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FINANCIAL TIMES
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Democrats rekindle Trump’s Epstein problem with birthday note
 
Message purporting to be from the president revives controversy over links to the late disgraced financier
 
 
Murdoch seals $3.3bn succession deal to hand empire to eldest son
 
Lachlan takes control as three siblings receive $1.1bn each to settle long-running family feud
 
 
French government collapses as PM François Bayrou loses confidence vote
 
President Emmanuel Macron will look for a replacement who can break the budget impasse
 
 
Korean companies admit cutting corners on US visas but say they have little choice
 
Conglomerates shaken by immigration raid on Hyundai site
 
 
Ukraine and the coalition of the unwilling
 
Europe’s Trump-whisperers might get the US to tighten Russia sanctions and increase aid to Kyiv, but they still need a plan B
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
‘Wartime CEO’ Nuno Matos wields axe at embattled ANZ
 
Former HSBC executive cuts 8% of workforce at Australian lender
 
 
Anglo American nears $20bn takeover of Teck Resources
 
Acquisition of Canadian group would be one of the largest-ever mining deals
 
 
Microsoft taps Nebius to supply up to $20bn of AI computing power
 
Big Tech group inks 5-year deal to help power its artificial intelligence ambitions
 
 
Russia’s Rosatom says planning to sell renminbi bonds in China
 
Confirmation of nuclear monopoly’s plans come as Beijing opens way for first Russian ‘panda bond’ sales since 2017
 
 
Shigeru Ishiba’s exit lays bare rifts within Japan’s ruling party
 
Fierce LDP leadership race expected to reveal crisis within long-ruling bloc
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Packaging group surges 3,000% on plan to buy Sam Altman-backed Worldcoin tokens
 
Eightco Holdings raises $270mn to buy crypto coins linked to OpenAI chief’s digital ID project
 
 
Gold hits $3,600 as US rate cut expectations rise
 
Bullion extends blistering rally as stagflation fears linger
 
 
Argentine markets slump after Milei loses badly in Buenos Aires
 
Investors worry provincial election defeat will undermine president’s reform agenda
 
 
Aberdeen suffers blow as Phoenix Group pulls £20bn of funds
 
Move comes as chief executive Jason Windsor seeks to revive asset manager after years of outflows
 
 
EU weighs sanctions on China for Russian energy imports
 
Discussions come after Trump administration signals willingness to go after Moscow’s revenues
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Permira and Blackstone bet on Dubai real estate with Property Finder deal
 
Private capital groups take $525mn stake in Middle Eastern real estate portal after sale prices surge
 
 
Aquarian in final fundraising stage for deal to acquire Brighthouse
 
Private capital group in advanced talks with Mubadala Capital and Qatar Investment Authority to raise more than $3bn
 
 
Pret A Manger writes down a third of its value from 2018 JAB takeover
 
Sandwich and coffee chain blames global economic gloom, UK employer tax rises and higher interest rates
 
 
India’s banks want to break into the M&A game
 
Lenders seek the lifting of a ban on providing loans to domestic companies to buy equity in other businesses
 
 
Reform UK would cancel Labour’s northern rail plans
 
Deputy leader Richard Tice says routes linking Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool are a waste of money
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Shopify makes a selling point out of not being Amazon
 
For all the Canadian challenger’s success, its va