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The French government has proposed a budget for next year with some âŹ60bn worth of spending cuts and tax increases, and Hurricane Milton ploughed across Florida on Wednesday. US inflation fell to 2.4 per cent in September. Plus, we look ahead to Japanâs early elections later this month.
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French PM unveils shock therapy in 2025 budget
US inflation fell to 2.4% in September
Hurricane Milton leaves millions without power after lashing Florida
Japanâs new prime minister pledges to tackle deflation in first policy speech
Spanish star Rafael Nadal calls time on glittering tennis career
CREDIT: BBC
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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HSBCâs top-paid bankers to bear the brunt of cost-cutting restructuring, and the UK Conservative party leadership race has been whittled down to two rightwingers. Plus, Germanyâs economy is expected to shrink, and the US government is considering seeking the break-up of Google to end its monopoly in search.
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US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case
Jenrick vs Badenoch: Meet the next Conservative leader
Germany expects economy to shrink in 2024 after cutting forecast
Expensive senior bankers to bear brunt of HSBC restructuring
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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The head of KPMG US says the industry urgently needs to make it easier to become an accountant, and the EU is suing Hungaryâs government over a new security law it says is in breach of citizensâ fundamental rights. Plus, India races to extract as much oil as possible while there remains a market for crude.
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KPMG US head says the industry urgently needs to make it easier to become an accountant
India in rush to boost oil production before energy transition
EU sues Hungary over new security law
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Michela Tindera, Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Big bank bosses join a growing list of prominent financiers expected to skip COP29 next month, and Spain proposes a new mechanism to help harmonise the EUâs capital and credit markets. Plus, activist investor Starboard Value has built a $1bn position in struggling drugmaker Pfizer, and tens of thousands of striking machinists are threatening Boeingâs recovery.
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âYou only go to the party if everyone is goingâ: finance bosses shun COP29
Spain to propose mini-coalitions to break EU capital markets stalemate
Activist investor Starboard builds $1bn stake in drugmaker Pfizer
âTheyâre just madâ: Boeing strikers prepare for long haul
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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A new report forecasts that Donald Trump would raise the US debt by twice as much as Kamala Harris, and Elon Muskâs SpaceX is quietly opening up a new front in a global battle over a scarce and precious resource: radio spectrum. Plus, US partners at accounting firm EY have been told their pay for 2024 will be deferred, and a year after the October 7 attacks, international criticism of the Gaza war has led many Israelis to retreat inwards.
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Donald Trump would raise the US debt by twice as much as Kamala Harris, report finds
EY to hold back some pay from US partners after tough year
The year that changed Israel
The satellite spectrum battle that could shape the new space economy
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
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The Biden administration has tried and failed to contain fighting in the Middle East over the past year - and now, the conflict is close to spiralling into all-out war. The FTâs US foreign affairs and defence correspondent Felicia Schwartz and US political news editor Derek Brower join this weekâs Swamp Notes to explain what Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are telling voters theyâll do to end the conflict. Credit: USA Today
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Israel and Iran have just delivered the US electionâs âOctober surpriseâ
Benjamin Netanyahuâs ârope-a-dopeâ war strategy with White House
Oil surges after Joe Bidenâs comments on Israeli retaliation
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Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson, Lauren Fedor and Marc Filippino. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.
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A strike that closed US east and Gulf coast ports will be suspended, and market reaction to escalations in the Middle East remains minimal. Plus, Italyâs government will raise more taxes from companies earning windfall profits, and luxury group LVMH will become a top sponsor of car-racing franchise Formula One.
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US dockworkers suspend strike that threatened to cripple ports
Italy seeks to raise more windfall taxes from companies
The market reaction to global tensions might not follow the old script
LVMH strikes sponsorship deal with Formula 1
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Credit: CNBC, LVMH
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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UK house sales rise at the fastest rate in three years, mass displacement in Lebanon risks overwhelming a country battered by economic crises, and Brussels intends to postpone a controversial EU anti-deforestation law for a year following a backlash. Plus, two-thirds of all new solar and wind power projects are based in China.
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UK house sales rise at fastest pace in three years, data shows
Chinaâs accelerating green transition
EU moves to delay anti-deforestation rules
Lebanonâs broken state struggles with 1mn displaced
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The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Iran fires missiles at Israel, hours after the IDF launches a ground offensive in Lebanon. Franceâs new Prime Minister Michel Barnier announced tax rises on large companies and the wealthy, and US business groups warned of economic âparalysisâ after tens of thousands of dockworkers went on strike. Plus, investors are seeking to profit from the uncertainty over the outcome of the US presidential race.
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Iran launches missile attack against Israel
French premier Michel Barnier announces tax rises and spending cuts
US economy faces âparalysisâ before election as dockworkers go on strike
Investors turn to volatility trades to profit from tight US election
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The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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SoftBank will invest $500mn into OpenAI as part of a fundraising round that will give the start-up a $150bn valuation, and Chinese equities post their best day since the 2008 global financial crisis. Plus, new data suggests artificial intelligence start-ups are bringing in revenues at an unprecedented rate, and South Korean exporters are struggling to compete with a glut of goods from Chinese rivals.
