The scramble for a new EU leader
Chinese companies are resorting to chips repurposed from standard PC gaming products to develop artificial intelligence tools, and Charles Michel’s run for European parliament is causing a scramble to...
10 Jan 202410min
Can Boeing get back on track?
Shares in Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems tumbled after a mid-flight accident, and tens of thousands of Afghan women and girls have been able to join online study programmes despite the Taliban...
9 Jan 202410min
Football clubs are pouring billions into stadiums
A pile up of bad debt threatens to sour investors’ growing optimism about the prospects for the US’s largest banks, and European football clubs are pouring money into transforming stadiums. Plus, the ...
8 Jan 202411min
Local Chinese banks get a lifeline
One of the world’s top gold producers fired its chief executive for serious misconduct, Chinese provinces pumped a record $31bn of capital into fragile regional banks last year, and German inflation a...
5 Jan 202410min
Convertible bonds are so hot right now
Minutes from the December Federal Reserve meeting show that officials were committed to higher-for-longer interest rates, convertible bonds have been a rare bright spot for corporate fundraising, and ...
4 Jan 202410min
BlackRock and Vanguard duke it out over ETF market
Russia has fired a second massive barrage of the new year on Ukraine’s capital and the country’s second-largest city, Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightwing allies have blasted Israel’s top court for striking...
3 Jan 202410min
Markets, elections and AI in 2024
The FT’s Peter Spiegel, Katie Martin and Elaine Moore preview what could happen in geopolitics, markets and artificial intelligence in 2024.The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutso...
2 Jan 202413min
From “What Next”: Wait, China’s Taking Our Pandas Back?
FT News Briefing presents a special episode from Slate’s “What Next” podcast, hosted by Mary Harris. Everybody loves pandas—and China knows it. As we say goodbye to the National Zoo’s pandas, this Sla...
29 Des 202328min
