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Gulf states caught between US and China Sep 22, 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/bde35a2f-ae3f-4fc5-920f-a6bca45d9eb3

Poland and Hungary could lose billions of euros in EU regional aid as the European Commission prepares to wield powers linking the funds to human rights standards in member states, and the ride-hailing group Uber says it is on course to report its first-ever profitable quarter, on an adjusted basis, after more than a decade of burning through billions of dollars in cash, and Gulf states are struggling to balance relations between Washington and Beijing.

Behind the Money, Inside ESG: is the $1.7tn wave of sustainable investing hope or hype?

https://www.ft.com/behind-the-money

Poland and Hungary face threat to EU regional aid over human rights concerns

https://www.ft.com/content/3ca265c0-d1d1-4acf-bc9e-b208dab98293

Uber on course to post first profitable quarter

https://www.ft.com/content/ee8c9dfa-b59e-4415-b380-1cdf2f15976c

‘More of China, less of America’: how superpower fight is squeezing the Gulf

https://www.ft.com/content/4f82b560-4744-4c53-bf4b-7a37d3afeb13

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

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Evergrande’s troubles loom over global markets Sep 21, 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/dd3aef66-5189-4b85-873a-e82c80be3c2d

Global financial markets are jittery about the possible default of indebted Chinese property developer Evergrande but the FT’s markets editor Katie Martin explains why it is unlikely to be another Lehman Brothers; foreign investors, especially from China and Japan, have become major buyers of US Treasuries and could prop up the market if the Fed withdraws; and Coinbase backed down from launching a new lending product after US regulators threatened to sue.

Wall Street stocks sell off as Evergrande crisis intensifies

https://www.ft.com/content/952923b7-f421-407e-b14a-ad2ff190a134

Foreign investors help prop up Treasury market as Fed considers retreat

https://www.ft.com/content/47551bfb-8ca3-4e73-b34b-0ad19905ae15

Shell agrees $9.5bn sale of Permian Basin oil business to ConocoPhillips

https://www.ft.com/content/33e48318-91ab-47e4-88f3-72986b0a85f6

Coinbase abandons lending product after SEC pushback

https://www.ft.com/content/bd09f8bf-e65b-4870-affe-55b5346af3e1

Rusal strikes deal to supply Budweiser with ultra low-carbon cans

https://www.ft.com/content/ff76ebe5-ca61-417c-b191-1a2c152a935e

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China’s digital dictatorship Sep 20, 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/efcae358-e439-4135-9600-55b23dcd7dc8

Australia’s nuclear submarine deal with the US and UK is set to provide a political boost for Scott Morrison’s conservative government, and UK business and energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is due to meet energy suppliers on Monday amid fears that dozens of companies could go bust in the coming weeks due to record high gas and electricity prices, and Beijing has pushed through reams of regulations and policies designed to shore up China’s data security, reinforcing the control it exercises over huge volumes of data used in governing the country, boosting the economy and ordering people’s lives.

Australia and France intensify war of words over cancelled submarine deal

https://www.ft.com/content/55173c4e-79a4-4a65-8294-3fc666026a0b

Morrison’s submarine deal drives wedge between Australian opposition

https://www.ft.com/content/e7e40eae-0011-4d0a-8a59-b5d5625c7389

UK energy groups ask for government ‘bad bank’ to weather gas crisis - with David Sheppard

https://www.ft.com/content/684e4ef1-87a9-4bdf-96f4-956df4e0a1e2

China and Big Tech: Xi’s blueprint for a digital dictatorship - with James Kynge

https://www.ft.com/content/9ef38be2-9b4d-49a4-a812-97ad6d70ea6f

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FT Weekend: The stories we tell, with Elif Shafak Sep 18, 2021

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Introducing our new FT Weekend podcast. New episodes every Saturday. We will soon stop publishing FT Weekend on this feed, so you if want to keep listening, subscribe now before you forget! Search FT Weekend in your podcast app of choice.

In this episode, Life & Arts columnist Enuma Okoro explores what our cities tell us about ourselves. Then Lilah speaks with Elif Shafak—the most widely read woman novelist in Turkey—about writing in countries without freedom of speech, and her new book, The Island of Missing Trees. Plus: our prolific Undercover Economist Tim Harford makes a case for letting go of your to-do list.

