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Gulf states caught between US and China
22 september 2021 · 10 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/bde35a2f-ae3f-4fc5-920f-a6bca45d9eb3
Poland and Hungary could lose billions of euros in EU regional aid as the European Commission prepares to wield powers linking the funds to human rights standards in member states, and the ride-hailing group Uber says it is on course to report its first-ever profitable quarter, on an adjusted basis, after more than a decade of burning through billions of dollars in cash, and Gulf states are struggling to balance relations between Washington and Beijing.
Behind the Money, Inside ESG: is the $1.7tn wave of sustainable investing hope or hype?
https://www.ft.com/behind-the-money
Poland and Hungary face threat to EU regional aid over human rights concerns
https://www.ft.com/content/3ca265c0-d1d1-4acf-bc9e-b208dab98293
Uber on course to post first profitable quarter
https://www.ft.com/content/ee8c9dfa-b59e-4415-b380-1cdf2f15976c
‘More of China, less of America’: how superpower fight is squeezing the Gulf
https://www.ft.com/content/4f82b560-4744-4c53-bf4b-7a37d3afeb13
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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Evergrande’s troubles loom over global markets
21 september 2021 · 10 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/dd3aef66-5189-4b85-873a-e82c80be3c2d
Global financial markets are jittery about the possible default of indebted Chinese property developer Evergrande but the FT’s markets editor Katie Martin explains why it is unlikely to be another Lehman Brothers; foreign investors, especially from China and Japan, have become major buyers of US Treasuries and could prop up the market if the Fed withdraws; and Coinbase backed down from launching a new lending product after US regulators threatened to sue.
Wall Street stocks sell off as Evergrande crisis intensifies
https://www.ft.com/content/952923b7-f421-407e-b14a-ad2ff190a134
Foreign investors help prop up Treasury market as Fed considers retreat
https://www.ft.com/content/47551bfb-8ca3-4e73-b34b-0ad19905ae15
Shell agrees $9.5bn sale of Permian Basin oil business to ConocoPhillips
https://www.ft.com/content/33e48318-91ab-47e4-88f3-72986b0a85f6
Coinbase abandons lending product after SEC pushback
https://www.ft.com/content/bd09f8bf-e65b-4870-affe-55b5346af3e1
Rusal strikes deal to supply Budweiser with ultra low-carbon cans
https://www.ft.com/content/ff76ebe5-ca61-417c-b191-1a2c152a935e
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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China’s digital dictatorship
20 september 2021 · 11 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/efcae358-e439-4135-9600-55b23dcd7dc8
Australia’s nuclear submarine deal with the US and UK is set to provide a political boost for Scott Morrison’s conservative government, and UK business and energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is due to meet energy suppliers on Monday amid fears that dozens of companies could go bust in the coming weeks due to record high gas and electricity prices, and Beijing has pushed through reams of regulations and policies designed to shore up China’s data security, reinforcing the control it exercises over huge volumes of data used in governing the country, boosting the economy and ordering people’s lives.
Australia and France intensify war of words over cancelled submarine deal
https://www.ft.com/content/55173c4e-79a4-4a65-8294-3fc666026a0b
Morrison’s submarine deal drives wedge between Australian opposition
https://www.ft.com/content/e7e40eae-0011-4d0a-8a59-b5d5625c7389
UK energy groups ask for government ‘bad bank’ to weather gas crisis - with David Sheppard
https://www.ft.com/content/684e4ef1-87a9-4bdf-96f4-956df4e0a1e2
China and Big Tech: Xi’s blueprint for a digital dictatorship - with James Kynge
https://www.ft.com/content/9ef38be2-9b4d-49a4-a812-97ad6d70ea6f
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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FT Weekend: The stories we tell, with Elif Shafak
18 september 2021 · 31 min
Introducing our new FT Weekend podcast. New episodes every Saturday. We will soon stop publishing FT Weekend on this feed, so you if want to keep listening, subscribe now before you forget! Search FT Weekend in your podcast app of choice. Lees meer
In this episode, Life & Arts columnist Enuma Okoro explores what our cities tell us about ourselves. Then Lilah speaks with Elif Shafak—the most widely read woman novelist in Turkey—about writing in countries without freedom of speech, and her new book, The Island of Missing Trees. Plus: our prolific Undercover Economist Tim Harford makes a case for letting go of your to-do list.
You can subscribe to the FT Weekend podcast by searching for 'FT Weekend' wherever you listen. We're on Twitter @ftweekendpod, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter @lilahrap. Email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com.
Links from the episode:
—Enuma Okoro’s love letter to New York City: https://www.ft.com/content/e2507d84-9a12-4755-a9c7-41c9ea116947
—Lilah’s piece about visiting Armenia: https://www.ft.com/content/2e2f38b0-e7a1-11e8-8a85-04b8afea6ea3
—Review of Elif Shafak’s novel, The Island of Missing Trees: https://www.ft.com/content/1a064a06-bd19-43c7-8237-38931853d0e2
—Tim Harford on to-do lists: https://www.ft.com/content/06ffe40d-fdcc-4be8-b536-810cedce7ed1
—Oliver Burkeman on how not to waste your life (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/dd0d477b-c1f7-4d74-af68-c1ef1692566c
Sound design and mixing is by Breen Turner, with original music by Metaphor Music.
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Laos welcomes cryptocurrency miners
17 september 2021 · 9 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/8e3784f8-5605-40aa-a8b5-3d0e5bdae9a9
An unpublished internal model seen by the FT shows that the European Central Bank expects to hit its elusive 2 per cent inflation target by 2025, and Myanmar’s shadow government is fighting back against the military junta. Plus, the FT’s markets editor, Katie Martin, explains why Laos is allowing cryptocurrency mining.
Unpublished ECB inflation estimate raises prospect of earlier rate rise
https://www.ft.com/content/0ee1336d-1c7c-43b5-a8ed-f141f31fb70e
Laos pushes into crypto as it authorises mining and trading
https://www.ft.com/content/3a820200-0128-42b3-be6c-f5abd6381efa
Myanmar violence mounts after shadow government embraces ‘war’
https://www.ft.com/content/492bd2b6-e5c9-4d9e-81ea-b95f6c14aef9
MassMutual fined $4m over meme-stock trading by ‘Roaring Kitty’
https://www.ft.com/content/7ce3b9a4-1f86-4e49-a3cf-6b5a445fef0e
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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Alexa, pass the scalpel?
16 september 2021 · 9 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/91b4abd2-1ef7-4069-ac25-a4759a2ddfb8
Washington has launched a security partnership with London and Canberra which will support Australia’s plan to build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines and strengthen the allies’ ability to counter China, and Canada holds an election next week with prime minister Justin Trudeau facing unexpected competition, and Amazon plans to become just as ubiquitous in healthcare as it is in other markets by producing the tools and platforms to underpin an industry on the cusp of dramatic modernisation.
