Wall Street investors g...
Investing’s cults of personality
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hedge funds are trying to reposition themselves in the middle of this year’s heavy tech stock sell-off, and the director of the UN’s World Food Pr...
America’s hiring headache
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Australia’s new prime minister met with world leaders to discuss climate change and Hungary’s prime minister declared an economic state of emergen...
The end of globalisation at Davos
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Three decades of globalisation risks are going into reverse, according to company executives and investors as world leaders meet in Davos for the firs...
Can Boeing’s move towards the Pentagon solve its problems?
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Saudi Arabia has signalled it will stand by Russia as a member of the Opec+ group of oil producers, the former head of Russia’s second-biggest oil g...
FT Weekend: Why US abortion rights are under attack
21 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s about to become much harder to find safe abortion care in America, in a country where some states already make it almost impossible. This week,...
US tensions with Latin America are a boon for China
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Canada is banning Chinese telecom giant Huawei from its 5G network, US plans to host the Summit of Americas are in disarray as Latin American heads of...
Why Ukraine and Russia are fighting over a teeny island
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wall Street stocks fell hard on Wednesday after the retailer Target warned that inflation and supply chain disruptions would hit profit margins, and w...
Salary advancements: a double-edged sword?
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cash holdings among global fund managers have risen to their highest level since 9/11, China’s economic data show how badly the country is suffering...
Musk toys with Twitter deal at lower price
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk acknowledged on Monday that he would pay a lower price for Twitter, hedge fund Tiger Global has significantly cut back its shareholdings and...
Behind the Money is back!
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Behind the Money is back with all-new episodes! From hostile takeovers to C-suite intrigue, Behind the Money takes you inside the business and financi...
Francesca McDonagh heads to Credit Suisse
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brussels is set to cut its growth forecasts further and boost its inflation outlook, and Sweden will jettison 200 years of military non-alignment and ...
FT Weekend: How Shakespeare gave actor Michael Patrick Thornton his life back
14 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend, Lilah talks to actor Michael Patrick Thornton, who appears in the buzzy new Broadway production of Macbeth. When Michael was 24, he had ...
Stablecoins aren’t so stable after all
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Norway’s oil fund has slammed “corporate greed” and excessive executive pay, some former Ukrainian officials believe their forces could push Rus...
Ping An calls for HSBC break-up
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Description: Turkish authorities have raised the pressure on the country’s banks to limit corporate clients’ purchases of foreign currency, US con...
Musk would let Trump back on Twitter
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said he would reverse Twitter’s ban on Donald Trump, and all but one of the global investment banks in China finally managed...
Sinn Féin’s historic victory
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Volkswagen chief Herbert Diess has called for the EU to pursue a negotiated settlement to the Ukraine War for the sake of Europe’s economy, Gol...
The cost of China’s zero-Covid lockdown
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Xi Jinping’s renewed commitment to zero-Covid policy rattles investors in China, Africa’s top Covid vaccine plant faces an uncertain future after ...
US-China Tech Race: The great decoupling
08 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of this season of Tech Tonic, we ask if the growing tensions between the US and China could split the world into two competing te...
FT Weekend: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' with Daniels
07 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lilah interviews Everything Everywhere All at Once directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, also known as Daniels. Their film, starring ...
London’s push to control the British Virgin Islands
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wall Street stocks suffered steep declines on Thursday with the Nasdaq’s biggest fall since 2020 and the Bank of England has warned that the UK econ...
Markets sing after Federal Reserve raises rates
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The US Federal Reserve raised its benchmark policy rate by half a percentage point for the first time since 2000, the European Union is trying to ban ...
Draghi urges EU to abandon unanimity requirement
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
BP recorded its highest quarterly earnings in more than a decade, Italy’s prime minister, Mario Draghi, called on Brussels to abandon the requiremen...
Federal Reserve poised to raise rates a half-percent
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon workers at a warehouse in New York have rejected efforts to form a union, the US Federal Reserve is poised to make its first half-percentage po...
Italy’s tough new approach to Russia
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Italy’s tough new approach to Russia marks one of the biggest foreign policy shifts in Europe in years, Germany has called for a phased-in ban on Ru...
US-China Tech Race: brave new world
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Tonic, how a mysterious death in Belgrade prompted Serbia to embrace Chinese surveillance technology, raising concerns among S...
