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Investors gear up for ‘gold rush’ in metaverse hardware Jan 10, 2022

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/51351f23-63b8-458c-9ee2-a7cbda43c287

Nato has warned Moscow to abandon its belligerent foreign policy or face a military alliance steeled for conflict, frustration over corruption in Portugal is the hot button issue for voters in this month’s election, and UK financial regulators plan to take a close look at cloud computing companies. Plus, the FT’s Asia business editor, Leo Lewis, explains why investors are ready to pour money into metaverse hardware makers.

West treads narrow path to common ground in Russia talks

https://www.ft.com/content/a1311bb7-7083-4491-89d7-2912289ebe68

Trust in Portugal’s elite wanes over struggle to tackle corruption

https://www.ft.com/content/8a7b799e-2732-4979-ab49-c5cbf8587ce7

Investors gear up for ‘gold rush’ in metaverse hardware

https://www.ft.com/content/182bb2a7-b4e4-4d0d-8178-4cd9b4c225c4

UK financial regulators to step up scrutiny of cloud computing giants

https://www.ft.com/content/29405a47-586b-4c5a-b641-0f479b4cee1d

M&S steals retail crown back from upstart online rivals

https://www.ft.com/content/67ff963d-8883-47d6-ba69-f30721efd006

The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber and Gavin Kallmann. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.

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FT Weekend -- Happily ever after? Disney in the 21st century Jan 08, 2022

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Happy New Year! Our first episode of 2022 is dedicated to one of the world’s most powerful cultural forces: Disney. What happens when a company with that much influence just keeps growing? We visit Disneyland for a rare interview with CEO Bob Chapek, with FT reporters Chris Grimes and Anna Nicolaou. We explore where Disney Plus fits into the digital streaming wars. And Lilah speaks with a Disney expert, Sabrina Mittermeier, about how the company is reckoning with its prejudices 100 years into its history.

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Want to say hi? We love hearing from you. Email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com. We’re on Twitter @ftweekendpod, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter @lilahrap.

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Links and mentions from the episode:

– Chris and Anna’s profile of Bob Chapek, Disney CEO: https://www.ft.com/content/69e1cc1e-9c64-4000-b47f-a7e448107a5b

– And their follow-up on the streaming wars: https://www.ft.com/content/ae756fda-4c27-4732-89af-cb6903f2ab40

– Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier’s book, A Culture History of the Disneyland Theme Parks: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo70345519.html

–Follow Anna Nicolaou on Twitter @annaknicolaou

–Follow Chris Grimes on Twitter @grimes_ce

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Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design is by Breen Turner.

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‘Spec-tech is getting wrecked’ Jan 07, 2022

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/4418eedc-e949-4d44-a517-55e73f2076f9

Outgoing Federal Reserve vice-chair has blamed “inadvertent errors” for failing to disclose the full extent of his trading activity at the start of the pandemic, the FT’s Katie Martin looks back on the first week of trading in 2022, and our Moscow and Central Asia reporter, Nastassia Astrasheuskaya, unpacks the protests in Kazakhstan and Russia’s interest in helping its neighbour maintain stability.

Fed trading scandal rekindled by disclosure from top official

https://www.ft.com/content/3bc91644-08e2-4cee-be2c-538d855cd675

Kazakh protests are a warning for other ex-Soviet autocrats

https://www.ft.com/content/560b1b28-c180-40ec-b19a-ece58f214259

US tech shares swing as investors assess Fed minutes and mixed data

https://www.ft.com/content/76bd2194-ccf4-4029-b527-6d56d6c8465c

Twitter Spaces: After the Capitol Riot, what role will civil unrest play

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1djGXPDOgrzGZ?s=20

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Corporate America after the Capitol insurrection Jan 06, 2022

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/31290819-a321-496e-a995-4281198ec453

Minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting show the US central bank gearing up for more aggressive tightening, tech stocks plummeted, Hong Kong is bracing for sharply higher food prices, and one of Germany’s biggest utilities, Uniper, has been forced to seek €10bn of financing to avoid a cash crunch. Plus, the FT’s US business editor, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, talks about corporate America in the year since a mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol.