US builds bulwark against China with UK-Australia security pact
https://www.ft.com/content/565160c7-b5e0-4750-858a-37224bf3db0c
The Rachman Review: Is Trudeau’s popularity wearing thin?
https://www.ft.com/rachman-review
The next Big Tech battle: Amazon’s bet on healthcare begins to take shape
https://www.ft.com/content/fa7ff4c3-4694-4409-9ca6-bfadf3a53a62
Didi loses 30% of daily users after Beijing crackdown following IPO
https://www.ft.com/content/13a768b0-1000-4cad-8a03-36a1e66f460b
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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China deals a blow to Blackstone’s ambitions
15 september 2021 · 9 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/24c2b733-9dca-4dcf-81d2-ca90583a3ac9
US consumer prices in August rose at a more moderate pace in a sign that inflationary pressures associated with the end of Covid-19 lockdowns are easing, and bank executives say consumer spending is outpacing pre-pandemic levels as shoppers shrug off the Delta variant, and Blackstone abandoned a large deal in China after Beijing’s antitrust regulators refused to sign off on it within the agreed time frame, and big Chinese cities suspended land auctions in response to rules aimed at lowering housing prices.
Pace of US consumer price rises cools slightly in August
https://www.ft.com/content/eaf6d095-1531-4458-a504-c110d4101469
US consumers still spending despite Delta risk, banks say
https://www.ft.com/content/5189f544-c7ff-4564-8b46-1fb74b70dfd5
Blackstone drops $3bn takeover of property developer Soho China
https://www.ft.com/content/b732381e-61ea-4bab-8260-5048ff737047
Chinese land auction blunder undercuts Xi’s inequality crusade
https://www.ft.com/content/40187a8f-9776-4036-91ca-665b44cec086?
Call of the great outdoors fades for advertisers during muted commuting
https://www.ft.com/content/037b6d79-b9e9-4dc1-8224-413a7f613332
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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Diesel vs Doughnuts
14 september 2021 · 10 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/63d65f6a-045d-4da8-b170-c30642cea5cc
Chinese police are using a new anti-fraud app installed on more than 200m mobile phones to question people who have viewed overseas financial news sites, and Brazil’s first openly gay state governor enters the country’s race for president. Plus, the FT’s Houston correspondent, Justin Jacobs, explains why new biofuels refineries are creating headaches for the food industry.
China uses app to monitor access to overseas financial news sites
https://www.ft.com/content/84b6b889-ae03-47f7-9cd0-bd604b21d5de
Brazil governor pitches third way between Bolsonaro and Lula in 2022 elections - with Michael Stott
https://www.ft.com/content/06b00d4b-9cf9-41d3-b888-50ee8613bf12
‘Diesel vs doughnuts’: new biofuel refineries squeeze US food industry - with Justin Jacobs
https://www.ft.com/content/b5839a04-a06a-49c1-8622-2974cbb9a84a
British hedge fund partner plots return of Trump-era social network Parler
https://www.ft.com/content/261fecd4-715f-4b90-a7fa-57d7d4013788
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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Hedge funds flock to Silicon Valley
13 september 2021 · 10 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/40cef59a-441b-4b97-bea8-7a3ec838bc4b
Beijing wants to break up Alipay and create a separate app for the company’s highly profitable loans business, Norway’s voters will weigh in on the country’s petroleum production in what’s being called a “climate election,” and a new analysis found that Ireland is failing to keep US Big Tech companies in check. Plus, the FT’s Laurence Fletcher explains why hedge funds are muscling into Silicon Valley and making a record number of deals.
FT survey: The return to the office - are you under pressure to go back?
https://survey.ft.com/jfe/form/SV_4MZ2tuhkW4NghKu
Beijing to break up Ant’s Alipay and force creation of separate loans app
https://www.ft.com/content/01b7c7ca-71ad-4baa-bddf-a4d5e65c5d79
Norway’s oil rises to top of election agenda as climate fears grow - with Richard Milne
https://www.ft.com/content/70b3ec35-6558-4032-9a0c-47c40a6df5a8
Ireland ‘fails’ to enforce EU law against Big Tech
https://www.ft.com/content/5b986586-0f85-47d5-8edb-3b49398e2b08
Hedge funds muscle in to Silicon Valley with private deals - with Laurence Fletcher
https://www.ft.com/content/4935b205-8344-465a-8edf-dc23ec990302
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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Introducing the FT Weekend podcast: 9/11 and the passing of time
11 september 2021 · 28 min
Twenty years after the Twin Towers were brought down, FT Weekend podcast host Lilah Raptopoulos explores where 9/11 sits in our memories. The FT’s New York correspondent Joshua Chaffin introduces us to billionaire developer Larry Silverstein, who bought the World Trade Center in July of 2001 and had to rebuild on the site of a tragedy. How do spaces change in meaning over time? The FT’s former Kabul correspondent Jon Boone introduces us to the “New Afghanistan” generation, what they were promised, and what was lost. Plus: we hear from a woman who fled the Taliban and is now waiting in limbo in Albania, suddenly a refugee. Lees meer
You can subscribe to the FT Weekend podcast by searching for 'FT Weekend' wherever you listen.
We’re on Twitter at @FTWeekendpod. Lilah is on Twitter and Instagram @lilahrap.
Links from the episode:
Josh Chaffin on Larry Silverstein: https://www.ft.com/content/f38a5067-58d1-491f-902f-568abcdd8a84#comments-anchor
Jon Boone on The Last Days of the New Afghanistan: https://www.ft.com/content/4a276093-cf85-4da7-9093-6af6443bb53a
Sound design and mixing is by Breen Turner, with original music by Metaphor Music.
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The SEC vs Coinbase
10 september 2021 · 10 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/0b052bc2-c481-49c7-a645-c83e90f45ff1
A poll shows leading economists believe the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in 2022 due to inflationary pressures, the ECB says it will move to “a moderately lower pace” in its €1.85tn pandemic emergency purchase programme, and one of China’s largest property developers, Evergrande, faces the risk of default. Plus, the FT’s US Legal and Enforcement Correspondent, Stefania Palma, explains why regulators around the world are keeping an eye on the clash between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase.
Economists forecast quicker return to US interest rate rises than Fed projections
https://www.ft.com/content/0a7a4edd-b656-4d6a-b608-454241d0288e
ECB to slow bond-buying as Europe’s economy improves
https://www.ft.com/content/e8a78a9f-8e81-403a-a1be-9ad8e6199e72
SEC puts crypto industry on notice with Coinbase move
https://www.ft.com/content/66eca8c0-2d3a-4578-bd92-e604e2af054f
Evergrande liquidity crisis: why the property developer faces risk of default
https://www.ft.com/content/6d127e05-2208-4226-9cd1-ef2f7463cdf0
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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The world’s biggest direct carbon capture plant
9 september 2021 · 10 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/7344543b-aefa-4715-8494-7c92e1e531f2
A court heard opening arguments in the case against the founder of the failed blood-testing technology start-up Theranos, Janet Yellen has warned that the US Treasury could run out of cash next month, and PayPal has acquired the Tokyo-based buy now, pay later company, Paidy. Plus, the FT’s environment and clean energy correspondent, Leslie Hook, explains how the world’s largest CO2 direct capture plant works.
