FT News Briefing

London and Paris at impasse over migrants

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Credit Suisse investors warn they will try to block any extension of vice-chair Severin Schwan, and SoftBank is looking to list UK chip design company...

Horatio Clare on the UK migrant crisis and Dover

08 Feb 2022

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Credit Suisse became the first Swiss bank in the country’s history to answer criminal charges on Monday, and the US is lobbying Brussels to water do...

Great Britain’s migrant crisis

07 Feb 2022

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A week of dizzying diplomatic meetings seeking to de-escalate tensions with Russia kicks off today in Moscow and Washington, aid agencies call for unb...

FT Weekend: Does Peloton trick us into working out?

05 Feb 2022

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This weekend, we look at the Peloton phenomenon. Is it a failing fitness cult or a lasting way to stay healthy? Lilah and San Francisco correspondent ...

Facebook's fall hits markets

04 Feb 2022

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Wall Street stocks slumped on Thursday after disappointing earnings reports in the technology sector from Facebook parent Meta, Turkey and Ukraine sig...

Spotify responds to the Joe Rogan fiasco

03 Feb 2022

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Spotify delivered a weak outlook for first-quarter subscriber growth, investors are putting more pressure on the European Central Bank to raise intere...

Has plant-based meat peaked?

02 Feb 2022

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Alphabet announced a 20-for-one stock split on Tuesday, and businesses across Myanmar shut up shop yesterday, joining a nationwide “silent strike”...

January stocks hit the skids

01 Feb 2022

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The US stock market has suffered its worst start to the year since the global financial crisis, US and European allies are preparing what is being des...

Ukrainian city braces itself for war

31 Jan 2022

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The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund has warned that investors face years of low returns due to permanent inflation, and splits are emerging in...

FT Weekend: Treasure hunting on the Thames, with Jo Ellison

29 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we look at two things that connect us to human history. First, How To Spend It editor Jo Ellison takes us mudlarking — sifting through lo...

Russian gas projects face sanctions

28 Jan 2022

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Apple posted record revenue of $123.9bn in the holiday quarter, and investors had a tough time gauging the Federal Reserve’s hawkish tone, the UK’...

The Fed plans to be ‘humble and nimble’ and hawkish

27 Jan 2022

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Tesla reported a record net profit of $2.3bn last quarter but warned of supply chain constraints and the Federal Reserve signalled its intention to ra...

The Draghi dilemma

26 Jan 2022

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Google has overhauled a central piece of technology it is building to replace advertising cookies, and the owner of 7-Eleven is facing investor calls ...

The Big Dip

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Stocks on Wall Street ended higher on Monday after investors took advantage of a severe drop early in the session, Peloton has come under attack from ...

Discontent at Unilever

24 Jan 2022

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Germany’s largest publishers and advertisers are demanding that the EU intervene over the Google's plan to stop the use of third-party cookies, Sony...

FT Weekend: Pati Jinich and Gillian Tett on food, culture and power

22 Jan 2022

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This weekend, we look at our culture through new lenses. First, we go to Mexico. Lilah speaks to James Beard Award-winning chef Pati Jinich about how ...

The bright side of Bund yields

21 Jan 2022

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The Federal Reserve has for the first time launched a period of debate of a central bank digital currency, and Luckin Coffee is planning to relist in ...

Moscow’s ‘Fortress Russia’ strategy

20 Jan 2022

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 A US Senate committee will begin debating a pair of bills designed to reshape technology regulation, and US banks are gearing up for interest ra...

Microsoft and Activision’s shared virtual universe

19 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The car industry has turned on France’s plan to force manufacturers to attach the equivalent of a public health warning to their advertising, and US...

China applies brakes to Africa lending

18 Jan 2022

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UK inflation is expected to rise to a 30-year high when December’s data are released this week, Meta patent applications indicate how the Silicon Va...

Bain under fire for enabling South Africa corruption

17 Jan 2022

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Pension cash for British Gas workers was used to buy Israeli cyberweapon developer NSO Group, European sales of electric cars overtook diesel models f...

FT Weekend: Tracey Emin: ‘I want to be a happy ghost’

15 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we’ve got two GOATs – that’s Greatests Of All Time. Legendary artist Tracey Emin is starting an art school and studio compound in Mar...

