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Financial Times

A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning.
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FT News Briefing

A gas shipment made it through the Strait of Hormuz as European oil majors cash in billions from the US-Israeli war on Iran, airlines across Europe are cutting prices for summer flights despite a potential jet fuel shortage, and bond giant Pimco says the war could prompt the Federal Reserve to raise rates. Plus, the FT’s Lucy Fisher explains what to expect from a make-or-break speech by UK prime minister Keir Starmer today. 

Mentioned in this podcast:

Qatari gas shipment clears Strait of Hormuz after Pakistan-Iran talks

Euro oil majors make billions off war 

Coal shipments jump as countries seek alternatives to disrupted gas supplies

Airlines cut prices to entice holiday bookers worried about jet fuel

Iran war could prompt Federal Reserve to raise rates, Pimco says

Starmer faces fight for survival as calls to resign escalate

Britain’s elections in maps and charts

Political Fix podcast 

Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts 

Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted by Victoria Craig, and produced by Katya Kumkova, Marc Filippino and Saffeya Ahmed. Our show was mixed by Alex Higgins. Additional help from Peter Barber. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music. 

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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Starmer fights for political survival

It’s been a dreadful night for Labour as council seats across the country have turned from red to turquoise. The Conservatives have not fared much better with Reform UK the big winner so far. With results still coming in, host Lucy Fisher discusses the fracturing of the vote and the future for beleaguered Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with the FT’s deputy political editor Jim Pickard, Northern England correspondent Jen Williams and political columnist Stephen Bush.

Have a question for the panel? We’re planning a question and answer episode on Monday May 11. Email your questions to politicalfix@ft.com

Follow Lucy on X: @LOS_Fisher, and Bluesky: @lucyfisher.ft.com; Jim @PickardJE; Stephen @stephenkb & @stephenkb.bsky.social and Jen @JenWilliamsMEN and @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social

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UK elections: Labour suffers heavy losses as Reform surges

Four things we learnt in the UK elections

Scale of defeat should shake ‘big two’ parties into serious action

Keir Starmer defies calls to quit after heavy Labour council losses

UK local and devolved elections: Hour-by-hour guide to key results

In Labour’s bleak moment, Andy Burnham relishes his own

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Presented by Lucy Fisher. Produced by Clare Williamson. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Original music and mix by Breen Turner. The broadcast engineers were Andrew Giorgiades and Petros Gioumpasis. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s global head of Audio.

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Political Fix Election special: snap analysis

Big Tech groups are expected to generate the smallest amount of cash in more than a decade this year, and investors are dumping Indian assets. Plus, GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen, has set his sights on his next project: a huge leveraged buyout of eBay.

Mentioned in this podcast:

Big Tech’s $725bn AI spending spree sends cash flows to decade low

Investors dump Indian assets as energy shock sends rupee sliding

Can the meme stock king pull off audacious eBay swoop?

Political Fix podcast

Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts 

Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted and edited by Marc Filippino, and produced by Katya Kumkova, Saffeya Ahmed, and Victoria Craig. Our show was mixed by Sam Giovinco. Additional help from Michael Lello and David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music. 

Credit: CNBC

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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GameStop’s wild bid for eBay

US fuel exports have surged to a record level, and hedge funds had their best month since 2020. Plus, Samsung Electronics is locked in a feud with its workers over how to share the spoils of the AI-driven semiconductor boom, and LVMH is considering selling some of its iconic brands. 

Mentioned in this podcast:

US fuel exports hit record in boon for oil companies and threat to Trump

LVMH goes from buyer to seller as luxury’s winter drags on

Tech rally hands hedge funds biggest gains since 2020

Samsung workers demand bigger slice of surging AI profits

Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts 

Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted and edited by Marc Filippino, and produced by Katya Kumkova, Saffeya Ahmed, and Sonja Hutson. Our show was mixed by Kelly Garry. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann, Michael Lello and David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music. 

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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LVMH looks to shrink its luxury empire

Global oil reserves plunged at a record pace in April and the SEC said it was proposing to allow public companies to file earnings reports every six months. Plus, the US will start reviewing some AI models over national security concerns and HSBC’s profits took a major hit from “fraud-related” exposure. 

Mentioned in this podcast:

SEC moves to scrap quarterly reporting requirement

Global oil reserves plunge at record pace as Middle East war strains supplies

HSBC profits hit by $400mn ‘fraud-related’ exposure

Google, xAI and Microsoft agree to US national security reviews of new AI models

Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts 

Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted and edited by Marc Filippino, and produced by Katya Kumkova, Saffeya Ahmed, Fiona Symon, and Sonja Hutson. Our show was mixed by Sam Giovinco. Additional help from Michael Lello and David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music.

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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Could the US scrap quarterly reporting?

The US and Iran traded fire in the Strait of Hormuz, and Anthropic formed a more than $1.5bn joint venture with Wall Street groups including Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Goldman Sachs. Plus, the FT’s Anna Nicolaou explains whether Disney’s chief executive can handle the latest challenge thrown by the Trump administration.