‘Failure is not a crime,’ Theranos founder’s lawyers tell jury
https://www.ft.com/content/b7462815-f022-4e11-a3fd-a7845b1191a2
Janet Yellen warns US Treasury risks running out of cash in October
https://www.ft.com/content/4433d8ef-7d18-4c07-ba08-7f05fcbdb0b8
PayPal to acquire buy now, pay later provider Paidy for $2.7bn
https://www.ft.com/content/cdeccd3c-fe41-4228-ad11-9efc6f5c9d2d
World’s biggest ‘direct air capture’ plant starts pulling in CO2
https://www.ft.com/content/8a942e30-0428-4567-8a6c-dc704ba3460a
EY will invest $2bn to improve audits after series of scandals
https://www.ft.com/content/737dd635-dba2-49d7-bcdd-34f467b218ea?
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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Is Xi Jinping moving China into a new era of Maoism?
8 september 2021 · 11 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/7a545b87-55eb-4dbd-b9a0-c80def4bdcf8
Pfizer’s chief scientific officer Philip Dormitzer denied that the company should have developed a more potent Covid-19 vaccine, and the Taliban has announced Afghanistan’s first government since the US left the country, and James Bullard, president of the St Louis Fed pushed back on concerns that the US labour market recovery is faltering. Plus, the FT’s Beijing bureau chief, Tom Mitchell, explains whether China is heading into a new political era under president Xi Jinping.
Top Pfizer scientist defends booster push and vaccine potency
https://www.ft.com/content/3ee3efaa-766c-42c9-baf7-9825d3e78edf
Taliban announces government as it faces growing crises and isolation
https://www.ft.com/content/9cc0e2ca-19ab-4614-a168-76f1e4c1875b
Top Fed official pushes for quick ‘taper’ despite weak US jobs growth
https://www.ft.com/content/7c2fc0ce-e7c0-4083-92e8-e81d9235ab45
The Chinese control revolution: the Maoist echoes of Xi’s power play
https://www.ft.com/content/bacf9b6a-326b-4aa9-a8f6-2456921e61ec
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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Why developing countries are so keen on cryptocurrencies
7 september 2021 · 10 min
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Lees meer
https://www.ft.com/content/768cdb61-a131-42de-b8d6-42c3c757cb82
Prime minister Boris Johnson will announce a tax rise of more than £10bn a year today, and the military junta that overthrew Guinea’s president is urging mining companies to keep operating. Plus, the FT’s emerging markets correspondent, Jonathan Wheatley, explains why developing countries have provided fertile ground for cryptocurrencies to take hold.
Johnson set to unveil £10bn tax rise to fund NHS, social care
https://www.ft.com/content/47120539-1930-4065-ae93-de84dc51378c
Guinea coup leaders urge mining companies to keep operating
https://www.ft.com/content/6ff3fe38-66f1-4d76-995a-457936305dd2
Cryptocurrencies: developing countries provide fertile ground
https://www.ft.com/content/1ea829ed-5dde-4f6e-be11-99392bdc0788
‘Shang-Chi’ smashes Labor Day records with $90m in ticket sales
https://www.ft.com/content/731d8697-a894-4f81-aae6-0a27f3cf85ed
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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Bridgepoint’s hidden executive pay
6 september 2021 · 11 min
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Lees meer
https://www.ft.com/content/6b286858-b05a-4211-8e04-315b4e8bac38
A frantic summer of dealmaking has put 2021 on track to break records, and Japan’s future is uncertain after prime minister Yoshihide Suga abruptly announced his departure. Plus, the FT’s private capital correspondent explains how a prominent British private equity firm went public this summer but has kept its executive pay opaque
Global dealmaking set to break records after frenzied summer
https://www.ft.com/content/4b955a75-55a4-4e13-b785-638b88bbfb0b
Yoshihide Suga’s exit sets off fight to reshape Japanese politics
https://www.ft.com/content/fff52074-ee42-43c3-a96f-d1332005d802
Bridgepoint went public. Executive rewards stayed private.
https://www.ft.com/content/25649306-ac8a-4183-894a-7df1eb798acf
BrewDog launches venture with Japan’s Asahi to boost sales
https://www.ft.com/content/964b92ae-18d7-41a0-b8f1-138baa54870e
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Our intern is Zoe Han. Additional help by Peter Barber, Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Introducing FT Weekend: The good life, with chefs Daniel Humm and Alice Waters
4 september 2021 · 27 min
In this first-ever episode of the FT Weekend podcast, host Lilah Raptopoulos talks to Eleven Madison Park’s Daniel Humm and Chez Panisse’s legendary Alice Waters to discover how the world’s top chefs are finding purpose beyond their restaurants. Humm created a buzz in May when he announced that his world-famous restaurant would be going entirely plant-based. Has that risk paid off? And what does it mean to do good as a chef? Lees meer
Plus: the FT’s design critic Edwin Heathcote gives us a tour of the world’s most revengeful architecture, and reporter Madison Darbyshire shares tips for how to furnish your home with old things.
You can subscribe to FT Weekend podcast by searching for FT Weekend wherever you listen.
We’re on Twitter at @FTWeekendpod. Lilah is on Twitter and Instagram @lilahrap.
Links from the episode:
Lilah’s piece on chefs (paywall) - https://www.ft.com/content/246cdc2a-f135-4d3d-9d74-e524e9217699
Edwin on the architecture of spite (paywall) - https://www.ft.com/content/1161fbbe-5ae1-4328-bf59-dcd8b1d6564f
Madison’s masterclass in flea-market chic - https://www.ft.com/content/6c8bf8a2-ddee-11e9-9743-db5a370481bc
Sound design and mixing is by Breen Turner, with original music by Metaphor Music.
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US corporate debt binge, FT Weekend podcast preview
3 september 2021 · 10 min
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Lees meer
https://www.ft.com/content/0b603fa8-7afc-46f3-bae6-46b89a0def8f
Bankers and investors are bracing for a bumper month of debt issuance in the US, and Germany’s Dax is welcoming 10 new companies to its index. Plus, the FT’s Lilah Raptopoulos talks about the launch of her new show, the FT Weekend podcast.
Banks and investors gear up for US corporate debt binge
https://www.ft.com/content/dff0ebdf-1d64-4e9a-9261-6957455d856d
Germany’s Dax undergoes makeover as it expands from 30 to 40
https://www.ft.com/content/297a35a8-df37-4091-a283-1914cdbd3e8a
FT Weekend podcast
https://www.ft.com/ftweekendpodcast
UK staycations and return to offices boost retail footfall in August
https://www.ft.com/content/15d4a2d0-eaa5-4cf8-bd04-fcb7a34c04b7
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Our intern is Zoe Han. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Banking on cannabis
2 september 2021 · 9 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/385a236d-c829-47e8-b3a3-c0c3ef2d5387
YouTube has netted 50m paying subscribers for its music streaming services, and the dearth of truckers has become so severe in the US that some fleet owners are petitioning officials to let more foreign operators into the country. Plus, the FT’s US banking editor Josh Franklin explains that top American banks have avoided cannabis companies so a niche finance sector has sprouted up to service this growing industry.
