Iranians protest over economic pain
Glencore and Rio Tinto resume mining megamerger talks, protests in Iran over economic conditions are the largest in years, and the US trade deficit narrowed to its lowest level since 2009. Plus, is th...
9 Tammi 12min
Venezuela’s crumbling oil infrastructure
The US wants to control Venezuelan oil sales ‘indefinitely’ but the ‘catastrophic’ state of the Latin American nation’s crude facilities presents several hurdles. Plus, President Donald Trump banned i...
8 Tammi 11min
A wave of repression in Venezuela
Leading asset managers are positioning for a sharp sell-off in US technology stocks, Venezuela’s government has launched a crackdown after the US captured Nicolás Maduro, and the Trump administration ...
7 Tammi 10min
The investors eyeing Venezuela’s oil
Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty to narco trafficking charges, and smaller private investors are eager to invest in Venezuelan oil. Plus, Chinese carmarkers are expected t...
6 Tammi 11min
Trump plans to ‘run’ Venezuela. What now?
US President Donald Trump has warned Venezuela’s defacto leader she must meet America’s demands following Nicolas Maduro’s capture. We explore what Trump hopes to achieve in the Latin American country...
5 Tammi 12min
Predicting 2026: Will the Magnificent 7 tech stocks continue to diverge?
Financial Times columnist Gillian Tett predicted that the Magnificent 7 tech stocks were not going to fall, but they wouldn’t ride a lot higher either in 2025. What actually happened was a bit of a mi...
2 Tammi 9min
Predicting 2026: Will Trump and Musk officially reunite?
Europe’s banking industry could shed 10 per cent of its workforce by 2030. Plus, the FT’s US national editor and columnist Edward Luce predicted America’s president would not fall out with one-time “f...
31 Joulu 202512min
Predicting 2026: Will Ukraine finally get a peace deal?
The FT’s Europe editor Ben Hall thought there would be a Ukraine peace deal in 2025. Despite lots of back and forth over ceasefire proposals, an agreement has yet to materialise. The negotiations reve...
30 Joulu 20259min
