FT News Briefing
Episodes
EU rescue fund, coronavirus hits rents
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
France is pushing for a common EU fund to help Europe through the coronavirus crisis. The FT’s Paris bureau chief, Victor Mallet, explains what the ...
Gillian Tett on Fed dollar scheme, Covid-19 testing
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The FT’s Gillian Tett unpacks the Federal Reserve’s latest move to meet the global demand for dollars, and science editor Clive Cookson explains h...
Amazon during Covid-19, Rana on corporate interests
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon has pitched itself as an essential business to provide those sheltering in place with needed products. The FT’s Dave Lee reports on how the e...
The ventilator challenge, stimulus questions
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Manufacturers are working to produce the ventilators needed to help severely ill coronavirus patients breathe. The question is whether those inexperie...
Market relief rally, ECB flexes, WeWork cash burn
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US stocks were up for a third straight day after the Senate agreed to a $2.2tn stimulus package Wednesday. The bill comes as a report on Thursday show...
Stimulus haggle, James Kynge on China, US oil talks
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The US Senate has approved fiscal stimulus legislation worth $2tn after a week of intense negotiations, Ford suffers the biggest credit rating downgra...
Dash for cash, shutdown debate, Softbank talks
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As traditional capital markets seize up, businesses are turning to emergency sources of funding. An FT analysis shows that more than 130 companies dre...
Wall Street awaits fiscal stimulus deal from Washington
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve announced a plan to buy corporate debt and unlimited amounts of government debt on Monday. But investors on Wall Street continue t...
US stimulus setback, tracking Covid-19 indicators
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US lawmakers argue over a fiscal stimulus legislation worth nearly $2tn to help America weather the coronavirus pandemic. Plus, it could be weeks befo...
Friday, March 20
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Republicans in the US Senate have introduced legislation to inject more than $1tn of fiscal stimulus into the economy as it grapples with the coronavi...
Thursday, March 19
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The European Central Bank will buy an additional €750bn in bonds in response to the economic and financial upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandem...
Wednesday, March 18
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Western governments pledged trillions of dollars in stimulus measures to limit the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday. The FT’...
Tuesday, March 17
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Governments in all large western economies took drastic measures to limit public movement on Monday in an urgent effort to arrest the spreading corona...
Monday, March 16
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates to zero and joined forces with other central banks in a bid to prevent a severe economic downturn caused by the...
Friday, March 13
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US stocks fell almost 10 per cent in their worst day since the 1987 market crash despite emergency action by the Federal Reserve. Meanwhile, following...
Thursday, March 12
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration will suspend non-US citizens travelling from Europe for the next 30 days to reduce the spread of the coronavirus in America. ...
Wednesday, March 11
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Biden cemented his lead as the frontrunner in the Democratic presidential race, winning several states including the battleground of Michigan. Plu...
Tuesday, March 10
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A crash in the price of oil rocked financial markets that were already reeling from the effects of the coronavirus. Meanwhile, Italy extended its quar...
Monday, March 9
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Saudi Arabia has launched an aggressive oil price war after Russia refused to join production cuts with Opec, Italy locks down a huge swath of its wea...
Friday, March 6
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US stocks dropped as Treasury yields touched records lows on Thursday and bank share price falls led the way, struggling Chinese ride-hailing group Di...
Thursday, March 5
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US stocks recovered more than 4 per cent on Wednesday, a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 50 basis points and spooked investors, Ru...
Wednesday, March 4
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Biden emerged as a major contender in Super Tuesday voting, despite Bernie Sanders winning in California. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve failed to...
Tuesday, March 3
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US stocks ended a seven-day losing streak on Monday on expectations that central banks will soften the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak and...
Monday, March 2
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Disruptions caused by the coronavirus are driving the global economy closer to a recession and triggering calls for fiscal and monetary intervention, ...
Friday, February 28
28 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US equities closed in correction territory on Thursday on coronavirus concerns, while Saudi Arabia is asking its Opec allies to agree to a substantial...
Thursday, February 27
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump sought to defuse criticism of his handling of the coronavirus and predicted stock markets would be booming again, while investors are bet...
Wednesday, February 26
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A fresh wave of selling pressure rippled across global markets on Tuesday as public health officials warned Americans to prepare for the spread of the...
Tuesday, February 25
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Global stocks had their worst day in two years on Monday as new coronavirus cases outside China dashed hopes that the outbreak had been contained, US ...
Monday, February 24
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Barclays is preparing to start a search for a new chief executive to replace Jes Staley, European buyout firm CVC Capital Partners is plotting an ambi...
Friday, February 21
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
EU leaders are deadlocked over how to finance the bloc’s next multi-annual budget, a judge handed down a 40 year sentence to Roger Stone on Thursday...
Thursday, February 20
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
UBS names Ralph Hamers from ING as its next chief executive, Boeing asks for a $100m a year tax break from Washington state to be suspended in order t...
Wednesday, February 19
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The EU’s richest states have dug in their heels over the region’s budget as European Council president Charles Michel seeks to ease the blow of sp...
