Swamp Notes: Trump’s next 100 days
This week, Swamp Notes goes to London for a live recording. Katie Martin, host of the Unhedged podcast, and Chris Giles, author of the FT’s Central Banks newsletter, discuss what Trump’s next few mont...
28 Touko 202523min
How Trump’s tariffs threaten Ireland’s pharma fortune
Ireland has become a major base for US pharma companies, including Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Johnson & Johnson. That’s bolstered the economies of individual towns and played a role in the country’s massiv...
21 Touko 202521min
GE Vernova tries to shake its parent’s problems
Massive conglomerates used to define corporate best practice. Think about a company like General Electric, known as “the everything company”. But today, there’s a new popular model: de-conglomeration....
14 Touko 202526min
The FTC commissioner fired by Trump
In March, Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission, were fired from their jobs by the Trump administration. They say this was done illegally an...
7 Touko 202521min
Has Goldman Sachs already chosen its next CEO?
Goldman Sachs may have picked its next chief executive years before any planned handover. It has raised eyebrows on Wall Street and would break from the usual process, where multiple candidates typica...
30 Huhti 202525min
Lessons from the recent US Treasuries sell-off
Markets shook after US President Donald Trump announced his so-called reciprocal tariffs earlier this month. But there was one market in particular that got investors particularly worried: Treasuries....
23 Huhti 202518min
How China's global trade strategy could backfire
Over the past three decades, China has built itself into a manufacturing powerhouse. The plan was simple: use exports as a way to avoid becoming too dependent on the west. But with US President Donald...
16 Huhti 202518min
Apple navigates Trump’s tariffs
US President Donald Trump’s announcement of “reciprocal” tariffs caused havoc in the markets, notably hitting Big Tech stocks such as Apple. The company lost more than $300bn in market value the next ...
9 Huhti 202518min
