Swamp Notes: Will Republicans take back the Senate?
Both chambers of the US Congress are like the country they represent: narrowly divided. But while Democrats currently hold a one-seat Senate majority, Republicans are increasingly confident that they’...
12 Okt 202414min
Japanese PM’s uphill battle to win back voters
The French government has proposed a budget for next year with some €60bn worth of spending cuts and tax increases, and Hurricane Milton ploughed across Florida on Wednesday. US inflation fell to 2.4 ...
11 Okt 202411min
US considers breaking up Google
HSBC’s top-paid bankers to bear the brunt of cost-cutting restructuring, and the UK Conservative party leadership race has been whittled down to two rightwingers. Plus, Germany’s economy is expected t...
10 Okt 202410min
India’s belated oil rush
The head of KPMG US says the industry urgently needs to make it easier to become an accountant, and the EU is suing Hungary’s government over a new security law it says is in breach of citizens’ funda...
9 Okt 202410min
Strikes threaten Boeing’s bottom line
Big bank bosses join a growing list of prominent financiers expected to skip COP29 next month, and Spain proposes a new mechanism to help harmonise the EU’s capital and credit markets. Plus, activist ...
8 Okt 202411min
Israel marks one year after October 7
A new report forecasts that Donald Trump would raise the US debt by twice as much as Kamala Harris, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX is quietly opening up a new front in a global battle over a scarce and precio...
7 Okt 202411min
Swamp Notes: How the Middle East conflict is shaping the election
The Biden administration has tried and failed to contain fighting in the Middle East over the past year - and now, the conflict is close to spiralling into all-out war. The FT’s US foreign affairs and...
5 Okt 202413min
Markets keep calm despite global tensions
A strike that closed US east and Gulf coast ports will be suspended, and market reaction to escalations in the Middle East remains minimal. Plus, Italy’s government will raise more taxes from companie...
4 Okt 202411min