You can subscribe to the FT Weekend podcast by searching for 'FT Weekend' wherever you listen. We're on Twitter @ftweekendpod, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter @lilahrap. Email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com.

Links from the episode:

—Enuma Okoro’s love letter to New York City: https://www.ft.com/content/e2507d84-9a12-4755-a9c7-41c9ea116947

—Lilah’s piece about visiting Armenia: https://www.ft.com/content/2e2f38b0-e7a1-11e8-8a85-04b8afea6ea3

—Review of Elif Shafak’s novel, The Island of Missing Trees: https://www.ft.com/content/1a064a06-bd19-43c7-8237-38931853d0e2

—Tim Harford on to-do lists: https://www.ft.com/content/06ffe40d-fdcc-4be8-b536-810cedce7ed1

—Oliver Burkeman on how not to waste your life (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/dd0d477b-c1f7-4d74-af68-c1ef1692566c

Sound design and mixing is by Breen Turner, with original music by Metaphor Music.

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Laos welcomes cryptocurrency miners Sep 17, 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/8e3784f8-5605-40aa-a8b5-3d0e5bdae9a9

An unpublished internal model seen by the FT shows that the European Central Bank expects to hit its elusive 2 per cent inflation target by 2025, and Myanmar’s shadow government is fighting back against the military junta. Plus, the FT’s markets editor, Katie Martin, explains why Laos is allowing cryptocurrency mining.

Unpublished ECB inflation estimate raises prospect of earlier rate rise

https://www.ft.com/content/0ee1336d-1c7c-43b5-a8ed-f141f31fb70e

Laos pushes into crypto as it authorises mining and trading

https://www.ft.com/content/3a820200-0128-42b3-be6c-f5abd6381efa

Myanmar violence mounts after shadow government embraces ‘war’

https://www.ft.com/content/492bd2b6-e5c9-4d9e-81ea-b95f6c14aef9

MassMutual fined $4m over meme-stock trading by ‘Roaring Kitty’

https://www.ft.com/content/7ce3b9a4-1f86-4e49-a3cf-6b5a445fef0e

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Alexa, pass the scalpel? Sep 16, 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/91b4abd2-1ef7-4069-ac25-a4759a2ddfb8

Washington has launched a security partnership with London and Canberra which will support Australia’s plan to build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines and strengthen the allies’ ability to counter China, and Canada holds an election next week with prime minister Justin Trudeau facing unexpected competition, and Amazon plans to become just as ubiquitous in healthcare as it is in other markets by producing the tools and platforms to underpin an industry on the cusp of dramatic modernisation.

US builds bulwark against China with UK-Australia security pact

https://www.ft.com/content/565160c7-b5e0-4750-858a-37224bf3db0c

The Rachman Review: Is Trudeau’s popularity wearing thin?

https://www.ft.com/rachman-review

The next Big Tech battle: Amazon’s bet on healthcare begins to take shape

https://www.ft.com/content/fa7ff4c3-4694-4409-9ca6-bfadf3a53a62

Didi loses 30% of daily users after Beijing crackdown following IPO

https://www.ft.com/content/13a768b0-1000-4cad-8a03-36a1e66f460b

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China deals a blow to Blackstone’s ambitions Sep 15, 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/24c2b733-9dca-4dcf-81d2-ca90583a3ac9

US consumer prices in August rose at a more moderate pace in a sign that inflationary pressures associated with the end of Covid-19 lockdowns are easing, and bank executives say consumer spending is outpacing pre-pandemic levels as shoppers shrug off the Delta variant, and Blackstone abandoned a large deal in China after Beijing’s antitrust regulators refused to sign off on it within the agreed time frame, and big Chinese cities suspended land auctions in response to rules aimed at lowering housing prices.

Pace of US consumer price rises cools slightly in August

https://www.ft.com/content/eaf6d095-1531-4458-a504-c110d4101469

US consumers still spending despite Delta risk, banks say

https://www.ft.com/content/5189f544-c7ff-4564-8b46-1fb74b70dfd5

Blackstone drops $3bn takeover of property developer Soho China

https://www.ft.com/content/b732381e-61ea-4bab-8260-5048ff737047

Chinese land auction blunder undercuts Xi’s inequality crusade

https://www.ft.com/content/40187a8f-9776-4036-91ca-665b44cec086?