Tuesday, February 18
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Apple has warned that disruption in China from the coronavirus will cause its revenues to fall short in the current quarter, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos...
Monday, February 17
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The head of SoftBank’s $100bn Vision Fund has lined up billions of dollars of outside investment for a new hedge fund-style vehicle, Goldman Sachs a...
Friday, February 14
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US attorney-general William Barr publicly rebuked Donald Trump, saying the president’s tweets about ongoing criminal cases had made it “impossible...
Thursday, February 13
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Democrats in the US House of Representatives call on attorney-general William Barr to testify over claims of political influence in a case involving a...
Wednesday, February 12
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US senator Bernie Sanders declared victory in the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday night, ride-sharing service Lyft disappoint...
Tuesday, February 11
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A federal judge is poised to approve T-Mobile’s takeover of Sprint, according to sources briefed on the matter, Donald Trump has put forward a budge...
Monday, February 10
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Google has been accused of unfairly promoting its own holiday rental search by more than 30 of its rivals, France’s Covéa is in exclusive talks to ...
Friday, February 7
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Uber shares traded higher after hours on Thursday after the ride-hailing company promised profitability in the final quarter of this year, officials i...
Thursday, February 6
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump was acquitted on impeachment charges by the Senate on Wednesday, HSBC has decided to hold off on naming a permanent chief executive until...
Wednesday, February 5
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US president Donald Trump claimed “incredible results in boosting the US economy in a State of the Union address to Congress and Pete Buttigieg took...
Tuesday, February 4
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Opec and its allies are preparing emergency cuts to oil production after the economic fallout of the coronavirus pushed the price of crude into a bear...
Monday, February 3
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
UK prime minister Boris Johnson is expected to set out his vision for future relations with the EU in a speech today, Beijing is poised to pump extra ...
Friday, January 31
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
IBM has named Arvind Krishna as the new chief executive to take over from Ginni Rometty, Amazon’s one-day shipping delivered a bumper holiday sales ...
Thursday, January 30
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Shares in Facebook dropped by more than 7 per cent on Wednesday after the company posted the slowest pace of growth since 2012. Plus scientists race t...
Wednesday, January 29
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Apple recorded new records for both revenue and income for the holiday sales period, Starbucks has closed more than half of its 4,300 outlets in China...
Tuesday, January 28
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Airbus is on the brink of settling a bribery and corruption probe with regulators in the UK, France and the US, Boris Johnson feels increasing heat ov...
Monday, January 27
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An internal probe showed that Deutsche Bank paid $1.1m to secure the wealth management business of a senior Saudi royal, Beijing has warned that the s...
Friday, January 24
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A powerful rebound in Intel’s data centre division drove a stronger than expected recovery in the final quarter of 2019, former Wells Fargo chief ex...
Thursday, January 23
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chinese authorities have shut down Wuhan transport networks in its efforts to contain the outbreak of a deadly Sars-like virus. Plus, the stock market...
Wednesday, January 22
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The US Senate rejected Democratic bids to subpoena documents on the first day of the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, a slowdown in the US continues...
Tuesday, January 21
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The US Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins today. Republican Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell proposed rules on Monday evening that ...
Monday, January 20
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US government-funded technology companies have recorded an increase in the use of circumvention software in Iran in recent weeks, the UK’s pledge to...
Friday, January 17
17 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Investors catapulted Alphabet’s stock market value above $1tn for the first time on Thursday, Comcast’s NBCUniversal unveils a new streaming servi...
Thursday, January 16
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The US and China have signed an agreement to pause the trade war that has weighed on the global economy for nearly two years, flying taxi start-up Job...
Wednesday, January 15
15 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The US House of Representatives will vote today on sending articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, Boeing has ceded the ...
Tuesday, January 14
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The UK government is trying to claw back some of the £10m paid to trade organisations to prepare for a no-deal Brexit, US officials have presented th...
Monday, January 13
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nissan executives have accelerated secret contingency planning for a potential split from Renault, the head of MI5 says he has “no reason to think”...
Friday, January 10
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The US House of Representatives votes in favour of limiting president Donald Trump’s military powers against Iran, Western intelligence officials be...
Thursday, January 9
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump backs away from military action against Iran, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen visits London in her first meeting with ...
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 the US killing of Qassem Soleimani. Plus, Bank of En...
Tuesday, January 7
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The top US military official denied that America would be pulling troops out of Iraq, blaming a leaked “draft” letter indicating otherwise. Plus, ...
Monday, January 6
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
France warns the US about the repercussions of imposing tariffs in response to the digital services tax on the likes of Google and Amazon, Boris Johns...
Friday, January 3
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US regulators unveil long-awaited restrictions on some flavoured e-cigarettes, Bernie Sanders notched up the biggest quarterly money haul so far of an...
Thursday, January 2
02 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lebanon pressed for Carlos Ghosn’s return one week before the former Nissan chairman escaped from Tokyo and Google Health has created a system that ...
