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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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Can Hollywood bounce back?
Israel and Hamas agree ceasefire
Why China wants Musk to save TikTok
A power shift in Lebanon
Venezuela’s leader starts another disputed term
Swamp Notes: Greenland, USA
Bond vigilantes target government spending
Crunch time for Citi
Canadian politics post-Trudeau
China’s central bank overhaul
What’s next for US Steel?
Swamp Notes: Where does Musk fit in Maga?
Climate change is coming for your Bordeaux
Activist investors give Japan a wake-up call
Biden’s departing gift to Ukraine
Should banks foot the bill for cyber scams?
Swamp Notes: Listener mailbag, the election and 2025
Why Microsoft needs nuclear energy
What 2024 taught central bankers
AI investors look beyond chips
Arm and Qualcomm head to court
The dangers of investor groupthink
Microsoft bets on AI healthcare
Can big oil escape the ‘valley of death’?
Vanguard doubles down on wealth management
France’s bond market sell-off
US hits Gautam Adani with bribery charges
UK inflation creeps back
Ukraine strikes Russia with US missiles
US business raises alarm over Trump’s deportation plan
The US dollar surges
Pressure builds on Beijing to boost economy
US banks ride ‘soft landing’ high
Swamp Notes: Will Republicans take back the Senate?
Japanese PM’s uphill battle to win back voters
US considers breaking up Google
India’s belated oil rush
Strikes threaten Boeing’s bottom line
Israel marks one year after October 7
Swamp Notes: How the Middle East conflict is shaping the election
Markets keep calm despite global tensions
Displacement pushes Lebanon to the brink
AI start-ups generate revenue at record pace
Hizbollah reels after the death of its leader
Are Indian investors sitting on a bubble?
Investors roll the dice on prediction markets
Kamala Harris takes the stage
Joe Biden drops out of US presidential race
Trump accepts the Republican nomination
Viktor Orbán’s world tour irks the EU
Nigeria gambles with economic shock therapy
What’s next after Trump assassination attempt
Double-edged sword of deregulation
Swamp Notes: Can you trust the polls?
Ukraine’s ‘Rosie the Riveter’ moment
PwC’s Evergrande audit comes back to bite
ICC weighs stepping into Gaza conflict
Niger’s first oil exports
Swamp Notes: Trading tariffs for votes
It’s all about the dollar
The cult-like appeal of Modi
Will investors buy Anglo American’s break-up plan?
Rishi Sunak tries to rally Conservatives
Swamp Notes: What’s the Republican party’s position on abortion?
Prime money markets funds are in trouble
Higher for even longer
Ecuador’s ‘unprecedented’ Mexican embassy raid
TSMC doubles down on Arizona
AI is coming for Google’s search
Swamp Notes: Inside Trump’s new inner circle
Pressure builds for early elections in Israel
Tesla dip: blip or bust?
Thames Water hits the gutter
US and UK team up to study AI
EU takes on fake news ahead of elections
Is private equity actually worth it?
China hopes for a big economic rebound
The politics behind the UK Budget
Cracks widen in Israel’s war cabinet
Swamp Notes: Biden and Trump’s immigration duel
Formula One’s road map to success
McKinsey’s China problem
Swamp Notes: Trump’s legal troubles
Russia’s failed efforts to rebuild in Ukraine
Israel’s economy slumps
What next for Russia after Navalny?
Swamp Notes: Donald Trump takes on Nato (again)
Asset managers cool on climate group
Will Germany lead Nato?
Arm’s share price goes crazy
Wall Street fell out of love with equity hedge funds
Imran Khan rises again in Pakistan
The story behind the money going to Mexico
Pakistan’s Imran Khan fights an election from jail
Turkey’s central bank chief steps down
Swamp Notes: How money is shaping the 2024 US election
Big tech continues to rock
Viktor Orbán: the EU’s chief disrupter
China is not out of the woods yet
The uphill battle to beat Trump
The world’s biggest mining project finally gets off the ground
What ETFs mean for bitcoin
Local Chinese banks get a lifeline
Convertible bonds are so hot right now
BlackRock and Vanguard duke it out over ETF market
Markets, elections and AI in 2024
The year of weight-loss drugs
This bond market rally is epic
India’s digital transformation
A Chinese spy in Europe’s midst
The west is losing patience with Israel
UAW strike kicks off new era for US labour
Is Signa’s downfall a canary in the coalmine?
Wealthy donors and campus speech
The Big Four’s year of layoffs
US oil is keeping Opec on its toes
The humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza
The crackdown on Ukraine’s oligarchs
Venezuela votes for a land grab in Guyana
Wealthy Argentines flock to Uruguay
Why markets had a stellar November
Nato says don’t underestimate Russia
Germany’s €60bn budget hole
Israel-Hamas truce extended
COP28: Climate summit tries to kick fossil fuel habit
What the Dutch far-right win means for the EU
Ousted OpenAI board member on AI safety concerns
OpenAI and Sam Altman’s superpowers
Argentina is in its Milei era
Milei elected president of Argentina
EY’s new leader has her work cut out for her
Sunak grapples with ruling on flagship asylum plan
Biden and Xi meet in San Francisco
The return of David Cameron
The hack that halted the US Treasury market
Paris races to clean up Seine before Olympics
Arm wrestles with bad first quarter as a public company
The best US cities for foreign investment
Private equity wrestles with higher interest rates
Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty
The battle for EV batteries in US speeds up
Governments dip into AI regulation
US House Speaker: Fourth time's the charm
Who to turn to when the world is crumbling
Commenting on Israel-Hamas is tricky for businesses
Ukraine and Israel vie for EU’s attention
Can Argentina dollarise?
How will Egypt handle Gaza?
How Microsoft beat the odds
Israel prepares to invade Gaza
Israel’s hostage dilemma
Israel responds to historic Hamas attack
What does China ‘de-risking’ actually mean?
Poland’s complicated relationship with Ukraine
Oil prices are not a barrel of fun
IPO within Arm’s reach
India shines at G20 summit

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