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Financial Times hosts FT News Briefing, a news show with 1,000 episodes published.
Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte told the FT that Europe’s rearmament drive was sustaining 195,000 US defence jobs through $300bn in arms orders, and Bending Spoons’ initial public offering will test how a page out
The US Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump from firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, and investors are pivoting from the Magnificent Seven Big Tech stocks. Plus, foreign investors are worried the Japanese
The AI boom is fuelling a record surge in dealmaking in the US power and utility industry, and UK prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham will on Monday pledge to deliver “good growth in every postcode” of the UK. Plus, t
Bethlehem Steel was the lifeblood of Pennsylvanian town's economy, and a major contributor to American manufacturing during the 20th century. But when the local plant closed in the 1990s and the company went bankrupt in
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Anthropic accuses Alibaba of obtaining ‘illicit’ access to Claude, and concern is brewing over KNDS’s upcoming initial public offering after Germany scraps warship plans. Plus, Meta is turning to AI content moderators, a
Keir Starmer has resigned as British prime minister, private equity executives are borrowing against their future share of profits, and former US Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan died at the age of 100. Plus, the FT’
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer could be on his way out of Westminster, and the US and Iran held high-stakes talks in Switzerland to officially end the war. Venture capital funds are rushing into defense tech startups on
Labour’s Andy Burnham has won the crucial Makerfield by-election in the UK , a resurgence in the dollar is reversing bets on the currencies of big emerging markets and major commodity producers, insurers are trying to de
The Federal Reserve has dropped its bias towards lowering rates in the central bank’s first meeting chaired by Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump said the US would release frozen Iranian funds, and UK inflation held une
US Senator Elizabeth Warren discusses SpaceX’s initial public offering and what she sees as its potential risk to investors. Plus, traders are betting on AI to underpin the strength of the US dollar, and the FT’s Alice H
In our extended interview, US Senator Elizabeth Warren discusses SpaceX’s initial public offering and what she sees as its potential risk to investors. Mentioned in this podcast: SpaceX leapfrogs Amazon to become world’s
Global equities rallied and oil prices fell after an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and hedge funds are betting against the debt and equity of some of Europe’s largest carmakers. Plus, a Russian online sabotag
The leaders of the US and Iran will sign an agreement on Friday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and the annual G7 summit kicks off today. SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO tells us a lot about Wall Street’s appetite for tech list
With a week to go until Makerfield heads to the polls in what may turn out to be the most consequential by-election in British history, host Lucy Fisher, northern England correspondent Jen Williams and deputy political e
SpaceX has raised $75bn in a record-breaking initial public offering, and the European Central Bank became the first central bank in the G7 to increase borrowing costs in response to the Middle East energy shock. Plus, t
France and Germany are discussing proposals for a radical overhaul of the EU’s 15-year-old diplomatic service, and the most recent US inflation report is putting pressure on President Donald Trump to extend the ceasefire
The US has launched new strikes on Iran, Ireland’s burning through its corporate tax bonanza, and the European Central Bank is trying to rein in fintech Revolut’s “self-guided missiles” in the region. Plus, the FT’s Geor
OpenAI filed to go public, Wall Street stocks rebounded on Monday, and top BP investors and former executives are concerned the UK oil major may lose momentum in its restructuring plan. Plus, Israel’s strikes on Lebanon
Iran and Israel trade fire testing a two-month ceasefire, and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Pyongyang for his first trip to North Korea in seven years. Plus, software buyout deals have collapsed to the lowest l
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