Imran Khan rises again in Pakistan
EY took on $700mn in debt for its failed “Project Everest” plan, and tech companies are shedding jobs in a pivot to AI. Plus, Shein is seeking Beijing’s approval ahead of its IPO. Mentioned in this po...
12 Feb 202410min
Untold: The Retreat, Ep. 1 - Dear Madison
Introducing Untold: The Retreat, a new podcast from the special investigations team at the Financial Times. In the first episode of The Retreat, Madison Marriage receives an email from a desperate fat...
11 Feb 202442min
Swamp Notes: Is it the economy, stupid?
For decades, common political wisdom has held that Americans vote based on their satisfaction with the economy. But even as the US economy booms, with persistently low unemployment and wage growth out...
10 Feb 202411min
Chill out. Netflix is winning the streaming wars
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses his top commander, Gaza’s last refuge is Israel’s next target and OpenAI is on track to hit $2bn in revenue. Mentioned in this podcast:Volodymyr Zele...
9 Feb 202411min
Your Uber profits have arrived
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce the party is abandoning its target to spend £28bn a year on green investment, Uber has reported its first annual operating profit, and the far-right w...
8 Feb 20249min
The story behind the money going to Mexico
Standard Chartered has sounded out UK political heavyweights Sir Charles Roxburgh and Sir Sajid Javid as potential candidates for its next chair, BP reported its second-biggest annual profit in a deca...
7 Feb 202410min
Pakistan’s Imran Khan fights an election from jail
China’s national chip champions expect to make next-generation smartphone processors as early as this year, and Northern Ireland is trying to chart a path forward under a new, historic power-sharing a...
6 Feb 202411min
Turkey’s central bank chief steps down
Plans for a code on how AI models can use copyrighted materials have stalled in the UK, and US forces carried out strikes against Iran-backed militants over the weekend. Plus, the FT’s Owen Walker exp...
5 Feb 202411min