YouTube’s music services amass 50m paying subscribers
https://www.ft.com/content/ae722400-561c-431a-85eb-e09e1f6b0bb2
US truck driving shortage, with the FT’s Steff Chavez
https://www.ft.com/content/a7283077-69de-4bb2-9d0a-1c68090d719f
Banking on cannabis: the new network of lenders for a semi-legal industry - with Joshua Franklin, US banking editor
https://www.ft.com/content/28d8375a-3bd9-4fba-b1b7-a2e5e8b4fcdb
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Biden defends US pullout of Afghanistan
1 september 2021 · 9 min
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Brussels is drafting a proposal for a €600m package to help Afghanistan’s neighbours host refugees fleeing the Taliban, and luxury brands are uncertain about their future in China after President Xi Jinping’s call for wealth distribution. Plus, the FT’s global finance correspondent, Robin Wigglesworth, explains why investors could become more excited about emerging markets.
EU plans €600m package for Afghanistan’s neighbours to avert refugee crisis
https://www.ft.com/content/c3688ac7-f7e0-473c-98ea-91735e3278d5
Xi Jinping’s call for wealth redistribution threatens luxury groups’ China boom
https://www.ft.com/content/4cf59a34-cd03-48a1-b5d0-0c71922ef9b3
Investors eye emerging market upswing after China shock
https://www.ft.com/content/4546f956-c48e-4530-9eaa-e567fa2856e1
Trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes begins in California
https://www.ft.com/content/3be72070-bc6a-4181-8ae4-a729758511ce
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The fight between US service staff and QR codes
31 augustus 2021 · 10 min
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QR codes have replaced service staff in the pandemic and experts worry that means many jobs lost during the coronavirus pandemic will not return, and Germany’s inflation has risen to its highest level since 2008. Plus, the FT’s US banking correspondent, Imani Moise, explains how Bank of America is fighting a worker shortage by retraining its own employees.
QR codes replace service staff as pandemic spurs automation in US - with Taylor Nicole Rogers, labour and equality correspondent
https://www.ft.com/content/05754eb3-38a5-488d-af96-5f5a1a7955c1
Bank of America fights war for tech talent by retraining own employees - with Imani Moise, US banking correspondent
https://www.ft.com/content/1edee6e4-6b67-4866-a0c6-23b15fa56deb
German inflation surges to 13-year high of 3.4%
https://www.ft.com/content/55cbd2a2-adc9-406f-ad45-daf90d79d221
Inflation puts pressure on America’s fast-expanding dollar stores
https://www.ft.com/content/5853dd3a-0c22-4d2b-a263-ec51bf1a0c29
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Trailer: Introducing the FT Weekend podcast
30 augustus 2021 · 4 min
We'd like to introduce you to our new show: FT Weekend. Turn off your email alerts and settle in. Every Saturday, from September 4, join host Lilah Raptopoulos for inspiring conversations, in-depth storytelling, a bit of escapism and a lot of fun. Brought to you by the award-winning Life & Arts journalists at the Financial Times. Lees meer
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Sound design and mixing is by Breen Turner, with original music by Metaphor Music.
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How community banks were small business saviours during the pandemic
30 augustus 2021 · 9 min
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The US tomorrow will withdraw all of its troops from Afghanistan and the country faces a potential economic catastrophe. The International Monetary Fund’s chief economist warns that emerging market economies can’t afford another ‘taper tantrum.’ Plus, FT contributing editor, Brendan Greeley, explains how US community banks played an instrumental role in keeping small businesses alive during the pandemic.
IMF’s Gopinath says emerging economies can’t afford ‘taper tantrum’ redux
https://www.ft.com/content/873ca2e8-63d2-40dd-842d-5409169166fa
How US community banks became ‘irreplaceable’ in the pandemic
https://www.ft.com/content/4face0c6-c1fb-47af-972b-8749e92b4baf
Wearables company Whoop valued at $3.6bn after SoftBank investment
https://www.ft.com/content/f3dde553-0aa1-4137-bc50-093b1003fa71
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Life under the Taliban: ‘Herat is now like a ghost city’
27 augustus 2021 · 10 min
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US military officials are blaming Isis for an attack near Kabul airport yesterday that killed at least 13 service members and an unknown number of civilians, and the Federal Reserve is preparing for today’s virtual Jackson Hole economic symposium under the cloud of the Delta variant, and Brussels has warned that it could sever a data-sharing agreement with the UK. Plus, the FT’s Najmeh Bozorgmehr reports on life in Afghanistan’s third-largest city, Herat, now that the Taliban are in control.
At least 13 US troops among those killed in Kabul bombings, with Aime Williams in Washington
https://www.ft.com/content/817bfbaa-e62a-4cc9-b503-54d0a53dfc52
Life under the Taliban: ‘Herat is now like a ghost city’, with Tehran correspondent Najmeh Bozorgmehr
https://www.ft.com/content/d30d1991-252e-4060-aa98-b5831e3f470c
Fed prepares for virtual Jackson Hole meeting under cloud of Delta, with US economics editor Colby Smith
https://www.ft.com/content/806b507c-3c07-4e93-bc59-763dfeed0e32?
EU takes aim at UK plan to rewrite data laws, with EU technology correspondent, Madhumita Murgia
https://www.ft.com/content/f344f7ea-2829-46d2-8943-26b73c5804da
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OnlyFans reverses its controversial porn ban
26 augustus 2021 · 10 min
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Turkey’s military has begun withdrawing its troops from Kabul airport while the country’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country can’t handle more migrants, and global regulators are imposing heavy fines on financial institutions for failing to stop anti-money laundering. Plus, the FT’s consumer industries reporter, Patricia Nilsson, explains OnlyFans’ ban on sexually explicit content, and its sudden reversal.
Turkey begins evacuation of troops from Kabul airport
https://www.ft.com/content/22046156-b4de-4b4c-abb5-1ae388f763c9
Erdogan rules out Turkish role as EU ‘warehouse’ for Afghan refugees
https://www.ft.com/content/09abc27e-607c-4d83-8e39-84eaa179565e?
Anti-money laundering fines surge as watchdogs impose tougher penalties
https://www.ft.com/content/7144ff53-5a17-477b-ab75-4f4a88b94fd2
OnlyFans reverses controversial porn ban, with consumer industries reporter Patricia Nilsson
https://www.ft.com/content/5468f11b-cb98-4f72-8fb2-63b9623b7b2b
German election wide open as Merkel successor loses poll lead
https://www.ft.com/content/a1f73855-8b68-4b7a-b0ec-5b9df6c77578
Germany poll tracker: the race to succeed Angela Merkel
https://www.ft.com/content/5885e964-6d54-46ba-be63-8fb7009075f2
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Lawsuit seeks accountability for Beirut port blast
25 augustus 2021 · 8 min
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US President Joe Biden is defying international pressure and sticking by his plan to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan by the end of the month, and the UK will roll out new regulations to protect children’s data online. Plus, the FT’s legal correspondent, Kate Beioley, talks about the lawsuit that Lebanese lawyers have filed against a UK-registered chemicals company over the 2020 Beirut port blast.
