Is this dotcom bust 2.0?
FT News Briefing11 Mars 2025

Is this dotcom bust 2.0?

Wall Street stocks fell on Monday, and Pimco has recorded a 17% paper profit on its portion of a £3bn emergency loan that it and others are set to provide to ailing utility Thames Water. Plus, hundreds of people have been killed in Syria after clashes between pro-government and pro-Assad forces escalated into sectarian violence.


Mentioned in this podcast:

Wall Street stocks tumble as investors fret over US economic slowdown

Is this dotcom bust 2.0?

US condemns Syria violence after hundreds killed in sectarian clashes

Pimco books 17% instant profit on Thames Water emergency loan


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Ethan Plotkin, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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