Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Oil market turmoil, Netflix adds 16m subscribers, future of aerospace
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Global oil markets remained under intense pressure on Tuesday with the price of US crude oil for Jun...
US oil prices plummet, Singapore oil trader scandal
21 Apr 2020
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Yesterday, US oil prices crashed into negative territory for the first time in history. The FT’s U...
Small business aid deal, ECB bad bank idea, emerging market debt
20 Apr 2020
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The Trump administration is closing in on a deal with Congress to provide another $300bn to coronavi...
Trump’s reopening plan, coronavirus drug report, Macron on EU solidarity
17 Apr 2020
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President Donald Trump backed away from threats to force a quick reopening of the US economy by unve...
Eurozone debt, US economic data, China cuts key lending rate
16 Apr 2020
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The coronavirus crisis is propelling Eurozone government debt towards 100 per cent of gross domestic...
Airline aid, banks braced for credit loss, grim IMF outlook
15 Apr 2020
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The US Treasury Department has reached an agreement with US airlines that paves the way for a $25bn ...
VC funding in China, Amazon jobs, oil under pressure
14 Apr 2020
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New figures show that venture capital funding in China rebounded in March after the country’s coro...
Inside Wuhan’s liberation, Japan on lockdown
13 Apr 2020
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The coronavirus’ place of origin, Wuhan, has emerged from the world’s largest mass quarantine. M...
Wall St worries, Europe funding, Singapore relapse
09 Apr 2020
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Wall Street banks are warning investors to brace for a new wave of stock market declines despite the...
US stimulus, WeWork v SoftBank, Carnival bonds
08 Apr 2020
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The Trump administration is in talks with Congress to secure an additional $250bn to fund loans for ...
Investors gain hope, Italy isolated, Rana Foroohar
07 Apr 2020
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US stocks and global equities surged on Monday as investors took heart from signs that the coronavir...
Covid-19 on emerging markets, possible oil tariffs
06 Apr 2020
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Emerging markets are scrambling to keep their economies afloat as the coronavirus pandemic deepens. ...
Oil price war, vaccines, banks on stimulus
03 Apr 2020
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Oil soared nearly 50 per cent at one point on Thursday in its biggest ever one-day rally after US pr...
EU rescue fund, coronavirus hits rents
02 Apr 2020
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France is pushing for a common EU fund to help Europe through the coronavirus crisis. The FT’s Par...
Gillian Tett on Fed dollar scheme, Covid-19 testing
01 Apr 2020
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The FT’s Gillian Tett unpacks the Federal Reserve’s latest move to meet the global demand for do...
Amazon during Covid-19, Rana on corporate interests
31 Mar 2020
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Amazon has pitched itself as an essential business to provide those sheltering in place with needed ...
The ventilator challenge, stimulus questions
30 Mar 2020
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Manufacturers are working to produce the ventilators needed to help severely ill coronavirus patient...
Market relief rally, ECB flexes, WeWork cash burn
27 Mar 2020
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US stocks were up for a third straight day after the Senate agreed to a $2.2tn stimulus package Wedn...
Stimulus haggle, James Kynge on China, US oil talks
26 Mar 2020
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The US Senate has approved fiscal stimulus legislation worth $2tn after a week of intense negotiatio...
Dash for cash, shutdown debate, Softbank talks
25 Mar 2020
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As traditional capital markets seize up, businesses are turning to emergency sources of funding. An ...
Wall Street awaits fiscal stimulus deal from Washington
24 Mar 2020
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The Federal Reserve announced a plan to buy corporate debt and unlimited amounts of government debt ...
US stimulus setback, tracking Covid-19 indicators
23 Mar 2020
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US lawmakers argue over a fiscal stimulus legislation worth nearly $2tn to help America weather the ...
Friday, March 20
20 Mar 2020
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Republicans in the US Senate have introduced legislation to inject more than $1tn of fiscal stimulus...
Thursday, March 19
19 Mar 2020
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The European Central Bank will buy an additional €750bn in bonds in response to the economic and f...
Wednesday, March 18
18 Mar 2020
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Western governments pledged trillions of dollars in stimulus measures to limit the economic fallout ...
Tuesday, March 17
17 Mar 2020
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Governments in all large western economies took drastic measures to limit public movement on Monday ...
Monday, March 16
16 Mar 2020
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The Federal Reserve cut interest rates to zero and joined forces with other central banks in a bid t...
Friday, March 13
13 Mar 2020
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US stocks fell almost 10 per cent in their worst day since the 1987 market crash despite emergency a...
Thursday, March 12
12 Mar 2020
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The Trump administration will suspend non-US citizens travelling from Europe for the next 30 days to...