Biden refuses to extend evacuation as Taliban blocks Afghans from airport, with US trade correspondent Aime Williams
https://www.ft.com/content/a42b6570-d037-41c9-9e35-a0e6779a2e87
UK targets social media, gaming and videos with new Children’s Code
https://www.ft.com/content/705e0468-bfcf-4f5d-b777-c25785d950cb?
Lebanese lawyers sue UK-registered company over Beirut port blast, with legal correspondent, Kate Beioley
https://www.ft.com/content/57e43122-04e5-4cc2-8fea-9ba910da5673
BBQ stocks: Wall Street feels the thrill of the grill
https://www.ft.com/content/6a2946b6-2124-4185-8cfa-f493a1f1d1a2?
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G7 tries to salvage Afghanistan crisis
24 augustus 2021 · 10 min
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At an emergency G7 meeting US president Joe Biden will hear calls from western allies to negotiate with the Taliban for an extension to the US-led evacuation from Afghanistan while facing the humiliating prospect that the Islamist militants may veto the idea, and a US pandemic assistance programme is set to end early next month, leaving millions of gig workers without the support they’ve come to rely on.
Biden squeezed between allies and Taliban on Afghan deadline - with George Parker, political editor
https://www.ft.com/content/38838e4f-c55c-4504-9f5b-b7b7f8d904f8
Taliban finances swelled by proceeds of Afghanistan’s shadow economy - with Stephanie Findley, South Asia correspondent
https://www.ft.com/content/25b48967-2d8c-4acd-8699-e0cbdf164cb8
US gig workers carry on the fight for rights as jobless aid comes to an end - with Amanda Chu
https://www.ft.com/content/09b8b6aa-c545-4499-a615-d256cfa4e62e
SHOWNOTES
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Boris Johnson to host Afghanistan crisis talks
23 augustus 2021 · 9 min
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UK prime minister Boris Johnson will on Tuesday host crisis talks on Afghanistan with world leaders as Britain presses the US to extend the evacuation timetable amid chaos and deaths at Kabul airport, US cinema owners meeting in Las Vegas this week hope a slate of blockbusters will draw the curtain on Covid slump, and the spread of non-disclosure agreements, or NDA’s, is bad for companies as well as workers.
UK prime minister acknowledges China and Russia as crucial to limiting chaos while US hints at extending pullout deadline
https://www.ft.com/content/3073164b-43c5-45ec-bda5-f62f7107a747
Cinemas hope slate of blockbusters draws the curtain on Covid slump - with Christopher Grimes, Los Angeles correspondent
https://www.ft.com/content/a44b5c22-0b44-4c34-8f67-5540db152182
FEATURE: The NDA Boom is bad for both workers and employers - with Sarah O’Connor, employment columnist
https://www.ft.com/content/463c917d-c8b5-418d-b8f7-d582747091be
Female board members at FTSE 100 companies paid 40% less than men
https://www.ft.com/content/96b90579-b7cd-44a8-ba7e-cad6be5c6faa
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Auto industry chip shortage worsens
20 augustus 2021 · 9 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/243efeb3-032a-4282-b83a-24f566ea1161
The chip shortage hobbling the auto industry has worsened as a wave of coronavirus cases spreads across south-east Asia with three of the world’s largest automakers announcing new disruptions on their assembly lines, Europe remains scarred by the memory of the Syrian refugee crisis and the bloc’s message about Afghan refugees is different, and FT Management Editor Andrew Hill shares highlights from this year’s longlist for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.
Chip shortage deepens supply problems at global carmakers - with
Tokyo Correspondent Kana Inagaki
https://www.ft.com/content/89bd676c-fc10-4a69-9b03-dc50ed3f441d
In Europe, Afghan refugees raise spectre of 2015 asylum crisis - with Berlin Bureau Chief Guy Chazan
https://www.ft.com/content/15549b1b-81c9-452f-9876-e90dc6c61ce0
FT and McKinsey Business Book of the year Longlist - with Management Editor Andrew Hill
https://www.ft.com/content/2529e4d9-0ca2-4bec-bc14-8d6626651408
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Afghanistan’s ‘dire’ financial outlook
19 augustus 2021 · 11 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/b1c4e938-b959-4767-aba9-2aedc1f44005
The former head of Afghanistan’s central bank has warned that the country is facing “dire” financial prospects and an acute shortage of dollars and higher inflation will fuel the flow of migrants out of the country; the Taliban’s takeover hands China and Russia an opportunity to project their power after Washington’s chaotic withdrawal; and a majority of Federal Reserve officials believe the US central bank could start withdrawing a massive pandemic stimulus programme later this year, according to a record of their latest meeting.
Afghanistan faces ‘dire’ financial outlook, warns former central bank chief - with Jonathan Wheatley, emerging markets correspondent
https://www.ft.com/content/65f61fb1-9462-4e25-990a-702812860b76
China and Russia poised to step into the Afghanistan gap - with James Kynge, global China editor
https://www.ft.com/content/7ceb9e3b-bd6e-43fe-bb86-80353249e6ac
Most Fed officials reckon stimulus could start winding down this year - with Colby Smith, US economics editor
https://www.ft.com/content/29be3f70-3f3e-4bfd-b26e-01833337587c
UK government intervenes in £2.6bn Ultra Electronics takeover by Cobham
https://www.ft.com/content/55b3e146-87cb-469b-a128-5865cb1abe87
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The Taliban’s first official press conference since taking Kabul
18 augustus 2021 · 9 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/9950c2c0-f75c-4098-aa1f-01e3ffc38644
In the Islamist group’s first official press conference since it took Kabul, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the militants would not seek revenge against government officials or the Afghan soldiers it has fought for the past two decades, and WhatsApp has shut down a complaints helpline set up by the Taliban after the messaging app came under pressure to block the group from using its services, and the British the aerospace and defence group, Ultra Electronics, is set to become the latest UK engineering specialist to fall into foreign ownership.
Islamist group urges citizens to return to daily lives even as government workers report harassment - with Stephanie Findlay, South Asia correspondent
https://www.ft.com/content/7f03429a-8d61-43df-9cd8-c9d9e9ba18c8
WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul
https://www.ft.com/content/d8e29de8-aebb-4f10-a91e-89d454d4a9f7
Cobham agrees to buy rival UK defence group Ultra Electronics for £2.6bn - with Sylvia Pfeifer, industry correspondent
https://www.ft.com/content/87fe2b9f-a551-49ca-9624-c29f3e5fa9c4
BHP to shift main stock market listing from London to Sydney
https://www.ft.com/content/47e226aa-315c-48e3-aef3-44f83075dcc3
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How will the Taliban 2.0 rule?