FT Weekend: Morality in the Twitter era. Plus: China’s language revolution
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend, we think about morality in the age of social media. According to writer Dan Brooks, we're great at pointing out where good is missing, b...
Yen sinks as dollar rises to 20-year high
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The US dollar surged to its highest level in two decades on Thursday, the US economy contracted unexpectedly in the first quarter, Twitter admits an ‘...
Putin’s economic war on Europe
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
EU leaders accused Moscow of “blackmail” over gas exports, and Spotify tries to distance itself from Netflix after reporting decent quarterly earn...
China’s moves in the South Pacific
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
US tech stocks fell to their lowest level in more than a year, the Brexit trade deal has caused a “steep decline” in UK trade with the EU, Chinese...
Twitter CEO Elon Musk?
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
EU member states are looking at whether to impose a ceiling on what they would pay for Russian oil as a way to hit Kremlin revenues, Twitter’s board...
Emmanuel Macron elected to second term as French president
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Emmanuel Macron has been elected for a second term as president of France, the EU will force Big Tech to police content online more aggressively after...
US-China Tech Race: Shock and Awe
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of this Tech Tonic season about US-China tech rivalry, the FT’s US-China correspondent Demetri Sevastopulo tells the inside st...
FT Weekend: The good life, with chefs Daniel Humm and Alice Waters
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend we’re returning to the first-ever episode of the FT Weekend podcast, from September. Lilah talks to Eleven Madison Park’s Daniel Humm...
Introducing: the FT Climate Game
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk unveiled a $46.5bn financing package to fund his takeover bid for Twitter, Netflix lost close to 40 per cent of its market value after ...
Algeria struggles to meet Europe’s rising demand for gas
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
FT correspondents provide insight on the latest developments in Ukraine, why Algeria cannot supply more energy to meet Europe’s demand, and US airli...
Who will back Elon Musk?
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk’s $43bn bid to take Twitter private is struggling to draw interest from private equity groups, Netflix shares tumbled on Tuesday after its...
US Treasury ‘real yields’ about to eclipse inflation expectations
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bank of America gave a bullish revenue outlook as the second-largest US lender reported better than expected earnings, and Mexico’s opposition polit...
A year after Greensill Capital’s collapse
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many people with lingering symptoms of Covid-19 struggle to work or have been forced to leave the workforce entirely. Plus, the FT’s capital markets...
US-China Tech Race: Chips with Everything
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest season of Tech Tonic continues, with a deep dive into the semiconductor industry and Taiwan’s unique position as a bastion of computer-ch...
FT Weekend: The story behind one of reggae’s most sampled songs
16 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we bring our classic Life of a Song series to your ears, with the dramatic story behind 'Bam Bam', Sister Nancy's reggae dancehall classic....
Is the US headed for a recession?
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
US president Joe Biden announced yesterday he would send $800mn in additional military aid to Ukraine, the FT’s John Paul Rathbone outlines Russia’...
Volkswagen’s U-turn
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stockpiles of some of the world’s most important industrial metals have dropped to critically low levels, US banks start reporting quarterly earning...
The rise of conservative shareholder activism
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Investors are bracing for another tough report on US inflation, Putin’s war in Ukraine has sparked an exodus of educated professionals from Russia a...
A French presidential election rematch
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen will advance to the final round of voting after yesterday’s first round of the Frenc...
US-China Tech Race: Spies and Lies (Part Two)
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of this season of Tech Tonic, James Kynge, the FT’s Global China Editor, asks how significant Chinese intellectual property th...
FT Weekend: How Cameo is changing celebrity. Plus: designing your home
09 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend, we delve into the world of celebrity via the app Cameo. What does it mean that we can now pay celebrities to send us personalised video ...
Will sanctions create a backlash against the dollar?
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
French bank shares and bonds were rattled this week after the recent poll showed stronger results for right-wing French presidential candidate, Marine...
Did AutoX risk safety to look good for investors?
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The US has imposed its most severe level of sanctions on Russia’s Sberbank and Alfa-Bank, and Brazil might have finally settled on a chief executive...
Shanghai lockdown forces bankers to camp in offices
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
US and eurozone government debt sold off on Tuesday as traders weighed the prospect of stronger sanctions against Russia and comments from a top polic...
Atrocities prompt more calls to ban Russian energy
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The venerable venture capital firm, Sequoia Capital, has announced a change in leadership, Elon Musk has bought a nearly-10 per cent stake in Twitter,...
