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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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SoftBank wants Gulf money to expand AI bet

2026-10-09 · 13 min

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 flight to Tel Aviv expressed m...

Oil companies are full speed ahead in the Middle East

2026-10-08 · 11 min

Oil executives expressed their appetite for investing in the Middle East despite the war, the conflict has blown a near-£12bn hole in Britain’s public finances, and big investors are “bottom fishin...

Skydance’s debt pile takes the spotlight

2026-10-07 · 14 min

Paramount Skydance is tackling a huge pile of debt following its takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, oil tanker captains are being paid rates equivalent to $100,000 a month for travelling through th...

The bond sell-off comes for corporate America

2026-10-06 · 11 min

A sharp rise in US government borrowing costs this year is bleeding into the corporate debt market and Hong Kong’s de facto central bank questioned HSBC on why its new AI hub would be established i...

The Tories go back to basics

2026-10-05 · 11 min

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch will solidify her role at the head of the party during this week’s conference, and corporate dealmaking was on the decline last quarter after the collapse of mega-deals. P...

Unhedged: An ode to stock picking

2026-10-03 · 20 min

We're bringing you a recent episode from our fellow FT podcast, Unhedged. Over the summer, the FT held a revamped version of its stock picking game – think fantasy football for the glob...

Zelenskyy says Putin’s gloves are off

2026-10-02 · 15 min

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government is searching for a British alternative to Palantir, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed his military leaders to abandon ...

US Big Tech gets the most facetime with EU

2026-10-01 · 13 min

One pilot of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv stabbed the other and attempted to crash the aircraft. An FT analysis reveals US Big Tech companies have an outsized influence in Brussels. Plus, RSM, o...

Trump shrugs off AI regulation

2026-09-30 · 13 min

UK businesses react to Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s speech to the Labour conference, US and French bonds are in hot water, and could an American ban on diesel exports backfire? Plus, US President ...

Nvidia turns to insurers to offset AI risks

2026-09-29 · 14 min

UK chancellor John Healey has told the Labour Party conference that the economic conditions enjoyed by New Labour are “simply not there now”, Nvidia has held talks with insurance c...

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