17 augustus 2021 · 9 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/76ae831e-7a74-4429-8bbb-2b947a04cb44
Biden made his first comments on Afghanistan and blamed the chaos in Kabul on the country’s deposed leaders, and desperate Afghans overran the airport trying to flee. Pakistan’s international bonds came under selling pressure on Monday as emerging market investors braced themselves for the fallout from the crisis in Afghanistan, and the Taliban has pledged to create an open and inclusive government but most observers expect the swift return of repressive theocratic rule in the country.
Pakistan bonds hit as investors brace for Afghanistan fallout - with Tommy Stubbington, capital market correspondent
https://www.ft.com/content/1f8e5d82-152a-456e-b6c9-4e2fe8b74b68
Who are the Taliban 2.0? - with Stephanie Findlay, South Asia correspondent
https://www.ft.com/content/25bb6ed9-fdef-451f-a7a7-4a7b9e4ab852
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Afghanistan’s President flees his country
16 augustus 2021 · 8 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/b1e7f141-e281-4bee-81e3-b11eaf9d767d
Afghanistan’s president fled the country as the Taliban advanced on Kabul, and tropical storm Grace headed towards Haiti as rescue workers scrambled to reach people trapped under rubble after a massive earthquake, and as the super-infectious Delta variant spreads around the world many governments are facing the delicate question of how to get hesitant citizens to take the jab.
US and allies race to evacuate staff as Taliban reaches Kabul
https://www.ft.com/content/12dc9ad8-cd90-4378-86f6-64f70f4062eb
Deaths mount after powerful earthquake strikes Haiti - with Gideon Long
https://www.ft.com/content/9f2e5149-4c63-4412-b258-59fd7d40517a
How to reach the unvaccinated: the risks of bribery and coercion - with Clive Cookson
https://www.ft.com/content/9955d68a-6bd9-4530-b103-afc034243cb3
Salzburg comes alive again to the sound of music https://www.ft.com/content/b01f05aa-86ae-4d09-ba30-0a4074a98ca7
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Financial technology start-ups in Africa
13 augustus 2021 · 9 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/80e6939d-d085-499d-ac9d-3ac6386b69c1
Airbnb reported strong quarterly earnings and said tourists from places with higher vaccination rates were “driving the travel recovery”, and employees are taking sensitive computer code from their companies at three times the rate they were a year ago. Plus, the FT’s Africa editor David Pilling and McKinsey & Company partner Topsy Kola-Oyeneyin discuss the growth of financial technology start-ups in Africa.
Airbnb benefits from ‘travel recovery’ as bookings and revenue grow
https://www.ft.com/content/fd8f8621-cac4-4bff-a082-9a74d1cbec15
Disney outpaces streaming rivals as it doubles subscribers in a year
https://www.ft.com/content/9b705a6f-35f6-49cf-883b-0581fbf5ab48
Workers increasingly steal company data during ‘turnover tsunami, with San Francisco correspondent Hannah Murphy
https://www.ft.com/content/a7a2b5c4-1653-4364-84c1-c322c5b56745
African start-ups attract international investors — but need local ones too, with Africa editor David Pilling
https://www.ft.com/content/566fc2a5-6df4-4145-8157-99d4eb8da4c1
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The debt-laden UK high street
12 augustus 2021 · 9 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/baa5d27d-d16c-4f47-9902-abb72f02429d
A top Federal Reserve official told the FT that the central bank could dial back its ultra-accommodative monetary stimulus as early as this year, and the White House has called on Opec to boost oil production in an effort to curb high petrol prices. Plus, the FT’s property correspondent, George Hammond, discusses the complicated dilemma of unpaid rent that faces businesses, their landlords, lenders and the UK government.
Federal Reserve’s Daly says tapering could start as soon as this year
https://www.ft.com/content/e3320366-02f1-453e-ae42-e4af66a17eb0
White House calls on Opec to boost production to contain fuel prices, with Washington correspondent, Lauren Fedor
https://www.ft.com/content/a8a631cf-de43-47e8-8cc4-99732c39c4da
Unpaid rent: the £6.4bn question facing the UK high street, with property correspondent George Hammond
https://www.ft.com/content/ef6c975b-91f4-4328-8466-70b686f7309d
Burger chain Wendy’s to expand into ‘dark kitchens’ after raising forecasts
https://www.ft.com/content/31240e24-32e2-411f-8976-2127d16568c8
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Philip Morris battles to buy a medical inhaler company
11 augustus 2021 · 10 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/b20cdab3-2e47-4bbe-bbff-39c42459d105
The rapid pace of US consumer price increases seen in recent months is set to stall in July near a 13-year high, and SoftBank will cut its investment in Chinese start-ups until the extent of Beijing’s scrutiny of the tech sector becomes clear. Plus, the FT’s private capital correspondent, Kaye Wiggins, has the latest on the battle between private equity group Carlyle and tobacco company Philip Morris International for the British medical inhaler maker, Vectura.
Rapid pace of US consumer price increases expected to moderate
https://www.ft.com/content/8a2ad340-5ecf-4aa5-be35-aa7f528c8b83
Carlyle steps back from Vectura bidding war with Philip Morris
https://www.ft.com/content/9b860f52-ddf7-447b-bd74-c44b25a69da7
SoftBank to cut China investments until tech sector calms
https://www.ft.com/content/8b98db7c-24e9-4aa4-bc42-56338139962e
Elusive Olympic bounce gives hope to Suga’s leadership rivals
https://www.ft.com/content/47557c29-2225-4501-81dd-df4b41220725?
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US Senate on the cusp of approving Biden’s $1tn infrastructure package
10 augustus 2021 · 9 min
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Oil prices continue to slide on investor concerns over the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant, especially in China, and DraftKings buys Golden Nugget Online Gaming for $1.56bn. Plus, the FT’s Washington correspondent, Lauren Fedor, explains how the US Senate is getting closer to approving president Joe Biden’s $1tn infrastructure package.
US Senate set to pass $1tn infrastructure package in bipartisan vote
https://www.ft.com/content/67880a94-55c9-468c-a749-35463a08e6c5
Oil slides as Delta worries dent outlook for Asia demand
https://www.ft.com/content/ba4ab9a0-4e89-4979-b794-c7e5593724a6
DraftKings buys Golden Nugget Online Gaming in $1.56bn deal
https://www.ft.com/content/f857e397-adab-4b95-b308-caa59b8d2b49
Cryptocurrency exchanges target sport sponsorships
https://www.ft.com/content/a93e9ad5-31d6-4048-9ca8-2f38cc6c43f4?
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Can science link extreme weather to climate change?
9 augustus 2021 · 8 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/65fa9d74-d971-4536-a411-c06d86d8de64
FT calculations of 20 Chinese billionaires show that their net worth has dropped by about $80bn since late June, ByteDance, the owner of short-video app TikTok, has revived a plan to go public, and Industry bosses are predicting a worldwide construction “supercycle” set to fuel demand for building materials. Plus, the FT’s climate reporter Camilla Hodgson explains how scientists are trying to link natural disasters to global warming.
