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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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12:19

Biden’s departing gift to Ukraine

FT News Briefing ·

2024/12/31

US stocks dropped for the second straight trading session, the Biden administration said it will unleash almost $6bn in additional aid to Ukraine, and South Korea plans to inspect all B737-800 Boeing aircraft operated by domestic airlines after a passenger jet crashed. Plus, US asset managers are gobbling up business from their European rivals and the nightclub business is in decline.Mentioned in this podcast:US stocks slip in broad pullback as investors cash in on 2024 gainsUS to send Ukraine $6bn

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11:48

Should banks foot the bill for cyber scams?

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2024/12/30

Defaults on US credit card loans have hit the highest level since the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, and as payment fraud rises, banks and tech companies disagree on who should cover consumer losses. Syria’s caretaker government has said it could take up to four years for the country to hold elections. Plus, how Hitachi’s plan to monetize industrial data has revived its fortunes.Mentioned in this podcast:US credit card defaults jump to highest level since 2010Who should foot the bill for cyber

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14:23

Swamp Notes: Listener mailbag, the election and 2025

FT News Briefing ·

2024/12/21

Are the Democrats doomed? Which world leaders are happiest to see Trump back in the White House? And why are investors flooding into American stocks? The FT’s US managing editor Peter Spiegel and global business columnist Rana Foroohar answer all of your questions after a wild year in US politics.Mentioned in this podcast:Trump team aims to bankrupt Iran with new ‘maximum pressure’ planHow ‘the mother of all bubbles’ will popSign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter hereSwamp Notes is produced by

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10:36

Why Microsoft needs nuclear energy

FT News Briefing ·

2024/12/20

A number of cryptocurrency-focused hedge funds are outpacing their rivals, the Bank of England holds interest rates at 4.75 per cent, and Microsoft has partnered with a utility company to restart a controversial reactor at Three Mile Island.Mentioned in this podcast:Hedge funds cash in on Trump-fuelled crypto boomBank of England holds interest rates at 4.75%Behind the Money: How the AI boom is reviving Three Mile IslandThe FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia

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10:12

What 2024 taught central bankers

FT News Briefing ·

2024/12/19

The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by a quarter-point but signals a slower pace of easing, and we look back at what central banks learned in 2024. The US Supreme Court says it will hear TikTok’s appeal against a divest-or-ban law, and Honda-Nissan talks aim to rescue Japan’s fragmented automotive industry.Mentioned in this podcast:Fed cuts rates by a quarter-point but signals slower pace of easingFive central banking lessons for 2024US Supreme Court to hear arguments challenging law that could

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9:58

Javier Milei scores Argentina economy win

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2024/12/18

Argentina emerged from a severe recession in the third quarter, Microsoft buys twice as many of Nvidia’s chips as any of its largest rivals, KPMG narrows the gap with the other Big Four firms, and Huawei sets sights on becoming a big supplier to the electric car industry. Plus, pub chains express frustration over shortages of Guinness in the run-up to Christmas.Mentioned in this podcast:Microsoft acquires twice as many Nvidia AI chips as tech rivalsArgentina’s economy exits recession in milestone

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11:10

AI investors look beyond chips

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2024/12/17

Japan’s SoftBank unveils $100bn US investment plans, fervour around Nvidia cools as investors look to AI’s next winners, and Europe launches its most ambitious space programme in a decade. Plus, in Syria, Kurdish groups fear they may be worse off under a rebel-led government.Mentioned in this podcast:Japan’s SoftBank pledges $100bn investment in USAfter Nvidia’s boom, what’s next for AI-related stocks? Europe signs €10.6bn Iris² satellite deal in bid to rival Elon Musk’s StarlinkSyria’s Kurds fear

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11:12

Arm and Qualcomm head to court

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2024/12/16

Germany’s Olaf Scholz is expected to lose a confidence vote in parliament on Monday, and Arm and Qualcomm’s bitter legal feud over chip design licensing is heading to trial. The London Stock Exchange is on course for its worst year for departures since the financial crisis. Plus, investors’ appetite for juicy returns has triggered a big boom on Wall Street in complex financial products.Mentioned in this podcast:Olaf Scholz faces confidence vote — and hopes to lose itWall Street’s complex debt

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15:39

Swamp Notes: Europe in the age of America First

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2024/12/14

Europe has been able to predictably lean on the US for decades. But Donald Trump used tariffs and other economic threats to test those assumptions in his first term, and he looks set to do so again. The FT’s EU correspondent Andy Bounds and US climate correspondent Aime Williams join to discuss how the EU is preparing (again) for a more confrontational America.Mentioned in this podcast:EU strikes blockbuster trade deal with MercosurEU commissioner pitches ‘Europe first’ in response to Donald

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13:04

The dangers of investor groupthink

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2024/12/13

HSBC is reviewing its retail banking operations outside the UK and Hong Kong, and the European Central Bank cut interest rates by a quarter-point to 3 per cent. The FT’s markets columnist Katie Martin provides a few insights for investing in 2025. Plus, human referees are set to be increasingly phased out as machines become more efficient at making critical decisions in sport.Mentioned in this podcast:HSBC reviews retail banking outside UK and Hong KongDonald Trump election win sparks trading surge

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13:01

Microsoft bets on AI healthcare

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2024/12/12

European Nato members are holding talks about increasing the alliance’s target for defence spending, Microsoft’s artificial intelligence head Mustafa Suleyman is building a team focused on consumer health, and US inflation ticked up to 2.7 per cent last month. Plus, new regulations on human rights are forcing global companies to address concerns about modern slavery and tackle problems in their supply chains.Mentioned in this podcast:Nato’s European members discuss 3%target for defence

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10:40

Can big oil escape the ‘valley of death’?

