RIP QT
FT News Briefing30 Okt 2025

RIP QT

Meta and Microsoft had mixed earnings reports, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates and said it would halt quantitative tightening and South Korea has agreed to invest $350bn in the US in return for lower tariffs on car exports. Plus, John Malone is stepping down as chair of his media and telecoms empire, marking the end of an era in which the “cable cowboy” reshaped both industries.


Mentioned in this podcast:

Meta hit by huge AI spending

Federal Reserve trims US interest rates by quarter point but casts doubt on December cut

Federal Reserve nears end of QT amid signs of stress in money markets

US and South Korea seal trade deal

‘Cable cowboy’ John Malone to step down from media and telecoms empire


Today’s FT News Briefing was produced by Lucy Baldwin, Sonja Hutson, and Marc Filippino. Our show was mixed by Kelly Garry. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann and Michael Lello. The FT’s acting co-head of audio is Topher Forhecz. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episoder(2099)

UK-US trade talks, Trump warns of virus worsening, Latin American debt concerns

UK-US trade talks, Trump warns of virus worsening, Latin American debt concerns

The British government has abandoned hopes of reaching a US-UK trade deal ahead of this autumn’s American presidential election, and Donald Trump told reporters the pandemic in the US will “get worse ...

22 Jul 20208min

EU leaders close in on recovery fund deal, Testing crunch warning, US economic rebound halted

EU leaders close in on recovery fund deal, Testing crunch warning, US economic rebound halted

EU leaders are closing in on a deal for a landmark coronavirus recovery package, the largest laboratory company in the US, Quest Diagnostics, has warned it will be impossible to increase coronavirus t...

21 Jul 202010min

Deadlock on EU recovery fund, Argentina’s plea to creditors, TikTok trouble

Deadlock on EU recovery fund, Argentina’s plea to creditors, TikTok trouble

EU leaders spent the weekend locked in marathon summit talks over Europe’s proposed €750bn response to the coronavirus pandemic, and Albert Fernández, Argentina’s president, has made an impassioned ap...

20 Jul 202010min

US considers blacklist for TikTok, Netflix pandemic surge wanes, FBI investigates Twitter hack

US considers blacklist for TikTok, Netflix pandemic surge wanes, FBI investigates Twitter hack

The US is considering putting TikTok on a blacklist that would effectively prevent Americans from using the popular video app, Netflix warns investors that its pandemic related growth spurt is waning,...

17 Jul 20209min

Twitter accounts hacked, US vs Nord Stream 2, Apple victorious in EU battle over Irish back taxes

Twitter accounts hacked, US vs Nord Stream 2, Apple victorious in EU battle over Irish back taxes

Twitter experienced an unprecedented hack on Wednesday when bitcoin scammers sent a series of tweets from hundreds of accounts, Opec and Russia move to start unwinding the record oil supply cuts agree...

16 Jul 20208min

US steps up sanctioning powers against China, Moderna vaccine early results, US banks braced for loan losses

US steps up sanctioning powers against China, Moderna vaccine early results, US banks braced for loan losses

President Donald Trump signed legislation on Tuesday that gives his administration more power to impose sanctions on Chinese officials, the Trump administration reversed its rule that international st...

15 Jul 20207min

EU to go after low-tax countries, California rolls back reopening plans, European summer tourism

EU to go after low-tax countries, California rolls back reopening plans, European summer tourism

Brussels is planning to pursue low-tax member states over their advantageous corporate tax regimes, California is rolling back its reopening effort due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, and US technology ...

14 Jul 20208min

UK to curb Huawei’s 5G role, WeWork says it’s on track for profits in 2021, OCC warning

UK to curb Huawei’s 5G role, WeWork says it’s on track for profits in 2021, OCC warning

Boris Johnson is set to unveil plans this week to phase Huawei out of the UK’s 5G mobile phone networks, WeWork’s executive chairman tells the Financial Times that the company is on track to have posi...

13 Jul 20209min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
aftenpodden-usa
forklart
popradet
stopp-verden
det-store-bildet
dine-penger-pengeradet
rss-gukild-johaug
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
rss-ness
fotballpodden-2
hanna-de-heldige
nokon-ma-ga
aftenbla-bla
rss-dannet-uten-piano
e24-podden
rss-utenrikskomiteen-med-bogen-og-grasvik
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
bt-dokumentar-2