Call of the great outdoors fades for advertisers during muted commuting

https://www.ft.com/content/037b6d79-b9e9-4dc1-8224-413a7f613332

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Diesel vs Doughnuts Sep 14, 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/63d65f6a-045d-4da8-b170-c30642cea5cc

Chinese police are using a new anti-fraud app installed on more than 200m mobile phones to question people who have viewed overseas financial news sites, and Brazil’s first openly gay state governor enters the country’s race for president. Plus, the FT’s Houston correspondent, Justin Jacobs, explains why new biofuels refineries are creating headaches for the food industry.

China uses app to monitor access to overseas financial news sites

https://www.ft.com/content/84b6b889-ae03-47f7-9cd0-bd604b21d5de

Brazil governor pitches third way between Bolsonaro and Lula in 2022 elections - with Michael Stott

https://www.ft.com/content/06b00d4b-9cf9-41d3-b888-50ee8613bf12

‘Diesel vs doughnuts’: new biofuel refineries squeeze US food industry - with Justin Jacobs

https://www.ft.com/content/b5839a04-a06a-49c1-8622-2974cbb9a84a

British hedge fund partner plots return of Trump-era social network Parler

https://www.ft.com/content/261fecd4-715f-4b90-a7fa-57d7d4013788

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Hedge funds flock to Silicon Valley Sep 13, 2021

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/40cef59a-441b-4b97-bea8-7a3ec838bc4b

Beijing wants to break up Alipay and create a separate app for the company’s highly profitable loans business, Norway’s voters will weigh in on the country’s petroleum production in what’s being called a “climate election,” and a new analysis found that Ireland is failing to keep US Big Tech companies in check. Plus, the FT’s Laurence Fletcher explains why hedge funds are muscling into Silicon Valley and making a record number of deals.

FT survey: The return to the office - are you under pressure to go back?

https://survey.ft.com/jfe/form/SV_4MZ2tuhkW4NghKu

Beijing to break up Ant’s Alipay and force creation of separate loans app

https://www.ft.com/content/01b7c7ca-71ad-4baa-bddf-a4d5e65c5d79

Norway’s oil rises to top of election agenda as climate fears grow - with Richard Milne

https://www.ft.com/content/70b3ec35-6558-4032-9a0c-47c40a6df5a8

Ireland ‘fails’ to enforce EU law against Big Tech

https://www.ft.com/content/5b986586-0f85-47d5-8edb-3b49398e2b08

Hedge funds muscle in to Silicon Valley with private deals - with Laurence Fletcher

https://www.ft.com/content/4935b205-8344-465a-8edf-dc23ec990302

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, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.

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Introducing the FT Weekend podcast: 9/11 and the passing of time Sep 11, 2021

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Twenty years after the Twin Towers were brought down, FT Weekend podcast host Lilah Raptopoulos explores where 9/11 sits in our memories. The FT’s New York correspondent Joshua Chaffin introduces us to billionaire developer Larry Silverstein, who bought the World Trade Center in July of 2001 and had to rebuild on the site of a tragedy. How do spaces change in meaning over time? The FT’s former Kabul correspondent Jon Boone introduces us to the “New Afghanistan” generation, what they were promised, and what was lost. Plus: we hear from a woman who fled the Taliban and is now waiting in limbo in Albania, suddenly a refugee.

You can subscribe to the FT Weekend podcast by searching for 'FT Weekend' wherever you listen.

We’re on Twitter at @FTWeekendpod. Lilah is on Twitter and Instagram @lilahrap.

Links from the episode:

Josh Chaffin on Larry Silverstein: https://www.ft.com/content/f38a5067-58d1-491f-902f-568abcdd8a84#comments-anchor

Jon Boone on The Last Days of the New Afghanistan: https://www.ft.com/content/4a276093-cf85-4da7-9093-6af6443bb53a

Sound design and mixing is by Breen Turner, with original music by Metaphor Music.

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