FT News Briefing ·

2024/12/11

Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund prepares for a petrodollar windfall, while oil majors scale back their $18bn power generation push. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu begins testifying in a corruption trial, and public pension schemes and sovereign wealth funds plan to pour more money into private markets over the coming year.Mentioned in this podcast:Qatar’s $500bn wealth fund targets bigger deals as LNG windfall loomsBP and Shell rein in electricity ambitions to escape ‘valley of

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11:39

Vanguard doubles down on wealth management

FT News Briefing ·

2024/12/10

Hiring has fallen more sharply in the UK than in other big economies over the past year, Vanguard will break its advisory business into a separate unit, and Israel has taken more Syrian territory. Plus, we take a look inside Japan’s audacious bid to become a semiconductor superpower.Mentioned in this podcast:Hiring falling more sharply in UK than in other major economiesIsrael draws furious reaction from Egypt after taking more Syrian territoryVanguard to accelerate wealth management drive in

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10:36

Syrian rebels topple Assad regime

FT News Briefing ·

2024/12/09

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has resigned and fled the country and South Korean prosecutors have opened an investigation into the country’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, on charges of treason and abuse of power. The EU and four South American countries have struck a blockbuster trade deal, and a US appeals court upheld a law requiring TikTok’s owner ByteDance to sell the platform or face a ban next year.Mentioned in this podcast:Assad flees Syria as rebels seize DamascusSyrian rebels seize Damascus

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27:08

The geopolitics of chips: Chips in the USA

FT News Briefing ·

2024/12/08

The next superpower will be a tech superpower, and to be that superpower you need to have some control over the semiconductor industry which is driving the AI revolution. But almost all advanced semiconductors are made in Taiwan — and it is under constant threat of a Chinese invasion. President Joe Biden’s Chips Act promises lavish subsidies to companies working to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to US soil. Will those subsidies survive once Donald Trump, the president-elect, is in the White

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16:53

Swamp Notes: America’s first ‘Bitcoin president’

FT News Briefing ·

2024/12/07

Donald Trump once called cryptocurrencies a “scam”. He’s long since changed his tune, and now, crypto enthusiasts are hoping he’ll catapult the industry into the financial mainstream. The FT’s digital markets correspondent Nikou Asgari and US legal and enforcement correspondent Stefania Palma join this week’s Swamp Notes to discuss what the industry could look like under a second Trump administration.Mentioned in this podcast:Crypto advocate Paul Atkins picked as SEC chair by Donald TrumpBitcoin

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12:16

The never-ending Trump effect on US stocks

FT News Briefing ·

2024/12/06

Large companies rushed to assess whether top employees have sufficient protection after the murder of a US insurance executive, investors have pumped almost $140bn into US equity funds since last month’s election, and oil producer group Opec+ significantly scaled back its plans for production in 2025. In Mexico, new president Claudia Sheinbaum is doubling down on a radical agenda in the face of tough US tariffs. Plus, Notre-Dame reopens this weekend.Mentioned in this podcast:Shooting of United

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12:29

UK uncovers criminal crypto network

FT News Briefing ·

2024/12/05

Donald Trump has nominated cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and a dramatic attempt to impose martial law in South Korea by its president has backfired. The French parliament voted to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier and a UK-led operation has uncovered a multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme. Plus, Google DeepMind has unveiled an artificial intelligence weather prediction model that outperforms traditional methods.Mentioned in this

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12:34

French prime minister faces no-confidence vote

FT News Briefing ·

2024/12/04

The French government will face a no-confidence vote on Wednesday, South Korea’s president said he will lift his martial law order, and cryptocurrency ‘memecoins’ are having a moment. Plus, deaths in Africa’s Sahel region have risen since military juntas took over pledging to bring security in face of jihadi violence.Mentioned in this podcast:Michel Barnier ‘method’ at risk in raucous French parliamentSouth Korea’s Yoon says he will lift martial law orderMilitary juntas in Africa’s ‘coup belt’ fail

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10:37

OpenAI explores advertising

FT News Briefing ·

2024/12/03

Chief executives at Intel and Stellantis stepped down, OpenAI is considering including advertising in its artificial intelligence products and the US unveiled new export controls in an effort to curtail China’s semiconductor industry. Plus, how Shanghai’s ambition to be the ‘future of finance’ fell apart.Mentioned in this podcast:Intel chief Pat Gelsinger quits with US chipmaker in crisisWhy Stellantis’ chief executive Carlos Tavares was axedOpenAI explores advertising as it steps up revenue driveUS

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