Tuesday, December 31
31 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Private equity groups spent more on deals this year than at any time since the financial crisis, investors gear up for the final day of share trading ...
Monday, December 30
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fraudsters are milking companies of tens of billions of dollars a year with fake responses to online ads, new documents reveal that WeWork will have t...
Friday, December 20
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Bailey has been selected as the new governor of the Bank of England, Democrats and Republicans trade barbs over tactics in the delay to Preside...
Thursday, December 19
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Bank of England admits that high-speed traders have been able to listen in on market-sensitive press conferences, the man who came to be a symbol ...
Wednesday, December 18
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
FedEx cuts its annual earnings guidance for the second time in three months, a new report shows that Royal Dutch Shell paid no corporate income tax in...
Tuesday, December 17
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Global stocks hit fresh record highs on Monday as the US and China hit pause on the long-running trade war, while Mexico and the US resolve a row over...
Monday, December 16
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A deal to implement the new USMCA trade agreement was under threat after Mexico said it did not agree to certain provisions, Apple will face a shareho...
Friday, December 13
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Johnson declared a powerful mandate for Brexit after a crushing UK election victory. The FT’s Sebastian Payne breaks down the results. Pl...
Thursday, December 12
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve leaves its policy rate unchanged and indicates that it has no plans to make changes through 2020, and the climate summit in Madrid...
Wednesday, December 11
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
UK prime minister Boris Johnson makes a final plea to voters in the “most important election in a lifetime”, Saudi Arabia renews its push for a $2...
Tuesday, December 10
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump says “a lot of strides” have been made on the USMCA trade deal, Morgan Stanley is cutting around 1,500 jobs worldwide, Amazon claims ...
Monday, December 9
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Beijing orders all government offices and public institutions to remove foreign computer equipment and software within three years, the FBI is treatin...
Friday, December 6
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dark money has made it way into political advertising in the UK general election, buyout group CVC Capital Partners holds talks with Fifa and Real Mad...
Thursday, December 5
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Former World Bank president Robert Zoellick delivers a public rebuke of Donald Trump’s China policy, Boris Johnson vows not to involve Huawei in Bri...
Wednesday, December 4
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin step back from their day-to-day roles at Alphabet, US senator Kamala Harris drops out of the 2020 presid...
Tuesday, December 3
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration is on a tariff blitz, proposing levies on goods from France, the EU, Brazil and Argentina. In the UK, the Conservative party ...
Monday, December 2
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve is considering letting inflation run above its 2 per cent target, UK politicians play a blame game after Friday’s tragedy at Lon...
Friday, November 29
29 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
US political parties develop new technology that will access voters through the phone contacts of their supporters, OECD data shows the European Union...
Thursday, November 28
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
US President Donald Trump signs two bills supporting Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters, Christine Lagarde pushes for climate change to be part of...
Wednesday, November 27
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Xerox said it would take its proposal for a $33bn takeover of HP directly to the personal computer maker’s shareholders, Nasdaq’s listings busines...
Tuesday, November 26
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Companies unleash a wave of global takeovers, agreeing to more than $70bn in deals, famed investor Bill Gross warns that US stock and bond markets are...
Monday, November 25
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Pro-democracy candidates take more than half of seats in Hong Kong’s local council elections amid record voter turnout, UK prime minister Boris John...
Friday, November 22
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Politicians and privacy campaigners call for Google’s $2.1bn deal for Fitbit to be blocked, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be hit by...
Thursday, November 21
21 Nov 2019
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The US ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, turns against Donald Trump in an explosive impeachment testimony, Saudi Arabia marginalises global banks...
Wednesday, November 20
20 Nov 2019
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Boris Johnson narrowly beats rival Jeremy Corbyn in a high-stakes televised duel, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a current White House official...
Tuesday, November 19
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alibaba is set to raise up to $13.4bn in a secondary listing in Hong Kong even as violence in the financial centre intensifies. Many see the IPO as a ...
Monday, November 18
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Saudi Aramco scales back the initial public offering of its state oil giant, Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, says she wi...
Friday, November 15
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The US and China are struggling to complete a ‘phase one’ deal to halt their trade war, former Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein takes...
Thursday, November 14
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
WeWork said its losses more than doubled to $1.3bn in the third quarter of 2019, researchers say a smartphone app developed by the Home Office for EU ...
Wednesday, November 13
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Some popular UK health websites are sharing people’s sensitive data to ad-targeting giants such as Google, Amazon and Facebook, and US president Don...
Tuesday, November 12
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sources tell the FT that US private equity firm Cerberus has lost faith in Deutsche Bank’s chairman Paul Achleitner and is pushing for him to be rep...
Monday, November 11
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Lagarde is expected to face calls for an overhaul of how the European Central Bank decides monetary policy, Apple has piled on more than $40...
Introducing FT Politics: UK Election Countdown
09 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We have another FT podcast to share. With FT Politics: UK Election Countdown, you can keep up with the twists and turns of the December 12 poll.The fi...
Friday, November 8
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bankers for Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering have dangled the possibility of bonus payouts that could take the company’s annual dividend pas...