Mentioned in this podcast:

US to ‘guide’ stranded ships out of Strait of Hormuz, says Trump

Blackstone and Goldman among backers for $1.5bn JV with Anthropic

Trump vs Kimmel: inside Disney chief Josh D’Amaro’s baptism of fire

‘Plastic shock’ hits Asia as Iran oil crisis strangles supplies

Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts 

Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted and edited by Marc Filippino, and produced by Katya Kumkova and Saffeya Ahmed. Our show was mixed by Sam Giovinco. Additional help from Michael Lello. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music. 

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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Disney’s new CEO faces first challenge

We tally the impact of war on industries around the globe as the conflict in Iran stretches into its third month. Plus, Britain braces for voters to deliver a potentially seismic change to the political system. And, though many industries are preparing to deal with shortages caused by the Strait of Hormuz closure, the US and Europe have a glut of milk.

Mentioned in this podcast:

Airlines slash flights as fuel shortage fears mount

UAE fertiliser giant resorts to trucks to shift product out of Gulf

Detroit carmakers warn of $5bn commodities shock due to Iran war

Exxon and Chevron defy Trump pressure to boost oil production

Oil market one month from crunch point as global stockpiles dwindle

Trump’s war in Iran leaves US with sharpest fuel shock in G7

Political Fix: Labour braces for ballot box bloodbath

The land of milk and no money: UK farmers are in a fix

Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts 

Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted by Victoria Craig and produced by Marc Filippino and Saffeya Ahmed. Our show was mixed by Alex Higgins. Additional help from Peter Barber. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music. 

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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Global industries squeezed as Iran war enters third month

Introducing a new video podcast from the FT: Does scientific, artistic or political brilliance translate into investing success? It’s a topical question with hedge funds today accused of sucking talent away from the rest of the economy. So, the FT’s Gillian Tett and Robin Wigglesworth sat down with reporter Toby Nangle, who has dug into the archives to assess the investment portfolios of Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, John Maynard Keynes and other widely regarded geniuses of the past. What Toby found may surprise you, as will the historical wildcard he’s unearthed.

To enjoy future episodes, be sure to subscribe to The Story of Money wherever you get your podcasts, also on the show's dedicated YouTube channel here.

Learn more at ft.com/tsom 

Want more?

Read Toby’s full FT article here.

Toby’s sources:

On Churchill: https://www.amazon.co.uk/No-More-Champagne-Churchill-Money/dp/1784081817 

On J.M.W. Turner: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5718586 

On John Maynard Keynes: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2023011 

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2287262 

On Einstein: https://einstein-website.de/en/what-happened-to-the-nobel-prize-money/#:~:text=By%20May%201924%2C%20Mileva%20had,visible%20result%20of%20my%20musings%E2%80%9D 

On Jane Austen: https://jasna.org/publications-2/persuasions-online/vol36no1/toran/ 

Hosts: Gillian Tett and Robin Wigglesworth

Guest: Toby Nangle

Producer: Lulu Smyth

Senior Producers: Michela Tindera and Laurence Knight

Executive Producers: Flo Phillips and Manuela Saragosa

Original music: Breen Turner

Broadcast engineers: Bianca Wakeman and Petros Giuompasis

Podcast Development: Laura Clarke

FT Global Head of Audio: Cheryl Brumley

Video editor: Josh Divney at Podcast Discovery

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Introducing The Story of Money: They are history’s geniuses. But were they any good at investing?

Apple delivered another quarter of strong sales growth driven by what the tech giant called its “most popular” iPhone model ever, and we explore how some of the world’s biggest central banks are dealing with the energy shock from the Iran war. Plus, can Tinder win women back to its platform, and why the UK’s local elections next week will be a big test for the Labour government. 

Mentioned in this podcast:

Apple credits ‘most popular’ ever iPhone for booming sales

​​ECB and BoE warn of rate rises as they grapple with Middle East shock

Can Tinder win back women?

What Labour’s likely meltdown means for the UK

Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts 

Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted and edited by Marc Filippino, and produced by Victoria Craig, Fiona Symon, and Sonja Hutson. Our show was mixed by Sam Giovinco. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann, Michael Lello and David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music. 

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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War, inflation and how central banks are handling it all

Meta said it would boost its spending on AI this year, and Jay Powell says he will stay on as a Federal Reserve governor once his term as chair ends. Plus, the special relationship between the UK and US held up under intense pressure, and defence stocks are struggling despite the US and Israel's war in Iran. 

Oil jumps to almost $120 as Trump signals extended Hormuz stand-off

Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh secures Senate committee approval

Oil surge divides US central bank as Jay Powell’s term at helm draws to a close

America’s special relationship is ‘probably Israel’, says UK ambassador to US

King Charles defends transatlantic relationship in speech to Congress

Defence stocks give back gains as investors buy rumour but sell war

Political Fix podcast

Credit: C-SPAN, Federal Reserve

Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts 

Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted and edited by Marc Filippino, and produced by Saffeya Ahmed, Victoria Craig, and Sonja Hutson. Our show was mixed by Sam Giovinco. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann, Michael Lello. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music.

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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Starmer fights for political survival

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