FT News Briefing

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/eb7eaf32-597e-403a-bb3c-71290113ad92 US President Joe Biden has called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether the country’s biggest oil companies are engaged in “potentially illegal conduct”, the euro fell to its lowest level in 16 months this week as currency markets bet on divergence between the ECB and other...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/e08f700a-75e9-427d-b360-2a7c99c3fb24 Joe Biden and Xi Jinping have agreed to hold talks aimed at reducing tensions as US anxiety grows over China’s expanding nuclear arsenal and its recent test of a hypersonic weapon, Germany’s energy regulator said it had “temporarily suspended” certification of the Kremlin-backed Nord Stream...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/fe1805b2-ef2f-48b4-9ca3-37e8c5f82e11 The use of brand new “virgin” plastics by some of the world’s largest brands has peaked and is on track to fall significantly by 2025, US coal prices have jumped to their highest level in more than 12 years. Plus, the FT’s business columnist, Helen Thomas, explains why Royal Dutch Shell is l...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/42928696-226a-4d50-9a49-4ee16f8b107f Beijing has accused the EU of risking damage to world supply chains by throwing up regulatory and trade hurdles to foreign businesses, and the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow led to an agreement among 197 countries on new rules for limiting greenhouse gas emissions. Plus, the FT’s EU corr...

FT Weekend is a weekly Saturday show that brings the best of our weekend journalism into audio form, with everything from culture and food and the arts, to nuanced questions and big ideas. In this episode, we ask the question: what does it mean to defy death? Rock climber Leo Houlding tells us about his terrifying family holidays, scaling vertical cliff-faces with his two young kids. We also explo...

Toshiba has ruled out pursuing a deal to take the whole company private and is set to reveal a plan to split the business in three, and Facebook’s whistleblower is calling on the UK and EU to do more to control online harm. Plus, the FT’s markets editor, Katie Martin, will dive into the latest US inflation report and Elon Musk’s sale of 10 per cent of his Tesla shares.  Toshiba rules out deal...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/7d4a1b33-d4a4-4bff-a305-23c082be7c57 US consumer prices jumped in October at the fastest pace in three decades, and shares of electric truck startup Rivian soared on its first day of trading. Plus, the FT’s Latin America editor, Michael Stott, explains why Colombia’s president is castigating cocaine users for their role in dest...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/5656f24c-a8db-4626-bd6f-c2ab0aa4aa8c General Electric plans to break into three separate companies after years of trying to respond to flaws in its business model exposed by the financial crisis, China’s President Xi Jinping is paving the way for his unprecedented bid for a third term in power. Plus, the FT’s investment corresp...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/64380f52-df32-4ad7-b2b6-fec42ee95ce1 Federal Reserve governor Randal Quarles’ decision to leave the US central bank next month creates yet another opening for the Biden administration to fill amid uncertainty about the institution’s leadership, Tesla shares fell nearly 5 per cent on Monday after millions of Twitter users polled...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/e9bcbc06-e603-4baf-b5d1-fd8603103bb5 French authorities have opened an investigation into the French operations of UK metals magnate Sanjeev Gupta, and President Joe Biden is moving ahead with his next bill on his ambitious legislative agenda while struggling to revive his political fortunes. Plus, the FT’s Money Clinic podcast...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/d6716d79-4cbd-4955-b07b-64740a4a6d5b The White House has said Opec+ risks imperilling the global economic recovery by refusing to speed up oil production increases, and SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is facing pressure to announce a new stock buyback programme next week. Plus, the FT’s markets editor, Katie Martin, explains how...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/22e5487a-3e75-46db-abf0-c8e5e5fd7ad4 The Federal Reserve said it would begin scaling back its massive $120bn monthly bond-buying programme this month, the British government has approached Qatar with the intention of the Gulf state becoming a gas “supplier of last resort”, and Iran will resume stalled talks on November 29 with...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/44757917-71f4-4699-8bde-49ebd15feebe Banks have watered down climate pledges and continued to finance the fossil fuel industry in the six years since the Paris accord was signed, and Gulf states are making net zero carbon emission pledges but say they need to keep oil flowing to fund their green energy transitions. Plus, the FT...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/d5d05648-ea0e-4c8a-ac0f-daad0d8ce5fb World leaders warned of severe consequences of nations failing to strike deals to limit global warming at the opening session of the Glasgow COP26 UN climate conference, and Barclays’ chief executive Jes Staley is stepping down following a regulatory investigation into the way he described h...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/24a0e0ed-749d-4b6e-adbd-1f3c3a6cadb3 The FT’s clean energy and environment correspondent, Leslie Hook, has a curtain raiser on COP26, the most important climate summit since the 2015 Paris agreement. Plus, the FT’s US financial commentator Rob Armstrong and US editor- at-large and Moral Money newsletter founder Gillian Tet...

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/e66c93b1-996c-48ea-9a13-597410ec7e47 Facebook is changing its name to Meta, and the European Central Bank is proving a tough read for bond investors, and what are those ads appearing in London’s transit system advertising a new “meme” coin Floki Inu? Plus, the New York Stock Exchange has the last open outcry trading floor. We’l...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/c0ee2974-0e6d-43b4-ae05-6c4be9aea94f Activist hedge fund Third Point is pressuring Royal Dutch Shell to break itself up, and Israel’s coalition government is trying to find its footing in a post-Netanyahu era. Plus, the FT’s global finance correspondent, Robin Wigglesworth, explains what makes him wary of private markets. ...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/8bb01ecf-622f-462f-b090-6cf5fa69a2ec Trading app Robinhood’s third-quarter earnings flopped, Google’s parent company Alphabet smashes expectations, and UK chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to commit to fiscal discipline when he announces his budget today. Plus, the FT’s eastern European correspondent, James Shotter, explains h...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/910fcfd8-05e8-43c3-8a30-dc8388964302 Tesla has become the first carmaker to be valued at $1tn, and internal documents from inside Facebook continue to reveal troubling company practices. Plus, FT workplace columnist Sarah O’Connor explains that “green jobs” aren’t always safe for workers.  Tesla soars past $1tn in market v...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/08263cf5-1d37-4296-a43f-4bf006e5a03a Poland’s prime minister has accused the EU of making demands with a “gun to our head,” Russian mercenaries are wreaking havoc in the Central African Republic. Plus, the FT’s Ed White discusses the global popularity of South Korea’s entertainment industry, and why China’s recent crackdow...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/7be2e128-c34c-45fb-991a-1d6f16ba3cd9 The US Federal Reserve has adopted new rules banning its policymakers and senior staff from buying individual shares and a number of other investments; Donald Trump announced plans to launch a media technology business that is set to go public after it merged with a Spac on Thursday. Plus, T...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/9c52937f-8f75-4d9d-8a62-8479a818ef45 The ECB is pushing banks to add hundreds of extra staff and billions of extra capital to their post-Brexit operations, and Turkey could be ‘grey-listed’ today by a global financial watchdog. Plus, the FT’s Middle East editor, Andrew England, explains that Saudi Arabia is turning to women to...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/a263a468-2f91-490c-896c-a232866afb4e China has told McDonald’s to expand a digital renminbi payments system at restaurants across the country before the Beijing Winter Olympics; and about a quarter of all US infrastructure is at risk of serious flooding, which could hit prices in the $4tn municipal bond market. Plus, the FT’s S...

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/ad0b0068-1100-49b9-bc88-2055e1936efc A bitcoin-linked ETF is on track to debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, marking the first time regular investors will be able to gain exposure to cryptocurrencies through a big Wall Street bourse; China’s hypersonic missile test stuns the US military and intelligence community;...