Wednesday, March 11
11 Mar 2020
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Joe Biden cemented his lead as the frontrunner in the Democratic presidential race, winning several ...
Tuesday, March 10
10 Mar 2020
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A crash in the price of oil rocked financial markets that were already reeling from the effects of t...
Monday, March 9
09 Mar 2020
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Saudi Arabia has launched an aggressive oil price war after Russia refused to join production cuts w...
Friday, March 6
06 Mar 2020
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US stocks dropped as Treasury yields touched records lows on Thursday and bank share price falls led...
Thursday, March 5
05 Mar 2020
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US stocks recovered more than 4 per cent on Wednesday, a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest ...
Wednesday, March 4
04 Mar 2020
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Joe Biden emerged as a major contender in Super Tuesday voting, despite Bernie Sanders winning in Ca...
Tuesday, March 3
03 Mar 2020
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US stocks ended a seven-day losing streak on Monday on expectations that central banks will soften t...
Monday, March 2
02 Mar 2020
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Disruptions caused by the coronavirus are driving the global economy closer to a recession and trigg...
Friday, February 28
28 Feb 2020
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US equities closed in correction territory on Thursday on coronavirus concerns, while Saudi Arabia i...
Thursday, February 27
27 Feb 2020
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Donald Trump sought to defuse criticism of his handling of the coronavirus and predicted stock marke...
Wednesday, February 26
26 Feb 2020
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A fresh wave of selling pressure rippled across global markets on Tuesday as public health officials...
Tuesday, February 25
25 Feb 2020
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Global stocks had their worst day in two years on Monday as new coronavirus cases outside China dash...
Monday, February 24
24 Feb 2020
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Barclays is preparing to start a search for a new chief executive to replace Jes Staley, European bu...
Friday, February 21
21 Feb 2020
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EU leaders are deadlocked over how to finance the bloc’s next multi-annual budget, a judge handed ...
Thursday, February 20
20 Feb 2020
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UBS names Ralph Hamers from ING as its next chief executive, Boeing asks for a $100m a year tax brea...
Wednesday, February 19
19 Feb 2020
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The EU’s richest states have dug in their heels over the region’s budget as European Council pre...
Tuesday, February 18
18 Feb 2020
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Apple has warned that disruption in China from the coronavirus will cause its revenues to fall short...
Monday, February 17
17 Feb 2020
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The head of SoftBank’s $100bn Vision Fund has lined up billions of dollars of outside investment f...
Friday, February 14
14 Feb 2020
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US attorney-general William Barr publicly rebuked Donald Trump, saying the president’s tweets abou...
Thursday, February 13
13 Feb 2020
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Democrats in the US House of Representatives call on attorney-general William Barr to testify over c...
Wednesday, February 12
12 Feb 2020
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US senator Bernie Sanders declared victory in the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary on T...
Tuesday, February 11
11 Feb 2020
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A federal judge is poised to approve T-Mobile’s takeover of Sprint, according to sources briefed o...
Monday, February 10
10 Feb 2020
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Google has been accused of unfairly promoting its own holiday rental search by more than 30 of its r...
Friday, February 7
07 Feb 2020
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Uber shares traded higher after hours on Thursday after the ride-hailing company promised profitabil...
Thursday, February 6
06 Feb 2020
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Donald Trump was acquitted on impeachment charges by the Senate on Wednesday, HSBC has decided to ho...
Wednesday, February 5
05 Feb 2020
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US president Donald Trump claimed “incredible results in boosting the US economy in a State of the...
Tuesday, February 4
04 Feb 2020
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Opec and its allies are preparing emergency cuts to oil production after the economic fallout of the...
Monday, February 3
03 Feb 2020
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UK prime minister Boris Johnson is expected to set out his vision for future relations with the EU i...
Friday, January 31
31 Jan 2020
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IBM has named Arvind Krishna as the new chief executive to take over from Ginni Rometty, Amazon’s ...
Thursday, January 30
30 Jan 2020
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Shares in Facebook dropped by more than 7 per cent on Wednesday after the company posted the slowest...
Wednesday, January 29
29 Jan 2020
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Apple recorded new records for both revenue and income for the holiday sales period, Starbucks has c...
Tuesday, January 28
28 Jan 2020
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Airbus is on the brink of settling a bribery and corruption probe with regulators in the UK, France ...
Monday, January 27
27 Jan 2020
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An internal probe showed that Deutsche Bank paid $1.1m to secure the wealth management business of a...
Friday, January 24
24 Jan 2020
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A powerful rebound in Intel’s data centre division drove a stronger than expected recovery in the ...
Thursday, January 23
23 Jan 2020
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Chinese authorities have shut down Wuhan transport networks in its efforts to contain the outbreak o...
