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FT News Briefing
A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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LVMH looks to shrink its luxury empire
US fuel exports have surged to a record level, and hedge funds had their best month since 2020. Plus, Samsung Electronics is locked in a feud with its...
Could the US scrap quarterly reporting?
Global oil reserves plunged at a record pace in April and the SEC said it was proposing to allow public companies to file earnings reports every six m...
Disney’s new CEO faces first challenge
The US and Iran traded fire in the Strait of Hormuz, and Anthropic formed a more than $1.5bn joint venture with Wall Street groups including Blackston...
Global industries squeezed as Iran war enters third month
We tally the impact of war on industries around the globe as the conflict in Iran stretches into its third month. Plus, Britain braces for voters to d...
Introducing The Story of Money: They are history’s geniuses. But were they any good at investing?
Introducing a new video podcast from the FT: Does scientific, artistic or political brilliance translate into investing success? It’s a topical questi...
War, inflation and how central banks are handling it all
Apple delivered another quarter of strong sales growth driven by what the tech giant called its “most popular” iPhone model ever, and we explore how s...
Defence stocks drop despite US-Iran war
Meta said it would boost its spending on AI this year, and Jay Powell says he will stay on as a Federal Reserve governor once his term as chair ends....
Life under Iran’s digital blackout
Federal regulators launched a probe into all Disney-owned TV stations after a late-night comedian made a joke about First Lady Melania Trump, and emer...
Private equity deals where the seller is also the buyer
The number of countries cutting energy taxes in response to the Iran war has doubled over the past month, and China blocked Meta’s $2bn purchase of th...
Senior Republican clears path for next Fed chair
Alleged Trump shooter is set to be charged in federal court Monday, Republican Senator Thom Tillis said he will allow confirmation of Fed nominee Kevi...
BP’s major setback
Meta will cut 10% of its staff next month, BP suffered a heavy defeat at its annual shareholder meeting, and the Paramount–Warner Brothers Discovery d...
The AI digital divide
Tesla’s profits rebounded from last year’s lows, Brent crude jumped back above $100 a barrel on Wednesday after Iran’s navy said it seized two commerc...
Senators grill Kevin Warsh in Fed chair hearing
US President Donald Trump extended the ceasefire with Iran until talks conclude, and Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh sidestepped accusations...
MPs chastise Starmer over Mandelson scandal
Tim Cook will step down as Apple’s chief executive in September, representatives for US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ held discussions wit...
Brussels’ plan to ease the energy crisis
US President Donald Trump said he’s sending senior officials to Pakistan for new negotiations with Iran, the European Commission will encourage remote...
Bonus: A US shale pioneer on the Middle East war
Global oil markets have faced historic disruption since the Iran war began in February. The FT’s Jamie Smyth speaks with shale pioneer Scott Sheffield...
Fresh challenge for US Treasuries dominance
President Donald Trump said Lebanon and Israel had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, the US Treasury’s status as the world’s lowest-cost dollar borrower i...
How the world is preparing for oil shortages
Gulf monarchies raised almost $10bn in private sales of bonds this month, oil shortages are coming if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed, and US Presid...
PwC plans overhaul of consulting business
Ships are altering course as the US Navy’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz continues into its third day, and PwC plans to overhaul its global consult...
OpenAI investors question its valuation
A key UK government official says Britain’s leaders have shown a “corrosive complacency” towards defence, OpenAI’s $852bn valuation is under increasin...
Hungary ousts longtime prime minister Viktor Orbán
Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán concedes, US President Donald Trump says America will launch a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz after peac...
US-Iran war boosts used electric vehicle sales
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains at a standstill, sales of used electric vehicles are surging in the US, and the International Monetary F...
The oil market navigates a shaky ceasefire
The Middle East ceasefire is strained, the FT’s Jamie Smyth explains how the uncertainty is hitting oil markets and Pakistan has become a mediator bet...
US and Iran agree to two-week ceasefire talks
US President Donald Trump said he would “suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks” subject to Iran reopening the Strait of Hor...
China lends Cuba a helping hand
The US and Iran rejected each other’s peace proposals, EU officials are urging governments to avoid excessive support to offset surging energy prices,...
Counting the costs of Trump’s immigration crackdown
In a special edition of the FT News Briefing, reporter Guy Chazan explains the cost of US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. We hear from...
Swamp Notes: The economic fallout of ‘liberation day’
America’s tariff regime affected all aspects of life from the global economy to the day-to-day of average business owners. In this special episode, th...
Robert Armstrong on coining the Taco trade
President Donald Trump fired US attorney-general Pam Bondi, and private credit investors are requesting their money back from Blue Owl Capital at an a...
The shifting geopolitics of Trump’s tariffs
US President Donald Trump updated Americans on the war in Iran, and Chinese government bonds have sidestepped a global debt sell-off since the start o...
How a small US business navigated Trump’s tariffs
Foreign central banks have slashed their holdings of Treasuries at the New York Federal Reserve to the lowest level since 2012, and a preliminary esti...
The rocky legal future of Trump’s tariffs
Swiss lawmakers have assured senior UBS executives that they will water down stringent new rules and the Trump administration took its first step in o...
How Trump's tariffs ripped up the global trade order
US President Donald Trump has said he wants to ‘take the oil in Iran’ and could seize the export hub of Kharg Island. Uncertainty about what happens n...
Untold: Opus Dei, Ep. 1
Untold host Antonia Cundy uncovers the cultural and political influence of a controversial Catholic organisation in America. Opus Dei exists to help p...
Hong Kong woos asset managers with potential tax cuts
The United Arab Emirates has told allies that it would participate in a multinational maritime task force intended to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and...
Investors try to stay ahead of Trump’s Iran moves
Iran’s top military leadership dismissed Donald Trump’s claims that the Islamic republic was ready to make a deal, the US president appears to make ab...
Gold hasn’t been acting like itself lately
Meta and OpenAI will be among the first customers of Arm’s long-awaited new AI processor, the haven asset gold hasn’t been looking like its usual self...
Netanyahu’s rivals try to outdo him over Iran
Sources tell the FT that Pakistan is positioning itself as the lead mediator trying to broker an end to the US’s and Israel’s war against Iran, and th...
Strait of Hormuz crisis poses fresh threat to global food, energy
The World Food Project warns millions more could be pushed into acute hunger if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Plus, energy executives meet in H...
The ‘Armageddon scenario’ for gas markets
Investors sounded the alarm on Thursday after a major Qatar gas facility took serious damage, and amateur traders are going wild for five-minute bets...
Federal Reserve holds steady as inflation fears mount
The US has relaxed sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil group Petróleos de Venezuela and the Federal Reserve has stuck with plans to cut rates lat...