The London-Kazakhstan connection

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Google says it will spend $1bn to purchase its office building in London, Katie Martin explains why Ken Griffin selling a $1.2bn stake in his Cit...

Environmental activists target top PR firms

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Boris Johnson suffered the toughest day of his premiership on Wednesday when he faced calls to quit after he admitted attending a Number 10 “bring y...

The Fed’s Big Shrink

12 Jan 2022

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/afd4c412-780b-407a-8b5a-10175cf319fcA US judge says that the Federal Trade Commi...

US shifts from the ‘war on drugs’

11 Jan 2022

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/d84a12a8-97da-4331-836b-391c25c8676bThe Federal Reserve’s second-in-command ha...

Investors gear up for ‘gold rush’ in metaverse hardware

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/51351f23-63b8-458c-9ee2-a7cbda43c287Nato has warned Moscow to abandon its bellig...

FT Weekend -- Happily ever after? Disney in the 21st century

08 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year! Our first episode of 2022 is dedicated to one of the world’s most powerful cultural forces: Disney. What happens when a company with...

‘Spec-tech is getting wrecked’

07 Jan 2022

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/4418eedc-e949-4d44-a517-55e73f2076f9Outgoing Federal Reserve vice-chair has blam...

Corporate America after the Capitol insurrection

06 Jan 2022

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/31290819-a321-496e-a995-4281198ec453Minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meet...

The small German city hosting BioNTech

05 Jan 2022

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/cf9a801f-d99d-4703-a1dd-2219ee91f3faChinese banks rushed to meet their annual st...

The pandemic is messing with US labour market data

04 Jan 2022

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/f1236902-0997-4028-8cd1-d50317d10abaA jury found Elizabeth Holmes guilty of cons...

Forecasting the world in 2022

03 Jan 2022

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/f0ee8a8b-fab1-4fcc-a49e-864a7b2cf62eThe US chief medical adviser has warned of a...

Who made up the metaverse?

23 Dec 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/693b3337-ce80-4150-866a-01e1c3730fadUS financial conditions are near the most ac...

America’s segregated banking

22 Dec 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/ee47c8a9-9e84-4e31-bcf0-2314be0b406fUS stock exchanges are increasing their effo...

Chile veers left

21 Dec 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/5e8d9be2-8efa-4339-b80a-53ffe0664ec1US retailers’ supply chain problems are be...

The melody of a yield curve

20 Dec 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/b08546bc-7eee-4c25-9e5c-db458728e4c2US president Joe Biden suffered a blow to hi...

FT Weekend—Predictions for 2022: Britney, flip phones and the metaverse

18 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's the final FT Weekend episode of 2021, and we are marking the end of one unpredictable year and the start of another. What do you think will happe...

The Bank of England’s surprise rate rise

17 Dec 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/5355f6b9-ad94-401e-bedd-557a9e75b15fResidents of America’s biggest cities are ...

The Fed expects three interest rate rises for next year

16 Dec 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/5418e790-754e-4421-a7d2-99fd610466c3Federal Reserve officials expect to raise in...

The queen of the bull market faces her toughest test

15 Dec 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/9db04e62-720a-47b6-89a8-3fc0f383b489The US Federal Reserve is expected to announ...

The battle inside JPMorgan over A-Rod’s millions

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/6c90116a-d978-4b3c-9fba-0b57b2a42aecThe US Department of Labor is investigating ...

Fast fashion’s new superpower: Shein

13 Dec 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/99bcfb02-6de4-4658-9d7f-c210db884fdfThe cost of flying cargo around the world ha...

FT Weekend: A trip to our secret book vault. Plus: the best books of 2021

11 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This weekend, we’re going behind the scenes of the FT’s legendary Books of the Year roundup. Literary editor Frederick Studemann and deputy books ...

The markets shrug off Omicron

10 Dec 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/699883ef-69b7-425f-a149-915268ccac82US consumer prices for November are expected...

Evergrande’s endgame

09 Dec 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/f448826b-f40b-49be-824d-5795493cee5fThe Big Four accounting firms have recorded ...

Biden-Putin spar over Ukraine

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/4f159e0e-06fa-4610-8768-4807a47b6fbeChina is preparing a blacklist that could ti...