Tech crackdown erases $80bn from the wealth of China’s top tycoons
https://www.ft.com/content/7e6f9a08-37be-4ab3-ae15-953533ab33b5
China’s ByteDance aims for Hong Kong IPO despite tech crackdown
https://www.ft.com/content/bacca56f-1da5-4721-90bf-a61383ab7eec
Construction ‘supercycle’ predicted on wave of government spending
https://www.ft.com/content/41574f1e-58ae-4b17-a1ea-991a46d70932?
Fires and floods: can science link extreme weather to climate change?
https://www.ft.com/content/fe4e658e-0473-4f98-b995-4606aefa90bc
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Robinhood’s wild stock market debut
6 augustus 2021 · 11 min
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Apple intends to install software on US iPhones to scan for child abuse imagery, and president Joe Biden signed an executive order on Thursday calling for half of all new vehicles sold in the US to be electric by 2030. Plus, the FT’s markets editor Katie Martin explains how Robinhood’s stock price has rebounded after its IPO fell flat last week.
Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery, with European technology correspondent Madhumita Murgia
https://www.ft.com/content/14440f81-d405-452f-97e2-a81458f5411f?
Biden sets electric vehicle target in drive to cut emissions
https://www.ft.com/content/7fbc2d70-5365-4d3b-97ec-cea2756de28d?
Robinhood soars after retail traders flock to shares, with markets editor Katie Martin
https://www.ft.com/content/a9017fe2-e24a-4224-b2fa-320be47853b7
China’s education clampdown threatens to aggravate youth unemployment
https://www.ft.com/content/d2a6fab8-2cf7-49f4-9027-ee18a064715f?
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Why China’s youth ‘lie flat’ instead of enduring stress
5 augustus 2021 · 10 min
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The value of the world’s stock of negative-yielding debt has ballooned to more than $16.5tn, SoftBank’s second Vision Fund plans to invest $100m in a new fund started by one of its former top partners, and US food delivery group DoorDash is preparing to make its first investment in Europe. Plus, the FT’s global China editor, James Kynge explains why younger Chinese people are opting out of stressful jobs.
Bond rally pushes global stock of negative-yielding debt above $16tn
https://www.ft.com/content/43280fe3-b6cd-44e1-bb75-25b0962b5ba1?
SoftBank to invest $100m in former partner’s fund with Miles Kruppa, venture capital correspondent
https://www.ft.com/content/684613f0-b2cc-42e9-817a-204a80dd048f
DoorDash in talks to invest in German grocery app Gorillas
https://www.ft.com/content/9cccd541-0a44-4002-af6e-35fe7ef46445
China’s young ‘lie flat’ instead of accepting stress with James Kynge, global China editor
https://www.ft.com/content/ea13fed5-5994-4b82-9001-980d1f1ecc48
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PepsiCo’s juicy private equity deal
4 augustus 2021 · 10 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/9221dcf1-ef98-4474-9d9f-226f08843bbf
Spain has called on the EU to back measures to limit surging electricity prices and athletes from Russia are enjoying success at the Olympics despite a ban on the country. Plus, the FT’s private capital correspondent, Kaye Wiggins, explains why PepsiCo has sold off its big-name juice brands to a private equity firm.
Russia wins at Tokyo 2020 despite ban over doping programme
https://www.ft.com/content/31643c45-cf35-43e0-a0d4-1c2d40e49401
Spain urges EU to act against soaring energy prices
https://www.ft.com/content/7cf9a7c1-a103-4923-bb5b-bad93d32ca39
PepsiCo to sell Tropicana and Naked Juice brands to private equity firm for $3.3bn
https://www.ft.com/content/859b3fc6-0942-48a9-8a7d-a0ca0ff4cc70
Year after Beirut port blast families of victims push for truth
https://www.ft.com/content/6a049e18-6a5c-40ee-b6ae-cef6ae95a317?
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Optimism soars on the airline industry’s recovery
3 augustus 2021 · 10 min
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Forests in the US that generate the carbon offsets bought by companies including BP and Microsoft are on fire; Goldman Sachs looks to scale back its asset management business; and the International Monetary Fund has issued a warning over using cryptocurrency as legal tender. Plus, the FT’s Philip Georgiadis explains whether the airline industry’s resurgence is here to stay.
Carbon offsets going up in smoke as company-linked forests burn with climate reporter, Camilla Hodgson
https://www.ft.com/content/3f89c759-eb9a-4dfb-b768-d4af1ec5aa23?
Goldman mints billions through investments it is looking to shrink
https://www.ft.com/content/9fb175d7-fcf2-4d82-be0a-62ec49b6ab27
IMF warns on crypto as national currency ahead of El Salvador launch
https://www.ft.com/content/c36c45d2-1100-4756-a752-07a217b2bde0?
Clouds lift as confidence returns to battered airline industry with acting transport correspondent, Philip Georgiadis
https://www.ft.com/content/9214f0a8-cc60-4511-be5d-4362462e1896
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How climate change is steering the future of food
2 augustus 2021 · 11 min
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https://www.ft.com/content/97741491-f1aa-4107-a84d-ebd874b1259d
House prices are increasing in almost every major economy in the wake of the pandemic, and the success of skateboarding in the Tokyo Olympics could have a real influence on Japan’s culture. Plus, the FT’s commodities correspondent, Emiko Terazono, explains how changing temperatures across the globe are shifting the seasons and the crops that farmers can grow.
Pandemic fuels broadest global house price boom in two decades
https://www.ft.com/content/491a245d-4af7-4cad-b860-6ba51b86b45f?
What growing avocados in Sicily tells us about climate change and the future of food, with commodities correspondent, Emiko Terazono.
https://www.ft.com/content/977fac14-49e0-4497-a435-6581e5792201
Olympics skateboard success sets up fight for sport’s future in Japan, with Asia business editor Leo Lewis
https://www.ft.com/content/d62e6d01-5181-4075-a171-25b542ab818f
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Amazon misses revenue targets in latest quarter
30 juli 2021 · 11 min
Amazon shares slumped in after-hours trading after the ecommerce giant missed Wall Street’s revenue targets, Robinhood shares stumbled out of the gate on Thursday, and China’s securities regulator has sought to ease concerns among international investors and banks. Plus, the FT’s labor and equality correspondent, Taylor Nicole Rogers, explains how some teenagers gained the upper hand in a hot US summer jobs market Lees meer
Amazon’s online sales growth slows as lockdowns ease, with San Francisco correspondent, Dave Lee
https://www.ft.com/content/fbc5d16e-2917-4048-a9b4-0f3cc0d6da2e
Beijing seeks to ease fears on Wall Street after tech crackdown, with markets editor, Katie Martin
https://www.ft.com/content/d3d30930-b098-40f0-a628-448c0b532b6d
Robinhood shares slide in debut as investors give broker cold shoulder
https://www.ft.com/content/ff5131d0-1332-4242-96b4-21d59cff9ba6
Teens gain the upper hand in hot US summer jobs market, with labour and equality correspondent Taylor Nicole Rogers
https://www.ft.com/content/ee8db328-b690-4aa6-8562-e94cedbcdb2f
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Fed signals taper decision closer, India’s tech IPO boom
29 juli 2021 · 10 min
The Federal Reserve signalled it was moving closer to the moment when it will withdraw its support for the US economic recovery by tapering the central bank’s asset purchases, and the international lawyer Philippe Sands explains why he wants to create an international definition for the crime of ecocide. Plus, the FT’s Stephanie Findlay explains why Indian tech companies are going through an IPO boom. Lees meer
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Fed signals taper decision closer as ‘progress’ made on economy
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The Rachman Review podcast
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India tech IPO boom to provide crucial test of investor appetite
https://www.ft.com/content/f6b35707-e7c5-4d30-8d11-5b8146183ca5?