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SoftBank to invest $500mn in OpenAI
AI start-ups generate money faster than past hyped tech companies
Chinese stocks surge 8.5% in best day since 2008
From steel to kimchi, South Korean exporters face flood of Chinese rivals
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The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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In the wake of Hassan Nasrallahâs death, Hizbollah looks for a way forward, and French far-right leader Marine Le Pen goes on trial for allegedly embezzling EU funds. Peter Thielâs venture capital firm is backing a nuclear start-up aimed at fueling artificial intelligence, and a handful of high frequency trading firms have seized market share from traditional investment banks.
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What's next for Hizbollah?
Marine Le Pen goes on trial over EU expenses scandal
Peter Thielâs Founders Fund backs nuclear fuel start-up
New titans of Wall Street: How trading firms stole a march on big banks
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The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Voters consistently tell pollsters that economic issues are their top electoral concern. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have spent the past few weeks honing their economic messages â and they couldnât be more different. The FTâs US managing editor, Peter Spiegel, and Washington bureau chief, James Politi, join to explore how each candidatesâ plan would impact the country.
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Trumponomics: the radical plan that would reshape Americaâs economy
Kamala Harris sets out pro-business economic philosophy in swing-state speech
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Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson, Lauren Fedor and Marc Filippino. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.
CREDIT: MSNBC, Fox News
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UK chancellor Rachel Reeves may backtrack on a key tax plan, Saudi Arabia is ready to abandon its unofficial price target of $100 a barrel for crude, and Citigroup announced a $25bn deal with Apollo to lend to private equity groups and low-rated US companies. Plus, Palestinian villagers in the West Bank are experiencing heightened violence after Hamasâs devastating October 7 assault on Israel.
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UK chancellor ready to water down planned tax raid on wealthy foreigners
Saudi Arabia ready to abandon $100 crude target to take back market share
Citi turns to Apollo for $25bn private credit push
How extremist settlers in the West Bank became the law
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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OpenAIâs chief technology officer is leaving the company, major banks pledge to increase their support for nuclear energy, and hopes of an M&A comeback rise as global companies pursue blockbuster takeovers. Plus, a surge in female labour force participation emerges as a bright spot for Saudi Arabia.
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OpenAIâs chief technology officer Mira Murati to leave
Big corporate predators bolster global M&A market
The Saudi factories powered by women
Worldâs biggest banks pledge support for nuclear power
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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The US Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, China has unleashed a swath of stimulus measures to jump-start growth and the incoming CEO at Trafigura signals a new era for the trading house. Plus, Sri Lanka has a new leftwing president who has promised a fresh start for the country.
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US antitrust lawsuit accuses Visa of using dominance to shut down rivals
China unleashes stimulus blitz to lift growth
Trafigura set to name Richard Holtum as chief executive
Sri Lanka swears in leftist election winner as president amid concerns over IMF deal
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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The US proposed effectively banning Chinese cars, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz came out against a UniCredit takeover of Commerzbank and Israel carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Lebanon. Plus, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will try to turn around the Labour partyâs mood during a speech at the party conference.
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US proposes banning Chinese software and components in vehicles
Israeli strikes kill more than 490 in Lebanon, says health ministry
Olaf Scholz says Germany opposes a Commerzbank takeover
Keir Starmer faces 2 challenges in Liverpool
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Olaf Scholzâs SPD narrowly fends off the AfD in Brandenburgâs state election, and chipmaker Qualcomm approaches Intel about a potential takeover. AI search engine Perplexity mounts an ambitious effort to break Googleâs stranglehold over the $300bn digital ads industry. Plus, a strike at three dozen US ports could upend supply chains and raise prices just weeks before Election Day.
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Germanyâs SPD leads far right in Brandenburg election
Perplexity in talks with top brands on ads model as it challenges Google
Qualcomm approached Intel about takeover bid in recent days
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate senator JD Vance have spent the past few weeks pushing a false claim that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio are eating residentsâ pets. The FTâs US national editor, Ed Luce, and New York correspondent, Joshua Chaffin, join this weekâs Swamp Notes to discuss why misinformation is a powerful electoral strategy and whether the truth matters to voters.
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âItâs uglyâ: Donald Trumpâs Haitian pet-eating claim fractures Ohio city
Trump, Vance and American blood and soil
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Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson, Lauren Fedor and Marc Filippino. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.
CREDIT: ABC News, CNN
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The S&P 500 hit a record high, Europeâs biggest hope for dominance in EV batteries is struggling to hang on and the Bank of England held interest rates steady. Plus, the FTâs Brooke Masters explains why customers are getting fed up with airline loyalty programmes.
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S&P 500 hits new record after Fed makes jumbo cut to US interest rates
Europeâs great battery hope Northvolt fights for survival
Bank of England holds rates at 5%
The fury of the frequent flyer
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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The Federal Reserveâs interest rate easing began with a half-point cut, and the UKâs financial watchdog has stepped up pressure on banks to offer more attractive interest rates on deposits. The FTâs Mehul Srivastava unravels the supply chain behind the pagers that exploded in Lebanon this week.
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Federal Reserve cuts rates by half a point and signals era of easing has begun
UK regulator pushes banks to give savers better value even as rates fall
From Taipei to Budapest: the mysterious trail of exploding pagers
London and New York cocoa prices in rare divergence as shortages bite
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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