Researchers struggle to access Facebook data

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/0c162b9e-4c9a-40bf-ab48-a6d5f9830f6eA sustained rally in the price of carbon all...

The Tesla-financial complex

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/6842cbfd-af06-459d-80cb-e62f68db910cSeveral of Toshiba’s biggest shareholders ...

Weekend: Seeing Princess Diana, with ‘Spencer’ director Pablo Larraín

04 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Do we need another Princess Diana film? Maybe we do, actually. This weekend, we’re talking about new ways to see old things. Lilah speaks with direc...

Brazil’s bullish finance minister

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/e596c61d-a93c-48e6-8a16-c3b67d1f3f17Saudi Arabia has agreed to keep increasing m...

Iran’s looming water crisis

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/79f693ec-50d9-42d0-94af-b8b5d9d8d931The US-based Women’s Tennis Association sa...

Stock market fragility

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/5810c0fd-5325-4b58-93d6-4790d00956adJay Powell signalled his support for a quick...

Jack Dorsey exits Twitter

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/b6aa92ea-4a07-4423-acbe-deacad5313a5Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down ...

Nations race to contain the Omicron variant

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/f39ef841-2756-40c4-9da5-487316beac2eCountries are imposing new lockdowns and tra...

FT Weekend: Eat, drink and be merry

27 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What do you think of when you hear the words ‘British food’? This week, to celebrate the FT Weekend Magazine’s food and drink holiday special, w...

Biden’s strategic political reserve

24 Nov 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/5074f2b1-fd14-490a-9234-3027d565adc9President Joe Biden has authorised the relea...

China’s game-changing hypersonic technology

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/e83a0e51-9195-4c95-8f0b-263f97794302Joe Biden has nominated Jay Powell to serve ...

The growing problem of space junk

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/db10452c-ddf2-445a-a28f-34253506c142Saudi Arabia has an ambitious goal to increa...

FT Weekend: The art of conversation, with Ruby Wax

20 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

FT Weekend is a weekly Saturday show that brings the best of our Life & Arts journalism into audio form. You can follow it on its own feed at 'FT ...

Euro drama in currency markets

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/896cc408-68c4-4fd1-960b-85bb18843384Ford and General Motors said on Thursday tha...

EV market capitalisations go bonkers

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/eb7eaf32-597e-403a-bb3c-71290113ad92US President Joe Biden has called on the Fed...

On trial in the Vatican

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/e08f700a-75e9-427d-b360-2a7c99c3fb24Joe Biden and Xi Jinping have agreed to hold...

Shell shifts HQ to the UK

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/fe1805b2-ef2f-48b4-9ca3-37e8c5f82e11The use of brand new “virgin” plastics b...

Brexit drama 2.0

15 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/42928696-226a-4d50-9a49-4ee16f8b107fBeijing has accused the EU of risking damage...

FT Weekend: How to live forever

13 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

FT Weekend is a weekly Saturday show that brings the best of our weekend journalism into audio form, with everything from culture and food and the art...

Facebook’s whistleblower goes to Europe

12 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Toshiba has ruled out pursuing a deal to take the whole company private and is set to reveal a plan to split the business in three, and Facebook’s w...

Inflation bites Biden

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/7d4a1b33-d4a4-4bff-a305-23c082be7c57US consumer prices jumped in October at the ...

Big investors get tougher with companies over climate change

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/5656f24c-a8db-4626-bd6f-c2ab0aa4aa8cGeneral Electric plans to break into three s...

Elon Musk’s Twitter followers say sell

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/64380f52-df32-4ad7-b2b6-fec42ee95ce1Federal Reserve governor Randal Quarles’ d...

Why footballers stumble in their finances

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/e9bcbc06-e603-4baf-b5d1-fd8603103bb5French authorities have opened an investigat...

Bond investors and central banks

05 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/d6716d79-4cbd-4955-b07b-64740a4a6d5bThe White House has said Opec+ risks imperil...

Argentina vs the IMF

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/22e5487a-3e75-46db-abf0-c8e5e5fd7ad4The Federal Reserve said it would begin scal...

Financing the fight against climate change

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/44757917-71f4-4699-8bde-49ebd15feebeBanks have watered down climate pledges and ...

