Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Biden and Xi meet in San Francisco
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping will hold a high-profile summit in San Francisco today, US inflation fell m...
The return of David Cameron
14 Nov 2023
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Global investment banks have criticised a blanket ban on short selling imposed by South Korean regul...
The hack that halted the US Treasury market
13 Nov 2023
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The UK’s Takeover Panel has reported its first deficit in almost a decade, and oil prices have bee...
FTNB Live: The best US cities for foreign investment
11 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re bringing you a special live conversation from the FT’s Investing in America conference in ...
Paris races to clean up Seine before Olympics
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Russia has added at least Rbs3.4tn ($37bn) to its budget for this year, the war between Israel and H...
Introducing: Life and Art, from FT Weekend
09 Nov 2023
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Introducing Life and Art, from FT Weekend. It's a new twice-weekly culture podcast from the Financia...
Arm wrestles with bad first quarter as a public company
09 Nov 2023
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Shares of UK chip designer Arm fell after its revenue forecast for the current quarter left Wall Str...
Israel plans for ‘indefinite’ grip over Gaza
08 Nov 2023
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The IMF has warned rapid wage increases in eastern Europe risk eroding the region’s competitive ed...
The best US cities for foreign investment
07 Nov 2023
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WeWork filed for bankruptcy, PwC plans to cut up to 600 jobs in the UK, and the FT’s Peter Spiegel...
Private equity wrestles with higher interest rates
06 Nov 2023
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Donald Trump testifies in New York today, Japan’s prime minister turns to stimulus to offset the p...
Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty
03 Nov 2023
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Israeli troops have entered Gaza City, European private equity group CVC Capital Partners has postpo...
The battle for EV batteries in US speeds up
02 Nov 2023
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The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, and people are now being allowed to cross the border...
Governments dip into AI regulation
01 Nov 2023
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial is set to wrap up today, eurozone inflation fell to its lowest lev...
Israel pushes deeper into Gaza
31 Oct 2023
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Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into the Gaza Strip on Monday, General Motors has reached a tent...
The return of the rice crisis
30 Oct 2023
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Israel has expanded its ground offensive in Gaza as the country launches a new phase of its war to d...
Sam Bankman-Fried takes the stand
27 Oct 2023
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FTX founder Sam Bankman Fried gave a preview of his defence against fraud charges, the US is worried...
US House Speaker: Fourth time's the charm
26 Oct 2023
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Mike Johnson, a loyal ally of Donald Trump, has been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives...
Who to turn to when the world is crumbling
25 Oct 2023
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Microsoft registered an unexpected rebound in growth in its Azure cloud computing platform during th...
Commenting on Israel-Hamas is tricky for businesses
24 Oct 2023
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The EU’s top diplomat called on Monday for a pause in hostilities in order to allow aid deliveries...
Ukraine and Israel vie for EU’s attention
23 Oct 2023
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Toyota says it is close to being able to mass produce next-generation solid-state batteries, and the...
Can Argentina dollarise?
20 Oct 2023
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The US, Britain and Germany called on their citizens to leave Lebanon, political tensions in the UK ...
Biden urges Israel to take caution
19 Oct 2023
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Israel will let basic humanitarian aid into Gaza through Egypt, traders have been increasing their b...
How will Egypt handle Gaza?
18 Oct 2023
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Alarm is mounting in Egypt that Gaza’s deepening humanitarian crisis will be thrust across its bor...
How Microsoft beat the odds
17 Oct 2023
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Poland’s rightwing party will likely be out of power after last weekend’s election, a US-led eff...
Israel prepares to invade Gaza
16 Oct 2023
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Israel is preparing to launch a major ground invasion of Gaza, the UK justice secretary is set to an...
The man behind the Hamas attack
13 Oct 2023
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US inflation was higher than forecast in September, the EU has opened an investigation into X over t...
Hamas is not Israel’s only concern
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Analysts forecast that four of the six big US banks will see Q3 profits fall year on year, Israel ha...
Israel’s hostage dilemma
11 Oct 2023
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Sir Keir Starmer made a pitch for the votes of disillusioned former Conservative supporters, abducti...
Israel imposes ‘complete siege’ on Gaza
10 Oct 2023
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Israel imposed a “complete siege” of the Gaza Strip, the Bank of Israel said it planned to sell ...
Israel responds to historic Hamas attack
09 Oct 2023
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The death toll from Hamas’s unprecedented multi-front assault on Israel passed 600 on Sunday, and ...
Can artificial intelligence grow safely?
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Economists expect that jobs growth in the US slowed again in September, and the recent sell-off in b...
Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial begins
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lawyers for the crypto tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried laid out their defence on Wednesday, Rishi Sunak axe...
