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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.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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Counting the costs of Trump’s immigration crackdown

<p>In a special edition of the FT News Briefing, reporter Guy Chazan explains the cost of US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. We hear from business owners and people affected …

Apr 06, 2026 · 12m
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Swamp Notes: The economic fallout of ‘liberation day’

<p>America’s tariff regime affected all aspects of life from the global economy to the day-to-day of average business owners. In this special episode, the FT’s US Economics Editor Claire Jones …

Apr 04, 2026 · 11m
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Robert Armstrong on coining the Taco trade

<p>President Donald Trump fired US attorney-general Pam Bondi, and private credit investors are requesting their money back from Blue Owl Capital at an alarming rate. Plus, the FT’s Robert Armstrong …

Apr 03, 2026 · 12m
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The shifting geopolitics of Trump’s tariffs

<p>US President Donald Trump updated Americans on the war in Iran, and Chinese government bonds have sidestepped a global debt sell-off since the start of Washington’s conflict with Tehran. Plus, …

Apr 02, 2026 · 12m
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How a small US business navigated Trump’s tariffs

<p>Foreign central banks have slashed their holdings of Treasuries at the New York Federal Reserve to the lowest level since 2012, and a preliminary estimate showed that Eurozone inflation jumped …

Apr 01, 2026 · 12m
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The rocky legal future of Trump’s tariffs

<p>Swiss lawmakers have assured senior UBS executives that they will water down stringent new rules and the Trump administration took its first step in opening the more than $10tn US …

Mar 31, 2026 · 11m
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How Trump's tariffs ripped up the global trade order

<p>US President Donald Trump has said he wants to ‘take the oil in Iran’ and could seize the export hub of Kharg Island. Uncertainty about what happens next in the …

Mar 30, 2026 · 12m
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Untold: Opus Dei, Ep. 1

<p>Untold host Antonia Cundy uncovers the cultural and political influence of a controversial Catholic organisation in America. Opus Dei exists to help people get closer to God, but some members …

Mar 28, 2026 · 36m
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Hong Kong woos asset managers with potential tax cuts

<p>The United Arab Emirates has told allies that it would participate in a multinational maritime task force intended to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and Hong Kong is weighing tax …

Mar 27, 2026 · 13m
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Investors try to stay ahead of Trump’s Iran moves

<p>Iran’s top military leadership dismissed Donald Trump’s claims that the Islamic republic was ready to make a deal, the US president appears to make abrupt policy pivots based on swings …

Mar 26, 2026 · 11m
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Gold hasn’t been acting like itself lately

<p>Meta and OpenAI will be among the first customers of Arm’s long-awaited new AI processor, the haven asset gold hasn’t been looking like its usual self, and Volkswagen is in …

Mar 25, 2026 · 11m
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Netanyahu’s rivals try to outdo him over Iran

<p>Sources tell the FT that Pakistan is positioning itself as the lead mediator trying to broker an end to the US’s and Israel’s war against Iran,<strong> </strong>and the US ambassador …

Mar 24, 2026 · 11m
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Strait of Hormuz crisis poses fresh threat to global food, energy

<p>The World Food Project warns millions more could be pushed into acute hunger if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Plus, energy executives meet in Houston as war in Iran …

Mar 23, 2026 · 12m
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The ‘Armageddon scenario’ for gas markets

<p><strong>&nbsp;</strong>Investors sounded the alarm on Thursday after a major Qatar gas facility took serious damage, and amateur traders are going wild for five-minute bets.&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5b66d91f-f94a-4ea1-b90f-ce62ccb15d50?accessToken=zwAAAZ2h_1YQkc9bZtkf-UpOodO5D85izLFdUAE.MEUCIC2ilSyL6i5fJmmTAzs0tjwAmMotm1g1zOKwjxcAqnvSAiEA2tKUbOWlpk3_Qf_FXmJIoHk-3EsTGaI7RyDiU5ztn1c&amp;segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" …

Mar 20, 2026 · 12m
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Federal Reserve holds steady as inflation fears mount

<p>The US has relaxed sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil group Petróleos de Venezuela and the Federal Reserve has stuck with plans to cut rates later this year. Plus, Walmart won …

Mar 19, 2026 · 11m
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How Saudi Arabia’s bet on Iran backfired

<p>The EU wants to make mergers a bit easier, Wall Street banks are offloading $18bn of debt tied to video game maker Electronic Arts, and investors are piling into cash …

Mar 18, 2026 · 10m
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Iran war tests China’s oil stockpile

<p>The FT’s Gideon Rachman explains what the Strait of Hormuz’s closure means strategically for Iran, Italy’s UniCredit has launched a €35bn takeover offer for Commerzbank and China’s oil stockpile is …

Mar 17, 2026 · 10m
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US shale producers not yet tempted by $100 oil

<p>Donald Trump warned Nato faces a “very bad” future if US allies fail to assist in opening up the Strait of Hormuz, and though oil prices have breached $100 per …

Mar 16, 2026 · 12m
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Artificial intimacy: How to fall in love with AI

<p>Introducing Artificial intimacy from Tech Tonic. For the next episodes in this season go to the <a href="https://podfollow.com/tech-tonic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tech Tonic feed</a>.</p><br><p>Calder Quinn has fallen into a relationship with …

Mar 14, 2026 · 37m
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US-Iran war boosts Russian oil revenues

<p>Gulf oil producers have lost billions of dollars in energy revenues since the start of the US-Iran war, but there is one country benefiting: Russia. It is&nbsp;earning as much as …

Mar 13, 2026 · 12m
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Hold on — tech stocks are a safe haven now?

<p>The International Energy Agency has launched the largest release of strategic oil reserves in its history, investors have sought shelter from the turmoil of the war in Iran in US …

Mar 12, 2026 · 11m
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Corporate America grapples with huge oil price swings

<p>Oracle’s shares climbed 9 per cent on Tuesday after the database group posted better than expected earnings, and we discuss how American businesses are navigating soaring energy prices. Plus, the …

Mar 11, 2026 · 11m
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The US is leaving an Iranian island untouched

<p>The price of oil fell sharply, and we’ll take a look at why the US and Israel are avoiding an attack on Iran’s Kharg Island. Plus, the FT’s George Hammond …

Mar 10, 2026 · 11m
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Oil price surge risks upending global economy

<p>Iran names Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as the new supreme leader. Plus, global central bankers are eying the jump in crude prices and the impact on inflation, and …

Mar 09, 2026 · 12m
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Iran war’s global energy impact

<p>As insurance costs rocket for shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, Asian countries brace for an energy shock. The rapid expansion of American-owned data centres in the Middle East has …

Mar 06, 2026 · 12m
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Khamenei’s son is frontrunner to be Iran’s supreme leader

<p>Israel expects war against Iran to last weeks and Ayatollah Khamenei’s son emerges as a leading candidate for supreme leader. Plus, the Federal Reserve grants crypto exchange Kraken access to …

Mar 05, 2026 · 11m
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Iran crisis sends European gas prices soaring

<p>Gas prices have soared on the back of the war in the Middle East, and US president Donald Trump criticised some European nations for not being helpful in the conflict. …

Mar 04, 2026 · 11m
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Gulf states caught in the middle of US-Iran conflict

<p>Investors turned to gold and the US dollar in the wake of the Iran conflict, and Gulf states are panicking as Iran targets them in retaliatory strikes. Plus,can the US …

Mar 03, 2026 · 11m
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