Wednesday, January 22
22 Jan 2020
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The US Senate rejected Democratic bids to subpoena documents on the first day of the impeachment tri...
Tuesday, January 21
21 Jan 2020
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The US Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins today. Republican Senate majority leader Mitc...
Monday, January 20
20 Jan 2020
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US government-funded technology companies have recorded an increase in the use of circumvention soft...
Friday, January 17
17 Jan 2020
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Investors catapulted Alphabet’s stock market value above $1tn for the first time on Thursday, Comc...
Thursday, January 16
16 Jan 2020
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The US and China have signed an agreement to pause the trade war that has weighed on the global econ...
Wednesday, January 15
15 Jan 2020
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The US House of Representatives will vote today on sending articles of impeachment against President...
Tuesday, January 14
14 Jan 2020
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The UK government is trying to claw back some of the £10m paid to trade organisations to prepare fo...
Monday, January 13
13 Jan 2020
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Nissan executives have accelerated secret contingency planning for a potential split from Renault, t...
Friday, January 10
10 Jan 2020
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The US House of Representatives votes in favour of limiting president Donald Trump’s military powe...
Thursday, January 9
09 Jan 2020
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Donald Trump backs away from military action against Iran, European Commission president Ursula von ...
Wednesday, January 8
08 Jan 2020
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Iran fires more than a dozen missiles at bases in Iraq hosting American troops in retaliation for th...
Tuesday, January 7
07 Jan 2020
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The top US military official denied that America would be pulling troops out of Iraq, blaming a leak...
Monday, January 6
06 Jan 2020
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France warns the US about the repercussions of imposing tariffs in response to the digital services ...
Friday, January 3
03 Jan 2020
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US regulators unveil long-awaited restrictions on some flavoured e-cigarettes, Bernie Sanders notche...
Thursday, January 2
02 Jan 2020
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Lebanon pressed for Carlos Ghosn’s return one week before the former Nissan chairman escaped from ...
Tuesday, December 31
31 Dec 2019
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Private equity groups spent more on deals this year than at any time since the financial crisis, inv...
Monday, December 30
30 Dec 2019
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Fraudsters are milking companies of tens of billions of dollars a year with fake responses to online...
Friday, December 20
20 Dec 2019
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Andrew Bailey has been selected as the new governor of the Bank of England, Democrats and Republican...
Thursday, December 19
19 Dec 2019
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The Bank of England admits that high-speed traders have been able to listen in on market-sensitive p...
Wednesday, December 18
18 Dec 2019
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FedEx cuts its annual earnings guidance for the second time in three months, a new report shows that...
Tuesday, December 17
17 Dec 2019
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Global stocks hit fresh record highs on Monday as the US and China hit pause on the long-running tra...
Monday, December 16
16 Dec 2019
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A deal to implement the new USMCA trade agreement was under threat after Mexico said it did not agre...
Friday, December 13
13 Dec 2019
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Boris Johnson declared a powerful mandate for Brexit after a crushing UK election victory. The FT’...
Thursday, December 12
12 Dec 2019
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The Federal Reserve leaves its policy rate unchanged and indicates that it has no plans to make chan...
Wednesday, December 11
11 Dec 2019
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UK prime minister Boris Johnson makes a final plea to voters in the “most important election in a ...
Tuesday, December 10
10 Dec 2019
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Donald Trump says “a lot of strides” have been made on the USMCA trade deal, Morgan Stanley is c...
Monday, December 9
09 Dec 2019
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Beijing orders all government offices and public institutions to remove foreign computer equipment a...
Friday, December 6
06 Dec 2019
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Dark money has made it way into political advertising in the UK general election, buyout group CVC C...
Thursday, December 5
05 Dec 2019
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Former World Bank president Robert Zoellick delivers a public rebuke of Donald Trump’s China polic...
Wednesday, December 4
04 Dec 2019
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Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin step back from their day-to-day roles at Alphabet, US ...
Tuesday, December 3
03 Dec 2019
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The Trump administration is on a tariff blitz, proposing levies on goods from France, the EU, Brazil...
Monday, December 2
02 Dec 2019
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The Federal Reserve is considering letting inflation run above its 2 per cent target, UK politicians...
Friday, November 29
29 Nov 2019
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US political parties develop new technology that will access voters through the phone contacts of th...
Thursday, November 28
28 Nov 2019
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US President Donald Trump signs two bills supporting Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters, Christi...
Wednesday, November 27
27 Nov 2019
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Xerox said it would take its proposal for a $33bn takeover of HP directly to the personal computer m...
Tuesday, November 26
26 Nov 2019
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Companies unleash a wave of global takeovers, agreeing to more than $70bn in deals, famed investor B...