Fed warns faster rate rises may be needed to tame soaring inflation

https://www.ft.com/content/35766dd4-7da1-4064-9e60-79a714297c5a

Uniper secures €10bn of credit as gas prices surge

https://www.ft.com/content/f8cdfafc-2ce4-4ad7-b8c4-98e6eaa6ce89

Isolated Hong Kong faces higher food prices as pandemic restrictions bite

https://www.ft.com/content/f31edc79-f7df-48d7-badf-5d074cb19afd

US companies under pressure to support voting rights push

https://www.ft.com/content/712d9e1a-68dc-451e-a094-0d7db570dfd7

Twitter Spaces: After the Capitol Riot, what role will civil unrest play

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1djGXPDOgrzGZ

Audio from the January 6th Capitol riot provided by CSPAN

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The small German city hosting BioNTech Jan 05, 2022

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/cf9a801f-d99d-4703-a1dd-2219ee91f3fa

Chinese banks rushed to meet their annual state-imposed lending quotas last month by buying up low-risk financial instruments, a divided EU has demanded a role in next week’s negotiations with Russia over the Ukraine crisis, and travel stocks rose sharply on Tuesday. Plus, the FT’s Frankfurt correspondent, Joe Miller, explains why the German city of Mainz wants to hang onto the vaccine maker BioNTech.

Chinese banks buy up low-risk financial instruments amid concern over economy

https://www.ft.com/content/70451eee-5163-4348-af1a-82656f7a50fa

Travel and leisure stocks surge as Omicron disruption fears fade

https://www.ft.com/content/20ae6c32-2c03-45ad-af8d-b4310c5acce0

EU demands seat at Ukraine talks as Russia prepares to meet US and Nato

https://www.ft.com/content/db2d642b-5068-40c3-a4c2-d3c330f3972b

German city reaps tax windfall from BioNTech’s Covid vaccine success

https://www.ft.com/content/5a705ebc-ce1f-4525-8406-d2875a32c473

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The pandemic is messing with US labour market data Jan 04, 2022

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/f1236902-0997-4028-8cd1-d50317d10aba

A jury found Elizabeth Holmes guilty of conspiring to defraud investors in the failed blood testing start-up Theranos,Apple has become the first company to hit a market capitalisation of $3tn and US president Joe Biden is launching a crackdown on the country’s largest meat producers. Plus, the FT’s US economics editor Colby Smith explains why the country is struggling to measure jobs growth and the larger ramifications.

Elizabeth Holmes found guilty in criminal fraud trial

https://www.ft.com/content/8bde19f6-e8a5-4800-8882-fd799f0caac0

Apple becomes first $3tn company after boost from pandemic demand

https://www.ft.com/content/57f57303-82b9-49db-89ee-54888e1c714d

Biden launches crackdown on largest US meat producers

https://www.ft.com/content/a180dc0d-0cfc-4321-91aa-c5772b4a8dc1

US struggles to measure jobs growth as pandemic distorts labour market data

https://www.ft.com/content/4f1155be-1a5f-4fd2-ba57-b15bdb273c00

Mercedes breaks 1,000km barrier with electric-vehicle prototype

https://www.ft.com/content/0017dfdf-c308-4e04-b4cb-8055568ddffe

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Forecasting the world in 2022 Jan 03, 2022

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/f0ee8a8b-fab1-4fcc-a49e-864a7b2cf62e

The US chief medical adviser has warned of an “unprecedented” surge in Covid-19 cases, and Tesla smashed its own production and delivery records in the final months of last year. Plus, the FT’s chief leader writer, Neil Buckley shares some of the FT’s predictions when it comes to 2022’s top stories.