McCarthy ousted as US House Speaker
04 Oct 2023
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Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as Speaker of the House of Representatives, the yield on 30-year US T...
Rating the ESG raters
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kristalina Georgieva backs reforms to the IMF that could eventually give more power to China, regula...
McCarthy avoids US government shutdown
02 Oct 2023
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US lawmakers were able to avert a shutdown over the weekend, Slovakia’s election results are addin...
Can AI help us speak to animals? Part two
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A hardware revolution in recording devices and a software revolution in artificial intelligence has ...
Tech IPOs lose their shimmer
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
European government bond prices dropped sharply as investors took fright at Italy’s larger than ex...
What does China ‘de-risking’ actually mean?
28 Sep 2023
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Global dealmaking is languishing at a 10-year low, western companies are insulating their China oper...
The FTC is primed for Amazon
27 Sep 2023
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The US Federal Trade Commission has accused Amazon of wielding monopolistic control over online mark...
#MeToo’s mark on industry
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The writers strike hitting Hollywood looks like it’s nearing a close and the FT’s Brooke Masters...
Poland’s complicated relationship with Ukraine
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Russia has succeeded in avoiding G7 sanctions on most of its oil exports, Poland is calling for less...
Can AI help us speak to animals? Part one
23 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A hardware revolution in recording devices and a software revolution in artificial intelligence is e...
Rupert Murdoch steps down
22 Sep 2023
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Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chair of Fox and News Corp, Russia has barred the export of diese...
Fed signals fewer cuts in 2024
21 Sep 2023
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Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday signalled support for another rate rise this year and fewer c...
Oil prices are not a barrel of fun
20 Sep 2023
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Shares in grocery delivery group Instacart jumped more than 10 per cent on their first day of tradin...
Can Singapore remain Asia’s ‘safe haven’?
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Instacart’s public listing this week is set to inch Nasdaq further ahead of the New York Stock Exc...
A historic autoworkers strike
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
US auto workers are striking to protect workers against the move to electric vehicles, and UK prime ...
Digital cash and culture wars
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shares in chip designer Arm jumped by 25 per cent as it began trading on the Nasdaq exchange yesterd...
CEO exit throws wrench into BP
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rising energy costs pushed US inflation above forecasts in August, Bernard Looney’s resignation fr...
IPO within Arm’s reach
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
BP’s chief executive Bernard Looney is resigning and SoftBank’s Arm is set to hit the public mar...
Coming soon: Can AI help us speak to animals?
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Some scientists believe that rapid advances in artificial intelligence may also hold the key to deco...
Why the euro is on a losing streak
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Norway’s $1.4tn sovereign wealth fund has become the biggest shareholder in UBS, a landmark antitr...
India shines at G20 summit
11 Sep 2023
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PwC is planning to give up tens of millions of dollars of consulting work for its US audit clients, ...
Biden courts India at G20
08 Sep 2023
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India hosts the G20 summit this weekend, Germany is pushing the European Commission to postpone tari...
EU pushes back on ‘too big to care’ tech companies
07 Sep 2023
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US and European corporate bond markets have started September with a bang, the EU released a list of...
Ukraine doubles down on counteroffensive
06 Sep 2023
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The EU’s competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager is stepping aside, and the UK has clawed back...
Solving America’s shortage of accountants
05 Sep 2023
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Lloyds Banking Group joins HSBC and US group Citi in ordering employees back into the office, a shor...
Secret paper trail reveals hidden Adani investors
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Global growth is set to slow next year after outperforming economists’ expectations so far in 2023...
The ECB is in a pickle
01 Sep 2023
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UBS has reported the biggest-ever quarterly profit for a bank, eurozone core inflation has edged dow...
Another coup in Africa
31 Aug 2023
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Military officers in oil-rich Gabon said they had seized power, US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo ...
Why Europe can’t quit Russian energy
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The EU is set to import record volumes of liquefied natural gas from Russia this year, asset managem...
An unlikely alliance in Brazil
29 Aug 2023
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Goldman Sachs plans to sell one of its personal financial management divisions, Brazil's president, ...
In search of a new economic playbook
28 Aug 2023
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Chinese corporate earnings reports are forecast to log poor performance and companies are set to dow...
Putin breaks his silence on Prigozhin
25 Aug 2023
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Russia's leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday publicly said warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin was dead, the eme...
Wagner group’s Prigozhin presumed dead
24 Aug 2023
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Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has reportedly died after a plane crash north-west o...
All eyes on Jackson Hole
23 Aug 2023
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Markets are looking for signals from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell during this week’s Jackso...
Can Arm’s listing reignite the IPO market?
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Description: The sell-off in US government debt continued to hit the world’s largest bond mar...
