What we learned from the collapse of SVB
America’s regulators say new rules will help maintain the dominance of US Treasuries, and there are still weaknesses in regional banking a year after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank. Plus, a new Ba...
11 Mar 202410min
Swamp Notes: Did Biden's State of the Union hit the mark?
Joe Biden was in the spotlight this week as he made his annual State of the Union address. It was his chance to not only speak directly to the American people, but also prove that he’s up to the task ...
9 Mar 202412min
A look at Temu’s murky business model
Instagram overtook TikTok in new app downloads last year, US President Joe Biden announced a plan to set up a port on the coast of Gaza to help facilitate aid delivery to the enclave, and a huge corru...
8 Mar 202410min
Is private equity actually worth it?
Bayer chief executive Bill Anderson has ruled out a fresh capital increase and Ghana’s finance minister is concerned that the country’s new anti-LGBT+ law will put its international funding at risk. P...
7 Mar 202412min
China hopes for a big economic rebound
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will on Wednesday put a £10bn personal tax cut at the heart of his Budget, and China is setting a 5 per cent growth target for this year. Plus, the FT’s Michael Stott sat down w...
6 Mar 202410min
The politics behind the UK Budget
Gold prices have surged close to record levels, and the EU has fined Apple €1.8bn as it boosts its fight against Big Tech. Plus, the FT’s Sam Fleming explains whether the Conservatives planned tax cut...
5 Mar 202410min
Cracks widen in Israel’s war cabinet
China has pledged “computing vouchers” to subsidise its AI startups, Bayer is still struggling to move past its Roundup woes, and an Israeli senior minister visits the White House. Plus, Warren Buffet...
4 Mar 202412min
Swamp Notes: Biden and Trump’s immigration duel
The issue of immigration might be Donald Trump’s biggest political boon ahead of the US election in November, but President Joe Biden went to the US-Mexico border this week to try to change the narrat...
2 Mar 202412min