Tesla co-founder’s battery recycling start-up raises $700m
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Investors are spooked by China’s regulatory crackdowns
28 juli 2021 · 11 min
Apple’s profit nearly doubled in the latest quarter as iPhone sales surged, and a former oil trader at Glencore has pleaded guilty in the US over his part in a scheme to bribe government officials in Nigeria. Plus, the FT’s US investment editor, Michael Mackenzie, explains why China’s crackdown is burning investors. Lees meer
Tech blowout: Apple profit nearly doubles as iPhone sales surge
https://www.ft.com/content/18cfeb9a-8596-4d23-badd-df9a62d510ab
Former Glencore trader pleads guilty to role in Nigeria bribery scheme, with natural resources editor Neil Hume
https://www.ft.com/content/392b610f-43c6-4496-bb16-977e1f31f015?
Beijing’s threat to VIEs triggers Wall St panic over Chinese stocks, with US investment editor Michael Mackenzie
https://www.ft.com/content/38ba7bb9-9a7e-4817-80cf-324bc9a4527b?
US law firms up ante on bonuses in war to win staff
https://www.ft.com/content/046d42d1-ec0b-4649-af6a-592430b5668c?
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The $30bn insurance broker deal that never came to be
27 juli 2021 · 10 min
The UK government will consider loosening travel restrictions for travellers from the EU and the US, Intel will change the way it names its most advanced technology and Japanese athletes are raking in the golds at the Tokyo Olympics. Plus, Ian Smith, the FT’s insurance correspondent, explains how pressure from the US Department of Justice caused the $30bn merger between Aon and Willis Towers Watson to collapse. Lees meer
UK to consider relaxing travel restrictions from EU and US
https://www.ft.com/content/8f7b59c7-89b5-4ca5-a0a4-7f1355fab3e0?
Intel to drop names based on transistor size for advanced chip tech with west coast editor Richard Waters
https://www.ft.com/content/1afe75ed-7867-447d-abb8-6eea3598b029
Aon’s $30bn acquisition of Willis Towers Watson collapses, with insurance correspondent Ian Smith
https://www.ft.com/content/a6471af0-764d-49e7-87a0-dd2a2c110fd9
Tokyo Olympics Alternative medals table, with Asia business editor Leo Lewis
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The stock winners and losers half way through the year
26 juli 2021 · 10 min
The international community is responding to the military’s protest crackdown in a variety of ways, and a look at why Nasdaq is separating its existing marketplace for private company shares into a new unit. Plus, the FT’s markets editor, Katie Martin, talks about the performance of the FT’s annual stock picking contest, thus far. Lees meer
US places sanctions on head of Cuban military over protest crackdown
https://www.ft.com/content/11d34723-0e79-4718-a9d3-7884ab96e306
Nasdaq: private market exchange is the next frontier, with US Lex editor Sujeet Indap
https://www.ft.com/content/630ac956-c521-4973-9d14-b707fe16c5a3?
FT stockpicking contest: winners and losers at the half way mark, with markets editor Katie Martin
https://www.ft.com/content/1625ef6f-83d5-4a0d-8bbf-7a61b06a963b?
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Introducing Tech Tonic: You Can’t Always Get What you Quant
23 juli 2021 · 30 min
As a News Briefing special we present Tech Tonic episode 3, our FT audio deep dive into how AI is gaining a new edge in markets. Lees meer
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From picking the best stocks to listening in on earnings calls, AI-powered systems are changing finance. But how big are the rewards, really? And what are the risks? In this episode Robin Wigglesworth tells us how AI has been used in investing, what happens when programs must adapt to new risks and what the robots could learn from watching children play. Hosted by John Thornhill, innovation editor at the Financial Times, and featuring Luke Ellis (chief executive of Man Group), Ewan Kirk (founder of Cantab Capital Partners and chairman of Deeptech Labs), Andrew Ng (founder of DeepLearning.AI and co-founder of Google Brain), and Alison Gopnik (professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley).
Alice Fordham is senior producer. Josh Gabert Doyon is assistant producer. Oluwakemi Aladesuyi and Liam Nolan are the development producers. Sound design and mixing by Breen Turner. Cheryl Brumley is the executive producer for this series. Original scoring composed by Metaphor Music.
Review clips: Alphabet, Netflix, Amazon, Man Group.
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US housing prices spark officials’ concern
22 juli 2021 · 10 min
Washington and Berlin have reached a deal to resolve their longstanding dispute over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and Brussels has insisted it will not renegotiate the EU’s Brexit deal with the UK after London inflamed tensions by launching a bold push to overhaul Northern Ireland trade rules. Plus, rising housing expenses are quickly emerging as a pivotal indicator for officials at the Federal Reserve, within the Biden administration and among private economists. Lees meer
EU rejects British plan to rip up Brexit deal with George Parker, political editor
https://www.ft.com/content/13ad8840-a83c-4871-a877-47b7001d839b
US and Germany reach truce over Nord Stream 2 pipeline with Aime Williams, US trade correspondent
https://www.ft.com/content/49210a4e-17ed-4a2e-a986-4efcadc7f342
US housing inflation: the sleeping giant that might tip the Fed’s hand with James Politi, Washington bureau chief
https://www.ft.com/content/efdf1845-6138-4af7-8d2b-c20df9fed218
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Netflix gambles on gaming and podcasting
21 juli 2021 · 10 min
Netflix gained 1.5m subscribers in the second quarter but lost 430,000 subscribers in the US and Canada, and UBS has launched a portfolio that invests solely in women-led hedge funds. Plus, the FT’s metals and mining correspondent, Henry Sanderson, talks about how the London Metals Exchange and the US-based CME Group are vying to capture rapid growth in demand for commodities tied to the electric car industry with new lithium futures contracts. Lees meer
Netflix bleeds subscribers in US and Canada with no sign of recovery with Tim Bradshaw, global tech correspondent
https://www.ft.com/content/97ccbdab-6547-4d1b-bb3f-f251931901c2
UBS launches portfolio to invest in women-led hedge funds
https://www.ft.com/content/dab5a2b3-c083-411b-b2d1-969d6bcf862b
LME launches lithium contract as CME rivalry intensifies with Henry Sanderson, metal and mining correspondent
https://www.ft.com/content/5ff0aaa5-a501-42a5-85f4-76537cd6c990
French app Yuka brings people power to the supermarket aisle
https://www.ft.com/content/850d9f5c-b4ab-42d5-a53d-d25b3ae99c77
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