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Alphabet’s brutal day on the stock market

#26 trending · Daily News

Alphabet’s share price fell just over 12 percent on Thursday, and UK startup Nscale is banking on a troubled US data centre project to underpin its planned $35bn IPO. Plu

Oct 30
12 min

The winners and losers in the UK Budget

Chancellor John Healey has targeted banks, savers and property owners in his Autumn Budget, Benjamin Netanyahu holds the lead in Israel’s election but there’s no clear wi

Oct 29
13 min

What a local ceasefire means for the Russia-Ukraine war

Washington and Moscow are discussing a potential return by American companies to the Russian oil market as a localised ceasefire begins in the Ukrainian town of Oleshky,

Oct 28
12 min

Anthropic details ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO filing

Anthropic has unveiled its long-awaited listing prospectus, Israelis have begun voting in an election that many regard as the most important in the country’s near-80-year

Oct 27
12 min

Update: Lula pulls off election win in Brazil

The leftwinger’s victory comes after a loss in the first election round. Meanwhile, US voters are worried about corruption under the Trump administration a week ahead of

Oct 26
11 min

Serbia’s strongman leader voted out

Serbia’s former president Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat in the country’s parliamentary election on Sunday. Meanwhile, US voters are worried about corruption under the

Oct 26
10 min

The Bethlehem Project: Voters feel anxious and uncertain as US midterms near

The FT sat down with more than a dozen voters in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, ahead of next week’s midterm elections. The roundtable discussion showed that some are staunch s

Oct 25
22 min

Martin Wolf on the US midterms: What’s at stake for the world?

As Americans prepare to vote in the November 3 midterm elections, FT chief economics commentator Martin Wolf asks what the result will mean for Donald Trump, the future o

Oct 24
31 min

US prepared for protracted stalemate with Iran

Global stocks sold off as AI spending fears flare up, Brazilians will vote this weekend in a close presidential race, and the US is prepared for a lengthy stalemate in th

Oct 23
14 min

Elon Musk’s $3.6tn gamble to merge SpaceX and Tesla

Meta plans to create a new class of non-voting shares, Mathias Döpfner, chief executive and co-owner of Germany’s Axel Springer, has sought to acquire a stake in TikTok’s

Oct 22
11 min

Israel pushes to restart strikes against Iran

The leaders of Ukraine, Finland and Norway hailed progress in talks in Oslo on Tuesday, SpaceX and Tesla are studying a merger, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netany

Oct 21
12 min

Can Big Tech calm investors' AI jitters?

Protests across Europe over the high cost of living have turned increasingly disruptive, investors are racing to buy credit default swaps to protect their portfolios in t

Oct 20
13 min

French government in crisis mode after a weekend of riots

France is reeling after "unprecedented" violent riots, America’s debt-laden $10tn AI infrastructure boom is a reckoning for the data centre build-out underpinning the US

Oct 19
12 min

Martin Wolf on the US midterms: Is American democracy safe?

As Americans prepare to vote in the November 3 midterm elections, FT chief economics commentator Martin Wolf asks what the result will mean for Donald Trump, the future o

Oct 17
43 min

Investors fret over AI debt

UK Chancellor John Healey has dropped his strongest hint yet of higher taxes on banks, and Anthropic secured a credit rating one notch below investment grade earlier this

Oct 16
12 min

Zelenskyy doesn’t mince words about Trump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized US President Donald Trump in an interview with the FT, US inflation jumped to 3.7% and leaked emails reveal that Freshf

Oct 15
13 min

France’s Marine Le Pen readies for fight with EU

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen is gearing up for a fight with the EU if elected president next year, investors in Accenture cannot decide if AI will be an existe

Oct 14
15 min

An election supercycle could push Europe to the right

The IMF is warning that the world’s leading economies need to take “urgent” action to rebuild their public finances, Pakistan is stuck in a tricky place as its ally Saudi

Oct 13
12 min

Houthis attack Riyadh airport

The Iran-backed Houthis have struck Riyadh airport in Saudi Arabia multiple times this week, US president Donald Trump claims an “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukr

Oct 12
13 min

SoftBank wants Gulf money to expand AI bet

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is seeking to raise as much as $100bn from Gulf investors to further his massive bet on AI, the Flydubai co-pilot who tried to hijack a fli

Oct 9
12 min

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Crisp, intelligent, non-hyped stories backed by the Financial Times deep-resourced reporting. The show also what I can only describe as an uplifting personality, whatever is going on in the world of news.

Refined Taster · May 2026

I listen every weekday to keep up in a world that is changing too fast. I am no financial whiz, but I can always understand the reporting and benefit from the insights. Plus, somehow it is entertaining and can be fun.

FanAEN · May 2026

I‘m an independent financial advisor and very much appreciate the bites of information I get from FT News Briefing. To start the work day, I need the important stuff, no detailed analysis that other news briefings offer. I can highly recommend this format.

Evelyne Chaubert · May 2026

Marc Filippino and Clare Williamson’s news round-up each weekday provides a well-rounded catch up of topical and current geopolitical news and business news from Silicon Valley’s board rooms to the stories stirring in global capitols. Its razor-sharp focus on the news stories that matter offer a researched perspective in a pacy news cycle behind the headlines. My only quibble for 2026 for all of the FT’s informative podcasts is: why did they fire their designer or did he or she depart the esteemed media brand? I miss the iconic and distinctive flat design for the podcast artwork in my feeds which looked very smart, modern, clean and fresh. The artwork now looks much like AI-generated “slop.” It’s rather ugly and inconsistent unlike the cohesiveness of the artwork that all of the podcast series shared under the FT brand. The new designs look less like a trusted media source and more like a podcast I would rather skip or avoid. Why did you change out a distinctive design that looked great?

Eric Tigre · Jan 2026

I’m an FT subscriber and decided to part ways with this podcast. I’ve listened to this podcast since its start back in 2018. I used to enjoy it. However, over the years, I found it to be increasingly disappointing. I think the story choices are poor – there is too much slanted American political coverage. I want news about markets, industries, and the macroeconomy. Also, I’ve never really liked the various hosts for the podcast. They come across as inexperienced and unserious. Their scripting is bad, which is only compounded by the hosts’ childish deliveries.

ChicagoFog · Apr 2025

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