EU prepares new sanctions after reports of Russian atrocities
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
EU prepares more sanctions against Russia after apparent atrocities near Kyiv, French president Emmanuel Macron has warned his supporters not to assum...
Tech Tonic, the US-China Tech Race: Spies & Lies (Part One)
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of this season’s six-part series, the FT’s Global China Editor James Kynge tracks China’s dramatic transformation from the ...
FT Weekend: Poet Maria Stepanova. Plus, Inside the FT newsroom
02 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, guest host Marc Filippino discusses the FT's war coverage in Ukraine with our Editor, Roula Khalaf. How does a news organisation make decis...
Biden’s move to lower oil prices
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The White House announced a “historic release” of about 180mn barrels of oil from the US emergency stockpile in an attempt to cool oil prices, and...
Russia squeezes Germany over gas
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
SoftBank will slow down further investments amid a scramble for cash, journalist and “Putin’s People” author Catherine Belton talks about the im...
The global impact of Putin’s war
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russia has decided to “dramatically” scale back its military activities in the Kyiv area, and Barclays faces a £450mn hit after the bank mistaken...
Can the Kremlin track me?
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russia’s biggest internet company has embedded code into apps found on mobile devices that allows information about millions of users to be sent to ...
Introducing Tech Tonic: The US/China Tech Race
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A new six-part series of Tech Tonic brings you stories from the frontlines of the battle between the US and China for global technological supremacy. ...
The US-China technology rivalry heats up
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
HSBC has repeatedly edited its analysts’ research publications to remove references to a “war” in Ukraine, the US has denied that it is seeking ...
FT Weekend: Art in times of war, plus Anish Kapoor
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend, guest host Taylor Nicole Rogers talks to Ukrainian filmmaker Iryna Tsylik, director of the documentary The Earth is Blue as an Orange. I...
Bargain hunting for bonds in Russia and Ukraine
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The US is finalising a plan to supply the EU with up to 15bn additional cubic metres of liquefied natural gas by the end of 2022, Russian shares rose ...
Ukraine’s army of volunteers
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Oil exports from a crucial pipeline on Russia’s Black Sea coast were fully halted on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin said Russia will begin to invoice Eur...
Dispatch from Kyiv
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Writer Tim Judah talks about life in Kyiv as Russian forces advance on suburbs of Ukraine’s capital, and the FT’s Money Clinic host Claer Barrett ...
Why some Western companies are staying in Russia
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Moscow reopens markets, Pakistanis face crippling inflation and their prime minister Imran Khan faces a no confidence vote, Nestlé justifies staying ...
Panicked Russian consumers stock up on staples
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Germany said it sealed a long-term agreement with Qatar for liquefied natural gas supplies, prices on many products in Russia have shot up as sanction...
FT Weekend: How Russia weaponizes disinformation
19 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend, we discuss the power of disinformation, and how Russia has been using it in Ukraine. We are joined by Natalia Antelava, who has reported...
The Great Nickel Pickle
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The US secretary of state has poured cold water on hopes of a diplomatic settlement to the war in Ukraine, saying there were no signs Vladimir Putin w...
The Federal Reserve finally raises rates
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve has lifted its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, Europe’s largest energy traders have called on centra...
EU and UK impose new sanctions on Russian oligarchs
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Oil prices fell and share indices in Hong Kong and China dropped amid investor jitters over potential lockdowns and their economic impact, German pros...
Biden turns to autocrats for oil
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
US stocks dip lower on concerns over this week’s Federal Reserve meeting, a star witness in the 1MDB corruption trial has wrapped up testimony in a ...
Russian banks hobbled by sanctions
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
US officials say Moscow has asked Beijing for military equipment to support its invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine’s army celebrates its Turkish drones bu...
FT Weekend: Understanding Ukraine’s identity. Plus, the Oscars
12 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend, we speak with Ukrainian journalist Olga Tokariuk, who is currently in western Ukraine. Olga reflects on how Ukrainians forged the resolv...
Poland welcomes Ukrainian refugees
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
US consumer price growth approached 8 per cent last month ahead of a surge in energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the war in U...
Ukraine war boosts Macron’s re-election chances
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
EU leaders prepare to meet in Versailles today for a summit aimed at a unified response to the war in Ukraine, and Citigroup is having a hard time sel...