Apple’s privacy policy wreaks havoc on rivals

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/d5d05648-ea0e-4c8a-ac0f-daad0d8ce5fbWorld leaders warned of severe consequences ...

COP26: a climate gathering like no other

01 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/24a0e0ed-749d-4b6e-adbd-1f3c3a6cadb3The FT’s clean energy and environment corr...

Introducing Working It: Can wellness apps fix us and beat staff burnout?

30 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is the podcast about doing work differently. Join host Isabel Berwick every Wednesday for expert analysis and watercooler chat about ahead-o...

Special episode: a trip to the NYSE trading floor

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/e66c93b1-996c-48ea-9a13-597410ec7e47Facebook is changing its name to Meta, and t...

The risks of private capital

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/c0ee2974-0e6d-43b4-ae05-6c4be9aea94fActivist hedge fund Third Point is pressurin...

Poland versus the EU

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/8bb01ecf-622f-462f-b090-6cf5fa69a2ecTrading app Robinhood’s third-quarter earn...

Dirty green jobs, and the $1tn carmaker

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/910fcfd8-05e8-43c3-8a30-dc8388964302Tesla has become the first carmaker to be va...

The South Korean ‘wave’ has gone global

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/08263cf5-1d37-4296-a43f-4bf006e5a03aPoland’s prime minister has accused the EU...

Turkey’s Central Bank of Erdogan

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/7be2e128-c34c-45fb-991a-1d6f16ba3cd9The US Federal Reserve has adopted new rules...

More Saudi women join the workforce

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/9c52937f-8f75-4d9d-8a62-8479a818ef45The ECB is pushing banks to add hundreds of ...

The crash landing of Austria’s chancellor

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/a263a468-2f91-490c-896c-a232866afb4eChina has told McDonald’s to expand a digi...

Japan refocuses on semiconductors

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/ad0b0068-1100-49b9-bc88-2055e1936efcA bitcoin-linked ETF is on track to debut on...

We answer a listener question about population growth

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/2d52df0d-ba41-45e3-9a0f-bb72a22f7d7cThe rising cost of fuel is threatening airli...

S&P stink bomb, LinkedIn loves Ted Lasso

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/50168b7b-c72d-4443-965f-4a26d79f6a40Fumio Kishida talks to the FT in his first i...

Women still battle for start-up finance

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/d8781394-95a8-4411-9f19-69ddbb7e3200UK ministers trying to fund the government’...

US solar project gives clean energy proponents a beacon of hope

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/9a0a8048-a6e1-4557-8b0a-37fb5bf67e84The global economy is entering a phase of in...

How Elon Musk’s new rocket could transform the space race

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/ee0421e8-e101-4b0b-811e-0125c6be2449Henry Kravis and George Roberts stepped down...

IMF leadership scandal clouds annual meetings

11 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/4ce62a29-5401-4fa1-8af4-20e892e50fe8Divisions between the US and Europe over whe...

Introducing Behind the Money, Inside ESG: The tiny fund that took on a US giant and won

09 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The story of how a tiny, unknown hedge fund took on a giant of corporate America over climate change - and won. Charlie Penner of Engine No 1 talks ab...

Ireland signs on to landmark global corporate tax deal

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/fca004be-9f93-4681-bdd1-931ba5c2f50fIreland has finally abandoned its cherished ...

Panama, Paradise, Pandora. What’s changed in the world of tax avoidance?

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/411bb70a-8fe9-41ef-bd58-e4798b12c2a2Vladimir Putin hinted that Russia’s state-...

Africa’s green superpower

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/eb1b2bc3-1edf-444b-ac44-8e3a79cd8887Private equity firms are offering the highes...

Oil prices hit 7-year high

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/bc24e812-a089-43e1-bc7a-289916c97229US oil prices rose to the highest level in s...

DIY gene editing

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/fc9fe04c-96ad-4127-ac98-2fbf579c36b6The International Monetary Fund’s board wi...

Facebook under fire for burying research into mental health impact

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/5f0402b7-812a-4314-aba1-cee242f9e161US senators are pressuring Facebook to relea...

Huawei tries to reinvent itself

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As sanctions derail its traditional business, China’s Huawei is scrambling to reinvent itself by shifting into areas less dependent on foreign chip ...