Omicron drives Covid infections in US to record highs

https://www.ft.com/content/a75a74a9-a017-4c5a-9cc9-fd9c76bac51f

Tesla dodges supply woes to deliver record number of new vehicles

https://www.ft.com/content/ad6d68b0-0171-4f24-9076-d778babf6fed

Forecasting the world in 2022

https://www.ft.com/content/8909b60f-01aa-4c16-b448-178e46ecb3c9

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Who made up the metaverse? Dec 23, 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/693b3337-ce80-4150-866a-01e1c3730fad

US financial conditions are near the most accommodative on record even as the Federal Reserve has begun stepping up its exit from coronavirus crisis-era stimulus measures, and soaring US stock markets are masking a strong tide that is pulling down the share prices of hundreds of companies, and the FT’s European technology correspondent, Madhumita Murgia, discusses science fiction’s influence on technology and social attitudes towards technology, particularly artificial intelligence.

US financial conditions remain easy even as Fed pulls back on stimulus

https://www.ft.com/content/2c73b1f4-b8c1-415b-8df0-237eff180cb0

US stock market advance masks treacherous undercurrents

https://www.ft.com/content/d248d1af-261e-47c8-9a5f-0d264cb9f83b

Into the metaverse: how sci-fi shapes our attitudes to the future

https://www.ft.com/content/2f35be37-9da8-4cf6-89b2-8488b36c5a63

$10bn James Webb Space Telescope scheduled for Christmas Day launch

https://www.ft.com/content/ebc84a97-961a-4ac0-bba1-678580d11a71

The clips from the Metaverse story were from the 1984 movie The Terminator, the 1968 movie called 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the Japanese cartoon Astro Boy.

The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Gavin Kallmann and Michael Bruning. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.

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America’s segregated banking Dec 22, 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/ee47c8a9-9e84-4e31-bcf0-2314be0b406f

US stock exchanges are increasing their efforts to attract new companies to fill the gap left by a decline in Chinese listings, and Turkey’s lira jumped sharply after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a new savings scheme. Plus, the FT’s US banking correspondent, Imani Moise, explains why black Americans struggle to get cheap bank loans.

US Exchanges look elsewhere in Asia to replace lost Chinese listings

https://www.ft.com/content/4800e080-816c-415c-8269-5268ab81b91a

Turkey’s currency surges after Erdogan unveils lira savings scheme - with Laura Pitel

https://www.ft.com/content/5301a1ce-2658-4452-860c-4c19fbcaa037

Race and finance: America’s segregated banking sector - with Imani Moise

https://www.ft.com/content/e63cbe88-6d46-4119-9067-e10a926c61c2

Chinese investors pick luxury watches over houses

https://www.ft.com/content/a9a34f94-9a49-4938-ae9e-ec4e6d2f4838

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Chile veers left Dec 21, 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/5e8d9be2-8efa-4339-b80a-53ffe0664ec1

US retailers’ supply chain problems are being exacerbated by computer programs known as “Grinch bots” that are buying up the most sought-after holiday gifts in split-second online swoops, Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime is relaunching its initial public offering in Hong Kong with the help of investment from state-backed entities after being blacklisted by the US, and in Chile a former student protest leader has won the final round of the presidential election as the Latin American country took a decisive shift to the left after several years of civil unrest.

SenseTime’s IPO rescued by Chinese state-backed funds - with Ryan McMorrow

https://www.ft.com/content/71709423-0fe2-4028-b208-68cbd0b2bd30

‘Grinch bots’ buy up online goods during holiday shopping season

https://www.ft.com/content/11e81aaa-9c7e-4099-b3c8-54f8adc9e5ca

Chile election won by former student protest leader Gabriel Boric - with Michael Stott

https://www.ft.com/content/fa9ba840-5d66-45e6-bf7a-2b8b4f6d9386

The fight for the future of Chile

https://www.ft.com/content/70981218-05a4-4685-86e0-a19b7cae7ff9

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