SpaceX IPO ignites an investor frenzy
Washington is nearing a deal to extend its ceasefire with Iran by 60 days, and investors are rushing to gain exposure to SpaceX in a “speculative frenzy” ahead of its expected IPO. Plus, Benjamin Neta...
29 Maj 11min
How Ukraine’s drones turned the tables
Oil prices fell sharply after Iranian state television broadcast details of a peace proposal, mass drone production has turned the war effort around for Ukraine, and the European Central Bank warned U...
28 Maj 10min
BP shakes up its leadership … again
Iran accused the US of “flagrant” violations of their ceasefire, BP has ousted its chair Albert Manifold following “serious concerns” over his behaviour, and two top European central bankers laid the ...
27 Maj 10min
Global birth rates are falling…phones are a big reason why
In more than two-thirds of the world, the average number of children born to each woman has fallen below the “replacement rate”. Employment, home ownership and education are still big factors. But inc...
26 Maj 11min
From “What Next”: How “Tax the Rich” Went Mainstream
The FT News Briefing presents a special episode from Slate's "What Next" podcast. As wealth disparity continues to grow, politicians in New York and California have suggested raising revenue through t...
25 Maj 26min
Blockbuster IPOs to take Wall Street by storm
The blockbuster listings of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI are set to prompt an unprecedented wave of buying and selling, and a court in Ankara has ruled to remove the leadership of Turkey’s biggest opp...
22 Maj 12min
Trump’s new $1.8bn fund under fire
Nvidia will return more than $80bn to shareholders, and Donald Trump attracted ire this week with the creation of a $1.8bn “anti-weaponisation fund”. Plus, OpenAI is getting ready to go public, and Af...
21 Maj 10min
The EU wants a Putin whisperer
EU governments are discussing whether former leaders could represent the bloc in potential negotiations with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and rising fuel prices have triggered deadly protests across Afric...
20 Maj 11min
