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FT News Briefing

Financial Times

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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9:39

Why China’s youth ‘lie flat’ instead of enduring stress

FT News Briefing ·

2021/08/05

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/c6ee7948-06e7-4f4c-8940-2f83d85bdf4dThe 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

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10:22

PepsiCo’s juicy private equity deal

FT News Briefing ·

2021/08/04

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/9221dcf1-ef98-4474-9d9f-226f08843bbfSpain 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

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10:10

Optimism soars on the airline industry’s recovery

FT News Briefing ·

2021/08/03

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/219d15f1-b6fa-471c-b0ed-2a2c4163f757Forests 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

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10:42

How climate change is steering the future of food

FT News Briefing ·

2021/08/02

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/97741491-f1aa-4107-a84d-ebd874b1259dHouse 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

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10:56

Amazon misses revenue targets in latest quarter

FT News Briefing ·

2021/07/30

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 marketAmazon’s online sales growth slows as lockdowns ease, with San Francisco correspondent,

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9:46

Fed signals taper decision closer, India’s tech IPO boom

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2021/07/29

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.The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith

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10:59

Investors are spooked by China’s regulatory crackdowns

FT News Briefing ·

2021/07/28

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.Tech blowout: Apple profit nearly doubles as iPhone sales surgehttps://www.ft.com/content/18cfeb9a-8596-4d23-badd-df9a62d510abFormer Glencore trader pleads guilty to role in Nigeria

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9:42

The $30bn insurance broker deal that never came to be

FT News Briefing ·

2021/07/27

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.UK to consider relaxing travel restrictions from EU and

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10:29

The stock winners and losers half way through the year

FT News Briefing ·

2021/07/26

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.US places sanctions on head of Cuban military over protest crackdownhttps://www.ft.com/content/11d34723-0e79-4718-a9d3-7884ab96e306Nasdaq: private market exchange is the

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30:00

Introducing Tech Tonic: You Can’t Always Get What you...

FT News Briefing ·

2021/07/23

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.If you enjoyed this episode, click here to subscribe to Tech Tonic.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

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9:59

US housing prices spark officials’ concern

FT News Briefing ·

2021/07/22

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.EU rejects British plan to rip up

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9:42

Netflix gambles on gaming and podcasting

FT News Briefing ·

2021/07/21

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.Netflix bleeds subscribers in US and Canada with no sign

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8:43

US businesses in Hong Kong between a rock and a hard...

FT News Briefing ·

2021/07/20

Fears over the coronavirus on Monday contributed to European stocks’ worst session of 2021Description: The threat of the Delta coronavirus variant hit global equity markets on Monday, and the online brokerage Robinhood is seeking a valuation of up to $35bn in its upcoming initial public offering. Plus, the FT’s South China correspondent Primrose Riordan reports that American companies are upset by the Biden Administration’s business advisory warning about the risks of operating in Hong Kong.Global

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9:38

The search for a Covid supershot

FT News Briefing ·

2021/07/19

Opec and its allies have reached a deal to raise oil production in response to soaring prices, and China just launched the world’s largest carbon trading market. Plus, the FT’s global health editor, Sarah Neville, reports on scientists’ pursuit of a “supershot” vaccine to protect against all coronaviruses.Opec+ reaches deal to raise oil productionhttps://www.ft.com/content/b517d13d-dc7b-4610-b468-7ded0b46d8f7China’s carbon market scheme too limited, say analysts, with Beijing correspondent,

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10:14

Pilita Clark’s picks for summer reading about the...

FT News Briefing ·

2021/07/16

US retail banks cut their branch networks and trimmed headcount in the first half of the year, and Brussels' historic attempt to tackle climate change faces a wall of opposition from governments in the bloc. Plus, the FT’s business columnist, PIlita Clark, talks about her favourite summer reads about the environment.US banks close more than 250 branches in bet on digital future with Imani Moise, US banking correspondent https://www.ft.com/content/26764d8b-9c5f-420a-901c-eaed97dda412EU climate

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8:32

Artist Damien Hirst issues his own ‘Currency’

FT News Briefing ·

2021/07/15

The chair of the Federal Reserve, Jay Powell, sought to ease concerns in Congress about the Federal Reserve’s response to surginginflation, the assassination of Haiti’s president Jovenel Moïse last week has plunged the poorest nation in the Americas deeper into chaos, and British artist Damien Hirst yesterday launched his NFT-based project, entitled “The Currency”, that calls into question notions of worth and value and presents his buyers with a choice.Jay Powell says Fed ready to intervene if US

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9:49

The index of everything

FT News Briefing ·

2021/07/14

Visa and Mastercard have left open key gateways between Binance and the financial system despite rising regulatory scrutiny of the cryptocurrency, the pace of US consumer price increases accelerated unexpectedly in June. Plus, the FT’s global finance correspondent, Robin Wigglesworth, explains why investors might be interested in an “everything index” and how close we are to getting one.Visa and Mastercard stick with Binance as regulatory scrutiny rises

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9:53

The European Central Bank focuses on climate change

FT News Briefing ·

2021/07/13

David Cameron was paid a salary of more than $1m by Greensill Capital, the finance company whose dramatic collapse exposed the former UK prime minister’s extensive lobbying efforts, and US banks will face tough questions about the prospects for their lending operations this week when they report second-quarter earnings, flattered by smaller-than-expected credit losses during the pandemic. Plus, Martin Arnold, the FT’s Frankfurt bureau chief, interviewed Christine Lagarde, European Central Bank

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9:38

EU’s Andreas Schwab responds to White House criticism...

FT News Briefing ·

2021/07/12

The rapid spread of the Delta coronavirus variant is causing concern about Europe’s economic recovery, and the number of start-ups valued above $1bn grew rapidly in the second quarter.Plus, the FT’s EU correspondent, Javier Espinoza, interviews the influential European Union lawmaker who is steering the EU’s flagship tech regulation through Parliament and wants to target the top US tech companies.Delta variant surge casts doubt over Europe’s economic

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11:26

Martin Wolf's summer reading list

FT News Briefing ·

2021/07/09

The UK’s advertising watchdog says it will clamp down on misleading marketing for crypto investments, and stock markets dropped on Thursday on rising concerns about prospects for the global economy. Plus, the FT’s chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, picks his top economics summer reads.UK advertising watchdog to crack down on misleading crypto marketinghttps://www.ft.com/content/19ad9810-402d-4529-89b5-732521829548?Markets enjoy blessed relief now the heavy storms have passed with Katie

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