The stalled green transition
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The US and UK banned Russian oil and gas imports on Tuesday to punish Moscow for invading Ukraine, the stalled green revolution, and Russians are flee...
Russia’s war on Ukraine boosts China’s financial ambitions
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Oil and natural gas prices see-sawed as global stocks fell on Monday after a US push to ban Russian crude faced German resistance, the US Treasury war...
Russia’s war on Ukraine adds more turmoil to global shipping
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is fueling the ‘fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since second world war,’ according to the UNHCR; the White...
FT Weekend: The stories we tell, with Elif Shafak
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we bring you one of the most popular episodes from our archive: a conversation with Elif Shafak, the most widely read woman novelist in Turk...
Commodities prices soar over Russia supply fears
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Western brands flee Russia, global commodities soar as Putin intensifies his attack on Ukraine, and the US announces new sanctions on Russian oligarch...
War in Ukraine sparks Germany’s defence policy transformation
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the brutality of Moscow’s invasion intensifies, the idea of targeting oil and gas exports for sanctions is no longer off the table, and Federal R...
China shifts stance on Ukraine
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline company that was to bring Russian gas to Europe is reportedly insolvent, China has signalled it is ready to p...
The squeeze on Russia continues
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The International Energy Agency will hold an emergency meeting to discuss whether to release oil from strategic stocks to offset rising energy prices ...
BP to sell its stake in Russia’s state oil company Rosneft
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
BP plans to divest its stake in Russia’s state-oil company Rosneft, Norway’s $1.3tn oil fund plans to sell out of Russia and US and Western allies...
FT Weekend: The international mystery of the ‘Hum’
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russia has invaded Ukraine. We begin this episode with a visit from FT Weekend editor Alec Russell, a week after he joined us to discuss his years cov...
War in Ukraine shocks markets
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Western countries are punishing Russia after Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion from Ukraine, and UK prime minister Boris Johnson wants to punish Russ...
Putin orders start of ‘military operation’ in Ukraine
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The FT’s Max Seddon, reports from Moscow about Vladimir Putin’s order to launch a full-scale invasion into Ukraine, and the FT’s economics edito...
Russia’s move on Ukraine triggers western sanctions
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Western powers impose sanctions on Russia as Biden says Ukraine ‘invasion’ has begun, and Russian assets are set to bear the brunt of the Ukraine ...
Putin Moves Into Ukraine
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russia sends troops into Ukraine after recognizing two separatist regions there. Then, Russia could be facing sanctions for its actions over Ukraine. ...
Is corporate America becoming more inclusive?
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Olympics wrapped up in Beijing yesterday, capping two weeks of competition and controversy. Banks pledged in the run up to the Glasgow climate sum...
FT Weekend: Lea Ypi talks capitalism and freedom
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend, FT Weekend editor Alec Russell brings us to Albania for Lunch with the FT. He sits down with writer Lea Ypi, whose memoir ‘Free’ doc...
Siberia’s DIY cryptocurrency miners
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sequoia Capital plans to move deeper into cryptocurrency markets and has earmarked at least $500mn for investments in cryptocurrency assets, and a glo...
Blackstone’s dip into the rent-to-buy market
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes show it would be willing to tighten monetary policy quickly if US inflation does not come under control...
Soaring oil prices put US shale in a bind
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
US and European shares rallied on Tuesday after Russia said it had begun pulling back some troops, and former Google chief executive, Eric Schmi...
Emerging markets: high risk, no reward?
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The FT’s Gideon Rachman discusses the messaging wars between the US and Moscow over Ukraine, Central America and Mexico is benefiting from a bumper ...
The FT investigates Axel Springer’s #MeToo moment
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
German chancellor Olaf Scholz heads to Kyiv and Moscow to try and deter Putin from attacking Ukraine, and Germans are confronting a major #MeToo momen...
FT Weekend: Will Silicon Valley ruin Miami?
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Miami is hot right now. In the pandemic, more people moved to Florida than to any other state by a long shot. Chief among them were the tech elite, wh...
Inflation prompts investors to ditch Treasuries
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A court struggle in China is casting a shadow over the company’s hopes for an Arm IPO after its failed $66bn sale to Nvidia, the 10-year Treasury yi...
Peloton’s turmoil could be appealing
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dozens of biotech companies are running low on cash and face an uphill struggle to raise fresh funds, Fidelity’s little-known passive investmen...