Drought causes headaches for Panama Canal
21 Aug 2023
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Some of private equity’s biggest names are handing over companies they own to the lending arms of ...
Saudi Arabia and UAE race to buy computer chips
18 Aug 2023
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US mortgage rates have soared to a 21-year high, US retailer earnings reports send mixed messages on...
Introducing: The Russian Banker
17 Aug 2023
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Who is Sergei Leontiev? To the US asylum system, he’s an exiled Russian banker who was persecuted ...
New pain for China’s property sector
17 Aug 2023
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Lower gas and electricity costs drove a sharp drop in headline UK inflation in July, Fitch Ratings h...
A year of the Inflation Reduction Act
16 Aug 2023
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US stocks hit a five-week low as a warning of potential Fitch downgrades sent bank shares lower, Bei...
A looming ESG crackdown
15 Aug 2023
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A surprise election result in Argentina spooked markets, iPhone manufacturer Foxconn is trying to pi...
The new commodity superpowers
14 Aug 2023
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The rouble has fallen to a 16-month low against the dollar, airlines have joined forces with farmers...
Peak social media: The future
12 Aug 2023
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In the final episode of this Tech Tonic season, FT correspondents weigh in on the trends that will d...
US inflation is still on the right track
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Iran has transferred five US citizens from prison to house arrest, US headline inflation in July ros...
China’s economy falls into deflation
10 Aug 2023
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Walt Disney reported quarterly results that showed declines at its television and movie businesses, ...
The weight-loss drug craze
09 Aug 2023
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The UK government is pushing back against an attempt by some members of the House of Lords to close ...
Why admitting Ukraine into the EU is tricky
08 Aug 2023
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Meta has axed a team that used artificial intelligence to create the first database of more than 600...
Latin American central banks’ head start
07 Aug 2023
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Private equity firms are increasingly offering sweeteners such as fee discounts to secure backing fr...
Peak social media: Building better platforms
05 Aug 2023
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Can we get rid of the bad bits of social media and keep the good? Is it possible to create...
Bank of England continues interest rate rise campaign
04 Aug 2023
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Stronger than expected online sales helped Amazon beat Wall Street expectations for last quarter, an...
A hard landing for Europe?
03 Aug 2023
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Investors are increasing their bets that Europe will sink into a painful economic downturn, and luxu...
Trump indicted over attempt to overturn 2020 election
02 Aug 2023
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US prosecutors have charged Donald Trump in connection with his attempts to overturn the results of ...
Booming markets neutralise impact of Fed's interest rate rises
01 Aug 2023
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Rising stock prices and falling bond yields in the US have essentially neutralised the impact of the...
The economic impact of extreme heat
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Bank of Japan announced that it’s going to allow bonds to rise more freely, and China’s poli...
Peak social media: The power of influencers
29 Jul 2023
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Social media today is less about making friends and more about following popular content creators. W...
Stricter rules for US banks
28 Jul 2023
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The European Central Bank has raised interest rates back to their record high, and US bank regulator...
US hits highest interest rates in 22 years
27 Jul 2023
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The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, Facebook ...
A glimmer of hope for the global economy
26 Jul 2023
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Alphabet earnings beat expectations, a new report from the IMF says the future of the global economy...
Spain in political limbo
25 Jul 2023
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Credit Suisse has been fined $388mn by US and British regulators, and Spain is facing an uncertain p...
A missed shot for women’s football
24 Jul 2023
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America’s risky corporate loan market has been hit by the biggest slew of downgrades since the dep...
Peak social media: The debate over young users’ mental health
22 Jul 2023
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There’s a growing feeling that social media is bad for us: bad for society and bad for our wellbei...
Treatments for Alzheimer’s, finally
21 Jul 2023
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The Nasdaq Composite had its biggest one-day drop in more than four months, the winner of Thailand’...
Signs of a UK inflation cool-down
20 Jul 2023
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A crackdown on password sharing helped Netflix add nearly 6mn subscribers, UK inflation fell to a 15...
Russia targets western companies
19 Jul 2023
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Big investment banks are turning more bearish on the dollar, and Europeans struggle with a near-reco...
China’s economic slump
18 Jul 2023
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Thames Water’s biggest investor slashed the value of its stake last year, Ford’s steep price cut...
Can Tories prevent a massive defeat?
17 Jul 2023
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The EU wants other polluting nations to cut emissions faster. Three of the largest US banks reported...
Peak social media: The ads machine
15 Jul 2023
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Mark Zuckerberg used advertising to turn Facebook into the first global social media giant, boasting...
ChatGPT generates US investigation
14 Jul 2023
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The UK government has invited Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to London, and US regulators ar...